Blackwater founder Erik Prince joined Will Cain to diagnose the issues within the U.S. Military from going “woke” to a bureaucracy that stifles innovation. They also discuss how new leadership, ideally led by Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, can reshape the military to have it ready for modern warfare.
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What People Are Saying
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“13:15 I’m a female Marine, was attached to what had always been an all male unit doing security in Iraq and I AGREE. The very few of us women who actually did the job alongside the men–I haven’t seen one yet say women should be doing it. We had a specific purpose there dealing with female suicide bombers but women in the infantry for no reason is ridiculous. I 100% side with the males. Its about mission accomplishment and nothing else. Its totally WRONG to subject males to this nonsense. Weakening the infantry puts them at greater risk, period. Men and women are not the same and that’s okay, there’s no reason why women cant serve their country in roles appropriately suited to their abilities. I have the utmost respect for infantrymen and they deserve better then being subjected to this ridiculous social experiment. And btw, I have seen horrendous permanent injury like shattered pelvises/pelvic replacement in women being put through this. My platoon in bootcamp was about forty females, by graduation SEVEN of them were not graduating because of hip fractures and that was just BOOT CAMP. It isn’t enough to pass the physical test like completing SOI, they have to be able to maintain that for an enlistment. No one is talking about the long term physical consequences for these females. There’s nothing pro woman about this- she could have had anywhere from four years to a twenty year career of honorable service and moved on with her life but instead gets permanently disabled six months in with life altering injury up to and including never being able to carry children because she was sacrificed on the alter of woke bs. Young women deserve better too. Men and women are not the same, it isn’t unfair its reality.”
“Thank you for being the voice of reason. This isn’t about disrespecting women, and it’s no different than not wanting a female playing first string on a professional football team. This is about putting together the best, strongest team to accomplish the mission, which means even some MEN shouldn’t be there. This is common sense and the people saying would never choose to serve on the front line and have nothing to lose, except for the failure of their of their progressive agenda and the loss of their job on the DEI team.”
“I’d have a hard time in a combat situation asking a female to do something that I wouldn’t hesitate to ask a man. I’m assuming I’m not the only one Who feels this way. It’s not a question of ability always or trust. As a man I feel obligated to protect females, so it would potentially jeopardize my decision-making.”
“I just retired after 24 years. The last 4 years have been an embarrassing experience and the single greatest motivation to move on to my next chapter. I’m happy to see that things are getting on track for a positive change. It’s the only way they can fix the current toxic environment.”
“I entered miliary in Nov 1990 and retired Jan 2020 (just in time like many of you in this comment section). I started on traditional active duty but later became a reservist and bounced back and forth between active and reserve quite a bit over the remaining 26 years. From 2009 to 2011 I managed to get authorized absence from the reserves and worked for Blackwater in Afghanistan (best job I ever had!). I too was disgusted and broken hearted with the fatally flawed exit from Afghanistan. I was also disgusted to see official “woke” propaganda being pinned up on official military bulletin boards at the reserve center around 2020 or so. My kids are teenagers right now and have zero interest in military service – in another life I would be upset by this but after everything I have seen, read and heard about our military over the last 4 years, I am glad that my kids are not interested in the military. I wouldn’t be interested either after, seeing freak-shows flaunting their bullsh!t in our military’s ranks – combined with the betrayal of so many Afghan fighters. I sure hope the new administration can pull off a major course correction for our military, if not, we will spend the remaining days of our retirement watching the world burn and collapse around us.”
“I’m leaving the Navy after 13 years due to poor leadership.”
“I remember my drill sergeants yelled at me and made me do push ups for misgendering an LT. Corrective training am I right?”
“I worked with an outstanding young man very intelligent and in top physical condition his dream was to be career military he’s been in less than a year and is totally disheartened by what he sees.”
“Ultimately, the military reflects the politics of the moment. I am retired, 27 years active duty, 5 years as a GS, 8 years in defense industry, 20+ years in beltway. The swamp is real and we need to focus on real elite units rather than “numbers”. Get the military out of the Pentagon, as strange as that sounds. We need more scalpels, less box loads of weak hammers. Start with Office of Sec Def, bloated beyond compare, growth since 2001 unchecked, budget out of control ( not DOD, just the front office!!). It would fascinating to declassify the most recent Quadrennial Review, and how much it just reflects $$$ to defense industry. Most of the waste in DOD is driven by congressional influence and. mark=ups, if you think thats no longer the case, you are very naive.”
“Our military should have strict height and weight standards based on male biology only. If you can pass those standards you fight, if not you don’t. We need women in support roles like everything else. But we don’t need them pretending to be good at war until they die and putting others in danger through their natural weaknesses and shortcomings. It’s setting everyone, including women, up for failure. That helps no one.”
“I got out 3 years ago, got in the last year they still offered the 20 year retirement and I opted into it. May be a stupid reason but I got out because I constantly saw chicks get advanced and praised while not doing their jobs and being help to basically no standards. Along with growingly lazy upper enlisted leadership.”
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