Posted on 11/13/2024 6:16:18 AM PST by george76
President-elect Donald J. Trump is sending signals to the military brass. They’re going back to protecting our country, killing our enemies, and enhancing our national security. The era of woke nonsense and sensitivity training is over. The Wall Street Journal first reported on Trump’s plans for the Pentagon, alluding to the “chilling” effect it could have on the officer corps, but the president-elect has a mandate and should use it.
The reported executive order would create a “warrior board” of retired generals and other senior personnel who would review the leadership qualities of the officers in question. There’s no re-election effort lingering overhead either, so don’t be shocked if this executive is issued. It’s time to clean house (via WSJ):
The Trump transition team is considering a draft executive order that establishes a “warrior board” of retired senior military personnel with the power to review three- and four-star officers and to recommend removals of any deemed unfit for leadership.
If Donald Trump approves the order, it could fast-track the removal of generals and admirals found to be “lacking in requisite leadership qualities,” according to a draft of the order reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. But it could also create a chilling effect on top military officers, given the president-elect’s past vow to fire “woke generals,” referring to officers seen as promoting diversity in the ranks at the expense of military readiness.
As commander in chief, Trump can fire any officer at will, but an outside board whose members he appoints would bypass the Pentagon’s regular promotion system, signaling across the military that he intends to purge a number of generals and admirals.
The draft order says it aims to establish a review that focuses “on leadership capability, strategic readiness, and commitment to military excellence.” The draft doesn’t specify what officers need to do or present to show if they meet those standards. The draft order originated with one of several outside policy groups collaborating with the transition team, and is one of numerous executive orders under review by Trump’s team, a transition official said.
The warrior board would be made up of retired generals and noncommissioned officers, who would send their recommendations to the president. Those identified for removal would be retired at their current rank within 30 days.
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There’s likely to be a media overreaction, and officers who engaged in this DEI/woke nonsense are likely to retire instead of fighting this board. Whatever the reason, I like the blueprint. Let’s see if the administration follows through.
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The left will be flooding the courts with lawsuits over this. Let’s hope that Republicans hold the line and back Trump.
Promote all the woke SOBs to 15 star generals in the the new Strategic Putin Patrol based in Alaska!
That's the point. There will be no sudden change in behavior to align with expectations - their history will tell everything that needs to be known.
Finally. God bless Trump and keep him safe.
Thank goodness for the retired military who are willing to make sure the DOD is there for our nation’s protection.
It won’t be hard to find those that ran the catastrophic Afghan withdrawal.
And those that authorized the useless $320 million floating pier in Gaza.
Those that approved the ineffectual logistics support for our naval operation in the Arabian Sea.
I’m sure there are more.
I expect there will be a raft of Obama generals retiring voluntarily rather than suffer the indignity of being cashiered. At least I hope so. Let them out themselves in the process.
Get ‘em!
Roast them hard.
Being woke means that you are mentally compromised, unstable and weak. We don’t need that sort of instability in military...especially among the “leaders”.
Hope so, DoD started going downhill since Obama
A purge of the military academies is essential.
Italians have an idiom for that: Scopa nuova, Scopa bene!
Hopefully the DEI REMFs will get the boot. Hopefully the replacements are qualified but a lot of what I see about these days does not bode well for that.
I don’t how any of this stuff is done, but if the person was an Obama or Biden install, then they need to go.
Hope they eliminate WOKE policies at the US military academies. Know several over qualified men who were denied because of their whiteness,
The Wall Street Journal first reported on Trump’s plans for the Pentagon, alluding to the “chilling” effect it could have on the officer corps,
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I think tens of millions of Americans want exactly what the Wall Street Journal woke writer says! Namely, we want the top level of military leaders to “Chill”. Their one fn job is to KILL Americas enemies....nothing else!
**A purge of the military academies is essential.**
Get rid of the 4 year program. Make it one year and make them graduate first from other military academies like the Citadel and VMI. There’s also A & M.
...delivered on a Boeing rocket.
He just did, enter Pete Hegseth
Outstanding!! These officers should be happy they can go before a Board, because the alternative is for them to be fired outright. I have several classmates that are general officers in the AF and some of them hen should be worried. Of more concern, are the discussions I see in my class forums and FB page. Who knew all these people that I thought were conservative were mostly liberal? The women are the worst. The military needs a total housecleaning. Outright firing of all 3 and 4 stars would not be unwarranted but we should start by firing a handful to send a message. C.Q. Brown should be the first to go. And Milley should be brought back for his court martial.
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