I have a close relative who is O-4 in the Navy. He told me they treat every male as a serial rapist, especially in sexual harassment classes everyone has to take. All the participants must make believe they seriously care about what the moderator has to say. This makes the entire exercise a farce.
Still, political correctness and liberalism makes most of living a farce.
This relative has also told me that the mid-level officers in his command have been berated in groups for incompetence with zero objective yardsticks applied i.e. they are told they are doing it wrong without ever hearing what is wrong or what is right, for that matter.
I suggested when he is ever in a spot to correct any of that, he should plan to. He said he assumed the senior command around him was taught the same things he is being taught, that political correctness is far more important than anything else.
He has experienced the sexual nonsense at every command to date.
those mandatory workshops aren’t led by moderators. they should be called what they are... political commissars
I’ve made some stupid choices in my life.
Passing up a Congressional appointment to USNA wasn’t one of them.
Although I only rose to the lofty rank of SP5 when I was in it seems to me that even for an officer this attitude just might be a career killer...or worse.One letter of reprimand in his 201 file would probably mean,under today's "up or out" policy hat when promotion time comes he'd be out...perhaps without a pension (depending in his length of service).