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“Spent 30 years in the Army Infantry, (finally) leaving active service in 2022. Four generations on my side of contiguous service, a few skips here and there all the way through the Civil War to the Revolution. Her side is three generations back to WWII, including Korea, Vietnam, and a goodly chunk of the Cold War. I will not support my kids going into any branch of the military after what I witnessed and was forced to participate in the last 12 years of progressive democrat “leadership.” “Hope and Change”, my eye teeth. Praise God I was only a Joe and Jr. NCO during the majority of the Clinton years…I did what Sergeant said, and had no perspective higher than my 1SG. Earning a commission robbed me of that innocence.”
“DEI is the least of the threat. I’m amazed at the changes I’ve seen at my local base. Men in uniform with facial hair, women with hair below the collar and often in sneakers and not combat boots, unzipped coats, a man in uniform with long hair although he may have been foreign service. DEI isn’t necessarily a lack of discipline and standards but those two qualities seem to have taken a hit.”
“Retired in 22 after 27 years in the Army. How? Non-select PZ and AZ. 2 tries and although having more to give with a stellar record of service…yea. Do I actually believe I was in the bottom 17% of those officers considered? Ridiculous. Promotion system favors non-white male officers eligible for consideration. The DoD has had this horrible system for years. How do I know about this promotion system? I was stationed at Ft. Knox, elbow rubbing with other Sr. Officers quartered on 5th Ave. DEI has been long practiced in our military which by the way is against the Constitution.”
“I served our country for 21 years and I am a combat veteran. I never really got involved in people’s personal lives nor was wokeism alive enough for anyone to notice back then. Now, I have a son that is 27 and on his 8th year and he has the morals and hard-working principles that our family was brought up with and the values that go along with that. He says that any one that is outspoken about the way they feel or their beliefs against DEI are basically targeted by the progressives that are in the military. He says he will stand his ground and I believe him because he’s from Texas. He will not be pushed around and he will do whatever he has to do to make sure that his unit and others like it are prepared for what we know is coming to America in the world because of this administration.”
“The mid level (CPT -MAJ) are the ones who are punching out and cutting sling early. If we can’t keep them we have issues later. It’s a multi faceted issue that will take some creativity to correct. Further exacerbated by the newly minted butter bars who’ve been indoctrinated at Hudson High and various institutions around the country via ROTC and the leftist / Marxist professors found therein.”
“The damage from DIE indoctrination runs deep. You can’t just wave a finger and tell them to go away. Woke Point cadets must comply or they are removed from the ranks. There are no exceptions and there is no defense. Once you are stamped as a racist, your career is over and there is no defense or support to fight the DIE cult. DIE has damaged the brain cells required to return these young Americans to normal." — USMA Class of 81 grad
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