Patrick Bet-David and Vincent Oshana are joined by former Navy SEAL Andy Stumpf as they discuss how the military’s woke policies are hurting recruitment.
SEAL Stumpf says that if he was America’s enemy, he would do everything he could to support the DEI agenda push in the US military because it makes the US military weak.
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What People are Saying
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“I’ve been currently active duty US Army and have been for a long time. The change in the army in the last 4 years has been extreme, we have now weekly classes on LGBTQ, diversity, inclusive and all the rest. Theses classes are used over range time, so instead of firing our weapons and learning to be efficient, we have classes. As an officer I’m being forced to make our enlisted learn this instead of their jobs. No one can speak out as we get ostracized and even forced out. The real state of our ground forces are in a terrible way.”
“Amen, brother. Same boat in the AF. You will get destroyed (UCMJ) if you don’t unquestioningly accept this nonsense. As an officer, you are required to even advocate for it to troops. The Fauci ouchy was the same way.”
“Currently serving in the Army and have been for 16 years… I’ve seen changes that would make my veteran grandfather’s turn in their grave. None of these changes increase the ability to take the fight to the enemy. It saddens me knowing that the next conflict will result in unimaginable losses. Unfortunately, I believe it will take such a loss to realign our priorities.”
“I serve currently and have 28 years this year and the military since 2020 has been spiraling out of control. People are moving to their camps and leaders force the DEI crap and this has divided the military that has not been like this in my experience. I will retire at my 30 year mark and can’t wait and am sad that the legacy I leave is is total disarray.”
“I am retired USAF (27 years). I am thoroughly embarrassed, for the military and our nation. This helps no one, but our adversaries. Lord help us all.”
“Also retired USAF here (20 years). I don’t think you’d find a retiree who doesn’t agree with you.”
“I am 21 year veteran and I totally agree with you.”
“26 years USA and it saddens me deeply and you stated very succinctly, “LORD help us all”.”
“I am retired USN, 20 years. I could have stayed longer than 20 but I had to go. I saw this crap coming 10 years ago. July 2013, at a command within the DMV, we had a meeting telling us a man was going to be legally allowed to use female spaces. This was 2 months AFTER the mandatory DoD-wide sexual harassment training. My comment was all that training was done for nothing if we are going to allowed women being harassed by this dude ‘because he feels like a woman.’ BS. The only reason I didn’t fight it was because I was retiring in less than 30 days and couldn’t get in trouble or that date delayed.”
“10 years on active duty and this is a huge reason why I got out. The military stopped making people conform to the military ways and instead started to pander to society, which in my personal opinion is wrong. The military is diverse without forcing it, no reason to force these woke ideologies in an organization where it doesn’t add value to, but I can sure make the argument where it takes value away.”
“Talked my daughter out of the military. She’s a jr at UK and doing well. My son won’t be seeing the military either.”
“As a vet with multiple sons, I advised them to steer clear of the modern military.”
“As a vet I would not allow or advise any young kid to join the military.”
“I am a veteran who used to promote that my kids serve in the military. However, I’ve have since encouraged them to do other things. This new country I live in is no longer America. These new leaders do not represent me.”
“I grew up in the 80’s. We grew up in a traditional Hispanic home. My father was a big Ronald Reagan fan. We were brought up to love America and love the Military. I was amazed of how incredible our country was. I joined the military and see it as one of the most proudest and enjoyable moments in my life. Now it makes me sad what the U.S., and military has turned into in the last 3 years.”
“Husband is retired Navy and we do not want our sons in the current military.”
“I’m so glad I retired out in 2011 and done my time in Iraq and Afghanistan when combat unit was still men, and the camaraderie was still great.”
“I left active-duty army in 2017, after 11 years and 4 deployments. Thank God I got out.”
“Same here. Joined in may 2007 got out 2018 so same amount of time as you roughly and after seeing how things have gone it makes me glad I’m not a part of it anymore.”
