By Kristina Wong, Breitbart News
United States Army Special Operations Command posted an intersex-inclusive pride flag on all its social media accounts last week, prompting criticism from former Green Berets and conservative commenters.
The command, which produces the Army’s Special Forces, posted the flag — known as the intersex-inclusive Pride Progress flag — on its Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts, along with this message:
USASOC recognizes June as Pride month, celebrating all LGBTQ+ members in our formations. Throughout American history, LGBTQ+ members have not only fought for the right to serve openly, but have also fought in every major war and conflict. Despite the challenges LGBTQ Army Soldiers and Civilians faced, their commitment to service has made our military stronger and the Nation safer.
The flag included the “intersex” symbol, which is a purple circle on a yellow background. The flag was posted along with USASOC’s insignia.
According to an article from Boston University, “intersex” is defined as “those whose bodies do not align with the gender binaries of males or females. This includes those with both genitals or other differences.” The colors yellow and purple are meant to be seen as “nonbinary colors,” the article stated.
(Notice how each year they keep adding personal sexual preferences? What’s in the future, animals?)
A former Green Beret posted in response: “And you jackasses wonder why the military as a whole can’t even meet its recruiting goals? There’s only one flag you should be proud of, the one we fought under and many of our brothers and sisters died under.”
And you jackasses wonder why the military as a whole can’t even meet its recruiting goals?
There’s only one flag you should be proud of, the one we fought under and many of our brothers and sisters died under. pic.twitter.com/RS9iPeExzh
— Ex Umbris Designs 🇺🇸🤘🏻 (@ExUmbrisDesigns) June 22, 2023
Sara Carter, Fox News Contributor and host of the Sara Carter Show, blasted the command’s posts, tweeting:
.@USASOCNews My husband was in Special Operations Command for more than 16 years and continued to serve beyond – but he fought for the American flag not the LGBTQ flag
See, here’s the problem – The American flag represents all Americans and the rights we cherish – we don’t need the bizarre multi-colored flag to appreciate freedom my husband and so many others (gay or not) risked their lives for or lost their lives for – your priorities are so F’ked up
.@USASOCNews My husband was in Special Operations Command for more than 16 years and continued to serve beyond – but he fought for the American flag not the LGBTQ flag
See, here’s the problem – The American flag represents all Americans and the rights we cherish – we don’t need… https://t.co/tcdSP6C5hu— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) June 23, 2023
The official account on Twitter, @USASOCNews, also hid some replies, including one with a graphic of Russian and Chinese military officials laughing.
A spokesman for USASOC said in a statement that the flag in its posts was reflecting a Department of Defense memo that recognized June as “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Pride Month.”
The spokesman said:
In June, the Army recognizes LGBTQ service members and civilians for their service to the Army and the nation. Pride Month is a nationally recognized observance celebrating the LGBTQ community, its advocates, and allies by promoting community, unity and pride. The social media post you reference is meant to be reflective of the DoD memorandum published on May 31, 2023, stating that the Department recognizes June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQ+) Pride Month.
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What People are Saying
Comments on the tweet and cross-post comments
Needless to say, the tweet got completely ratio’d. Here are some comments from military people:
15yrs as a Green Beret…I’ve never been so embarrassed to be associated with this….whatever the hell this is. Just…damn
Our military has officially hit rock bottom. RIP USASOC.
So glad I retired and not a part of this command anymore.
I am so glad I don’t work there anymore
SF: you’ve got to be kidding me, thank God I retired before this crap. i don’t think you have your finger on the pulse of team guys.
Ranger: This hardly inspires confidence about our capabilities, nor cautions our adversaries about our lethalness.
SF: Someone got sabotaged. I don’t believe that 99,9% of service members believe this. Purely propaganda, but extremely damaging.
Recruitment is about to bottom out. Good work.
Ret Army: LOL. The military will not recover. We are doomed.
I left the Department of the Army after having to attend mandatory transgender sensitivity training in 2018. I no longer recognize the country I love.
Are we the only military who’s SF command is buying into this?
Ret 24 year Army vet: What an ultimate disgrace and F— YOU to all those that have Served and died for this Country! OUR military IS woke! You know why we are failing to make Mission? It’s because of this Admin. ostracizing white males, and pushing this BS agenda! There needs ACCOUNTABILITY!
I’m ashamed to say I’ve served in USASOC. It breaks my heart to see an elite unit support pedofiles and satanist not an opinion it’s a fact.
Army: What was the rank of the person that ordered you to tweet this???
Navy vet: I’m convinced that we have people inside our military that are purposely trying to tank recruitment. This shit is insane.
