Milley says military is not woke: ‘I’m not even sure what that word truly means’

The Hill ^ | 09/17/23 12:36 PM ET | BY NICK ROBERTSON

[RandFan]

Army Gen. Mark Milley pushed back on claims from Republicans that the military is “woke” and as a result not prepared to take on modern threats, saying he’s “not even sure what that word truly means.”

“What I see is a military that’s exceptionally strong. It’s powerful; it’s ready. In fact, our readiness rates, the way we measure readiness, is better now than they’ve been in years,” Milley said in a CNN interview Sunday.

Republican politicians and candidates have blasted the Pentagon for so-called woke policies, pointing to efforts to recruit a diverse group of military service members and be inclusive to transgender soldiers.

Those claims have also headlined efforts to reduce military spending.

“We’re going to cut money that’s being spent on wokeism; we’re going to cut legacy programs; we’re going to cut a lot of waste,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said earlier this year.

Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who announced he will retire at the end of this month, said the U.S. military is actually in better shape now than in years past.

“This is a military that’s dedicated to maintaining our readiness, our capabilities, our lethality. And the thing that we also need to focus on is the modernization for the future character of war that I see fundamentally changing,” Milley said.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Does Milley Cyrus really think we’re at the ready when we’re shipping more and more of our weaponry to Hunter Biden’s playground?

[Night Hides Not]

I include Milley in the failure of leadership at Fort Hood, where 8 of 10 dining facilities have been closed for months, due to lack of cooks. The post commander and Command Sergeant Major should have been relieved on the spot. They were obviously asleep on the job.