“I was in the Air Force 24 years, if I saw something like this during my tenure I would immediately request a discharge! I could not find the energy to lift my right hand to salute this deranged officer. I told both my sons to avoid the military because of this woke BS…thankfully they heeded my advice.”
“Literally dreamed of going into the military my entire childhood. Finally ready to enlist as an officer and there’s just no way. It’s so depressing to feel the loss of direction.”
“This is why I got out of the military, I joined in 2020 of January and got out in July of 2023. It was total mess, and even had formation meetings about what you couldn’t say to trans, bi, minorities and all, and I couldn’t believe that I was given lecture about certain people but it never mattered about the suicidal rate that was happening right in front of us and so much more.”
“82nd Airborne infantry veteran here and I’m so saddened to see what’s become of our military.”
“5th generation Veteran, served in Afghanistan (11B) and there is no way Id go into the military now and unless major reversal happens I cant promote this military to my sons. The army dropping down their recruitment quota only shows me, more parents and kids feel the same way.”
“Retired Navy and proud to have served, thankfully not in the present era.”
“I was combat in the Army (2005-2010), and people who would try to stand out or be special would be shamed for “trying to be an individual.” Identity politics doesn’t belong in the military on any level. To bring people together and create unit cohesion, you focus on what you have in common, your shared risk, and shared enemy/struggle. You must assimilate and conform. If you can’t or won’t, then you’re a liability and don’t belong there. It’s not about what’s “fair”, it’s about what works.”
“Wow! Such an amazing video. I was sitting back in total shock unable to move throughout. This video is completely spot on. As someone completing their 2nd contract in the Army and getting out, this was well said. I noticed the change happening from the months before COVID-19 (when I enlisted) and the months to about a year and a half following Covid. The change started small but drastically increased. (As I’m writing this I would say once Biden got in all of this gender, whatever crap you want to call it started to go really crazy. I’ll just leave you with one example. We’re in a foreign country, towards the beginning of the Russian/Ukraine conflict, and we get told to attend a mandatory class immediately. (I’m thinking it’s war preparations or something important or even relevant.) The class was about transgender/how to treat transgender people/(biological men “changing to women” and how that’s “normal”). We had females asking questions like oh, the “guy” can shower in the same bathroom as us if his DEERS is updated as a female? It was ridiculous, a waste of time, and honestly utterly embarrassing. I sincerely hope something changes because this is getting out of hand, and is a terrible look to not only our advisories but also other NATO allies. Something needs to change quick, fast, and in a hurry.”
“I got out of the military after 6 years in June of 2020. I had planned on doing 20 years, but after covid hit and the forced covid vaccine and wokeism, I couldn’t get out fast enough.”
“From Rambo’s to Rainbows…I served three of my four years in Germany 88-90. I traveled extensively bc of my MOS as well as personally. Meeting Canadian and UK troops during reforger exercise. People from Mexico to South Africa in Munich during the October Fest. I was also fortunate to participate in the International road march in Nijmegen. We met fellow soldiers from around the world and it was a great experience. We traded insignia patches, hats, berets and communicated the best we could and made a lot of friends. I didn’t meet every single military group that was there. But the ones we did meet there and everywhere along my travels had the impression American soldiers were all like Rambo. We were far from ” elite” forces. But they were very intimidated by us . We did have a chip on our shoulder. We were hard , and they knew it. There was no trouble at the march. And we were reminded we were representing not just our post but the entire US military. It does break my heart to see generations of tradition being cast aside. Knowing what the same soldiers that gave us a very recognizable nod of respect would be laughing hysterically. I have absolutely no doubt there are still fine outstanding young men and women that are serving proudly. But policies like this make their jobs harder. And battles are won before they are fought. Motivating and encouraging a foe is not exactly a winning formula in the art of war.”
“As a former Navy operator, I can’t recommend that my son follows in my footsteps.”
“My husband, son and I are all veterans that will never advise a young people to join our military.”
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