“Imagine working hard to become a member of USASOC, only to see your unit and ‘leadership’ bend the knee to such degeneracy. Shameful and disgusting.”
Army: I can’t believe what you’ve turned into.
Special Operations Command would like to recognize the non-binary berserkers of First and Second Manassas. We are governed by fools.
In case you needed another reason to never enlist / re-enlist.
Former Scout Recon: Breakin my heart SOC..
What a disgrace.
Paratrooper: You will continue to suffer massive recruitment shortfalls with this type of shit. And you should.
Veteran: Even the pipe hitters have gone woke.
Ret Marine: People don’t believe me when I tell them that SOCOM is just as infected with the woke virus as the rest of the military. It’s completely true and it means there is nowhere left in the US military that hasn’t been infected. I know, I was there.
“I cannot wait to get the f— out.”
Ret soldier: It’s June 22nd, somebody got a phone call.
Never thought that I would see something like this USASOC bends the knee to the Neo-Marxist narrative, so much for being apolitical.
Veteran: “Absolutely pathetic. Didn’t expect this from you USASOC.”
We used to be a country, a serious country
Ret Army Colonel: Mock God’s Children at your own peril. @USSOCOM promoting LGBTQ+ members = MAP Minor Attracted Persons. The Special Operation Command promoting people attracted to little children? Really? Your sick! You wonder why recruiting in the Armed Forces is collapsing? @SecDef
Army vet: This is probably pinned up in the barracks in China and Russia.
Veteran: The Commissars continue to work diligently….
Navy: You understand that the + stands for MAP (Minor Attracted Persons). This infers you support pedophilia along with bending to the culture. The military isn’t an experiment, it isn’t supposed to be inclusive. This tarnishes the actual sacrifices made by our special forces.
Army: That’ll have the kids running to sign up! And ,oh man, I’m sure the SNCOs are thrilled with this! They’ll definitely reenlist!!!
There is already a flag that represents ALL who serve in the military. We do not need a secondary flag to ‘celebrate’ the private sex lives of those who serve.
THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND HAS CONTRACTED THE WOKE VIRUS
What the heck has happened to you #USASOC? You represent a once proud and dedicated org to being some of the toughest hombres on earth, but now you “Celebrate” Dicks being Janes and Janes being Dicks? To be sure, see Spot run because Spot KNOWS what time it is.
Airborne Ranger: Damn, man… just damn… Better start brushing up on your mandarin, boys. We’re f—ed.
An Army Reserves person whose bio says they were vaxed and received 3 boosters, liked the tweet
A “progressive liberal, BLM, LGBQT Veteran” said he stands with the tweet
Comments from the article:
TBH, I’m not surprised by any of this. Spent over twenty years in the 75th RR. No one I served with or those who are in elite units for that matter would be posting such nonsense to social media on behalf’s of their brothers they served with. This is more pentagon nonsense being thrust upon the military while making us look more and more weak to our adversaries. Recruitment goals will never be met the more we push this garbage. Quite frankly, the fact that SOC had a Twitter page is a joke in itself, let alone the peddling taking place.
I am now officially ashamed to have spent 8 years in uniform.
I served for 15 years as a Special Operator and I DID NOT ever pledge allegiance to the Sodiomite flag. My allegiance was and still is, to the UNITED STATES FLAG. I guarantee that the many MEN we lost during the Vietnam, Gulf Wars and our many operations in other locates did not do so, so that PERVERTS and PEDOPHILES could run around in DRAG and groom children!
Doing their absolute best to put an old Veteran to shame. I did not give the best years of my life for this DISGRACE!
This is not the army that I served in. There were no racial problems. There was one color green. We didn’t have any queens or sissies dancing around. Lived and fought as a unit.
That was the Army of my service as well. The message was that we were all OD Green – we were all one group, no individuals.
I spent 25 years in SF. Never have I seen anything so revolting.
I served in the military for 24 years. There is no way on God’s green earth that I would recommend any young person to sign up for today’s military. Too much woke and too many political generals who don’t give a damn about the troops.
I am not ashamed of my many years in the military service of my country. But, I wouldn’t sign now if they offered me my own tank.
For years, I gave young people who worked for me good advice to join the military as a place they could attain more self-discipline, professional skills, values to live by and work ethic. NOT ONE MORE TIME WILL I DO THIS. YOU ARE OFF-MISSION.
I spent 10 years at USASOC as my last command before retirement in 2014. Glad I didn’t have to retire because of this insanity.
Those retirement papers can’t go through fast enough.
And to think of how proud I was to have an SF tab when I got it.
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