JOIN or D.E.I. – How Our Military Got Woke

In this episode of “Moment of Truth,” Saurabh and Nick sit down with William Thibeau, Director of The American Military Project at The Claremont Institute’s DC Center for the American Way of Life, to discuss how the military got woke from Bill Clinton’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell to Biden Appointees hosting drag shows and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, and why a progressive military means dark days ahead for America.

Will Thibeau is the Director of The American Military Project at The Claremont Institute’s DC Center for the American way of life. He previously worked as a Policy Analyst in the Tech Policy Center at The Heritage Foundation and as Senior Director of Operations at The American Conservative (TAC).

Will has a wealth of tech knowledge and expertise from his years at Palantir, where he delivered artificial intelligence and machine learning software to the military. Before Palantir, Will was a U.S. Army Infantry Officer with the 75th Ranger Regiment.

As a Ranger, Will deployed in support of the Global War on Terror multiple times. Will is a graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger School and Fordham University. Will lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, Michelle, and their three children.

Chapter Times:
00:00 Introduction
03:30 Will’s story and Afghanistan withdrawal
07:37 Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
09:22 DEI at Military service academies
13:01 How the military’s structure works
17:58 From a military of civilian soldiers to a professional military class
21:30 Who do we make our heroes?
24:49 Elevation of military leaders into political commentators
29:00 Mark Milley
31:55 Joint Chiefs of Staff
35:45 CQ Brown and DEI in the Air Force
43:25 Women in combat roles
45:32 Army missing recruiting goals by 25%
50:16 Drag queens on USS Ronald Reagan
55:47 How to fix the military