SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE MARINE CORPS MEMORANDUM SMMC Core Values Mem [worse than bad: the enemy is us; it's not your father's military. See comment]

US Marine corps ^ | February 22 2021 | SMMC Troy E. Black

[daniel1212]

"Not even going to touch on the spaghetti of thoughts here, since pretty clear you’re not hearing what I’m saying. America is a pluralistic society, and the SGMMC’s message is a product of that."

Which is the point, that the military is much becoming the enemy of the America that won world wars, and thus the weeding out of conservatives and conditioning of recruits is not about some peripheral or marginal "cultural prejudices" as you term them, but fundamental beliefs about men and women. Next it will be about shielding recruits from getting their feelings hurt.

"I’ve also got to wonder, do you really believe that the SGM believes ALL of this stuff? That he actually wrote this from his own beliefs? He’s the enlisted equivalent of a high general officer, who managed the political ladder climb to that position. His ‘output’ is so crafted and scripted by a team of God-only-knows how many politicritters, he was probably lucky to find a missing comma to correct before signing off on it."

Which means he is an enemy within, fostering decline for his own sake.

"And everyone downstream KNOWS this - it just becomes another obstacle to manage in keeping the organization effective."

Are you serious? "Keeping the organization effective" excuses all this submission to political correctness? You do not keeping an organization effective in defending a country worth defending by attacking those which held to traditional values which the Armed Forces once relied upon, required and fostered. The United States of Sodom is not the flag soldiers of the past died under.

This just in:

"US Special Forces announce 1st-ever diversity and inclusion officer 3/26/2021, 2:38:07 PM · by PROCON · 61 replies americanmilitarynews.com ^ | March 26, 2020 | RYAN MORGAN On Friday, the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) announced its first-ever chief diversity and inclusion officer, Richard Torres-Estrada,"

[larrytown]

The net effect is likely the same. Those that pursue promotion and power will be more than willing to sideline their personal convictions and beliefs - which is the true measure of (lack of) character.