Woke Policies Have Consequences:

“I was in 2006-2015, combat arms job in an airborne unit. I got out because I saw the writing on the wall. All of the time and energy allocated to pushing political and social concerns end up pulling away focus from war-fighting and readiness. Woke policies will undoubtedly fail on the battlefield, when that day comes I will be happy that I am out.”

“DEI was bad in the military when I retired in ‘15. I know literally dozens of people who since have gotten out before retirement because they couldn’t take it anymore.”

“I did 32.5 years and am so glad I am out. The military is an embarrassment. We can no longer go fight, kill, and win. Now they are worried about wholeness. I had a fellow Soldier in the Army transition from a female to male Soldier it was a nightmare. They were treated like a celebrity, they were the promised child.”

“Our son, who graduated before his 21st birthday with dual college degrees, is a staff sergeant in Special Forces, spent his Christmas leave caring for my husband and I during serious cancer and cardiac surgeries in December. While he was home with us, he showed me an email from the DOD, with a survey attached, asking if he felt he was able to do his job without harming the environment. Guess who's getting out.”

"A great young USN Captain I have known all of his life is leaving because of the DEI focus.”

“As a recent retiree May 2023, the leadership I walked away from was an absolute shit show. An even bigger issue is the people they do manage to recruit are absolutely the softest most useless people I’ve seen my whole career. Out of 12 new technicians, only 2 of them were what I’d call “keepers”. The old timers like myself propping them up are exiting at a unbelievable rate too."

From: Evidence that the DEI/CRT agenda in the military does hurt recruiting and retention