By Bodi Williams, former Navy surface warfare officer
There is no other way to put it: We are at war right now.
Our liberties have been under attack for quite some time. The enemy has slipped in the back door and taken so much from us.
Its reigning ideology — wokeness — is present in all levels of government and has this country in a chokehold.
The military is no exception. The radical liberal woke ideology has infested the military, undermining its readiness and ability to perform its mission.
Woke policies aim to divide and distract us. It’s not unlike the Marxist movement of the Cold War.
Indeed, back in a 1984 interview with KGB propagandist Yuri Bezmenov, the Russian agent admitted the goals of the Marxist movement were to demoralize and destabilize the U.S., then enter a crisis period and normalize a new way of life with new limited freedoms.
Nowhere is this strategy more evident than in the military.
The core of the woke movement has created aggressive division and intolerance throughout the armed forces, which weakens our fighting spirit and ability to defend our lives, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
I’m sure I am not the only one to say this, but I’ve never had a more diverse friend group than when I was in the military. People from all walks of life come to serve and defend the American dream.
You form bonds, gain mutual respect based on shared experiences, and grow together.
You respect everyone because we all swore the same oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Currently, countless great men and women have left or have been forced out of the military at the hands of the woke movement.
Many of these men and women objected to the Defense Department’s COVID vaccine mandate to the end of their careers and livelihoods.
With those patriots gone, the enemy is implementing more woke ideas throughout the military, including at West Point, where cadets are required to read curricular materials such as, “Understanding Whiteness and White Rage” and “White Power at West Point.”
What are the consequences of compromising the military with this ideology?
With the focus shifting from operations and training to implementing divisive diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and transgender-supporting policies, the strength of the military will be diminished.
Retention has already become an issue and now the fitness standards are being reduced to keep people in.
The mental health pandemic that has plagued the military will only worsen with these shifts. Several studies have shown that gender dysphoria, in particular, has led to significant spikes in mental health issues.
Moreover, the racial and gender divides that are being implemented will degrade our military’s teamwork and unity.
The fact that the world’s greatest fighting force is now embracing an ideology counter to the warrior mindset is going to turn a lot of people away.
The young men and women who want to serve this country do not want to join a culture that shuns warrior tenets and so-called “toxic masculinity” while praising people for being victims.
They want to join a force that has ranks filled with discipline, unity, and teamwork instead of divisiveness and cancel culture.
The fighting spirit of the military will also diminish as this focus shift takes place.
Unfortunately, woke ideology is being imposed from the very top, which means the men and women in our military have little choice but to comply.
The woke military culture will end only when we the people remove the politicians who are pushing this ideology.
It will end when we take back the winning front in the ideological war.
The fighting spirit is still in today’s service members and will always stay in the heart of true patriots, but that spark must be kindled and passed on to the next generation.
Bodi Williams is a former Navy surface warfare officer.
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