Here's Trump's Plan to Purge the Pentagon of the Woke Brass

[1srelluc]

Here's Trump's Plan to Purge the Pentagon of the Woke Brass

President-elect Donald J. Trump is sending signals to the military brass. They’re going back to prot

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The reported executive order would create a “warrior board” of retired generals and other senior personnel who would review the leadership qualities of the officers in question. There’s no re-election effort lingering overhead either, so don’t be shocked if this executive is issued. It’s time to clean house (via WSJ):

This is just awesome. The military is not a leftist social experiment....The .mil is tasked to break shit and to kill the enemy in wholesale lots.

The Obama years produced some really crappy leadership and then Biden comes in and promotes all those shitty people to enact the woke agenda. That woke agenda is the primary reason for the recruiting crisis.

It's been done before and with great success.

Trump Prepares a Pentagon Plucking Committee | National Review

The act of removing bad or distracted leaders is a tool as old as war itself.

www.nationalreview.com

In 1941, General Marshall held the Louisiana Maneuvers to test his officers on their leadership abilities. This series of exercises involved close to half a million soldiers, one of whom was a young colonel named Dwight Eisenhower. Ike was a standout performer, and his career skyrocketed as a result. In three short years, he went from colonel to supreme allied commander. The rest is history.

 

[Oddball]

Too many Generals to begin with.

 

[DGS49]

Rush Limbaugh had the Armed Forces figured out. Their mission is to "kill people and break stuff." That' it. They do other things of course, and they do them well, but any innovation in the Armed Forces MUST be evaluated on the basis of whether it makes "us" better at killing people and breaking stuff. If not, then don't do it.

DEI? Negative.

Officers who went whole hog on DEI - conditioned their subordinates' performance reviews on how well they implemented DEI? Get rid of them. They don't know what their job is.

 

[odanny]

That woke agenda is the primary reason for the recruiting crisis.

I'm not sure that's true, it could be that there is an abundance of jobs available and young people have more options than ever before, and I also wonder if the "woke agenda", if embraced by Gen. Z, is making young people less likely to join the military these days.

It's the same with factory work amongst many Gen. Z., none of them are interested in jobs like this, they want to stay home and work from their computer remotely but that is not realistic for most people, the same holds true for a "woke" military, it is not realistic that this would make it a more deadly and effective fighting force. It would do the opposite.

I'm also not sure someone like Hegspeth is ready to be Sec. of Def., but I think his vision of the miitary is correct, he seems a little light on actual experience in these type of leadership positions, as this is a very important one.

 

[Hum Dinger]

Purging the top ranks of the military is a standard practice whenever tyrants take power.

 

[1srelluc]

Purging the top ranks of the military is a standard practice whenever tyrants take power.

 

[Hum Dinger]

Thanks for affirming that you're an intellectual jerk-off!

 

[westwall]

Too many Generals to begin with.

No shit. Turning into north korea

 

[Zincwarrior]

Purging the top ranks of the military is a standard practice whenever tyrants take power.

Hey if its good enough for Erdogan!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Purging the top ranks of the military is a standard practice whenever tyrants take power.

Like Obama did

 

[CrusaderFrank]

No shit. Turning into north korea

Are you ******* serious? Lose Afghanistan and turn everything you touch to ruin -- and more highly decorated that Patton

 

[westwall]

Are you ******* serious? Lose Afghanistan and turn everything you touch to ruin -- and more highly decorated that Patton

And not a single valor award.

 

[Mushroom]

Officers who went whole hog on DEI - conditioned their subordinates' performance reviews on how well they implemented DEI? Get rid of them. They don't know what their job is.

The fact is however, this is much less of a thing with individuals who are in uniform and much more on the civilians that lead the DoD.

Most of the DEI requirements pushed down to those who serve really do not come from the "Generals" or other higher ranking officers. They actually come from the civilians that actually run the DoD. Because I have known many DoD personnel that had to do the exact same things, as well as those in the DoE, DoI, and other government agencies. For every two members on active duty, there is a civilian somewhere that is ultimately pushing things like this.

I have had to attend conferences about things like that, and it was 3 or 4 DoD civilians that arrived and told us the stuff we would have to teach. And it became endless because three months later they would then change the materials, and we would have to teach the exact same thing all over again as what we had taught six months prior is not "obsolete".

One thing I have said for decades now. Much more than a cleaning house of things like Generals, the civilian oversight of the DoD itself needs to be cleaned out. Because ultimately, each and every member of the military takes their orders from them, not those with stars on their collars. You can change out every single General in every branch, but so long as this is being pushed by the DoD, the next ones will have no choice but to do the exact same thing.

 

[westwall]

The fact is however, this is much less of a thing with individuals who are in uniform and much more on the civilians that lead the DoD.

Most of the DEI requirements pushed down to those who serve really do not come from the "Generals" or other higher ranking officers. They actually come from the civilians that actually run the DoD. Because I have known many DoD personnel that had to do the exact same things, as well as those in the DoE, DoI, and other government agencies. For every two members on active duty, there is a civilian somewhere that is ultimately pushing things like this.

I have had to attend conferences about things like that, and it was 3 or 4 DoD civilians that arrived and told us the stuff we would have to teach. And it became endless because three months later they would then change the materials, and we would have to teach the exact same thing all over again as what we had taught six months prior is not "obsolete".

One thing I have said for decades now. Much more than a cleaning house of things like Generals, the civilian oversight of the DoD itself needs to be cleaned out. Because ultimately, each and every member of the military takes their orders from them, not those with stars on their collars. You can change out every single General in every branch, but so long as this is being pushed by the DoD, the next ones will have no choice but to do the exact same thing.

Not true. The civilians placed generals in their positions who would be amenable to carry out their directives.

So, yeah, the generals are a HUUGE part of the problem.

 

[whitehall]

"Purge" is a harsh word apparently only attributed to republican administrations. It's merely politics as usual.

 

[Mushroom]

The civilians placed generals in their positions who would be amenable to carry out their directives.

I guess you do not grasp the very concept of civilian oversight.

 

[westwall]

I guess you do not grasp the very concept of civilian oversight.

Of course I do. Obummer spent a great deal of time gutting the military. He made sure the warriors were sent packing ASAP. I had a lot of Friends at the O4 level who were all forced out.

There's a huge difference between "oversight" and subverting the military for political reasons.

I guess you don't understand that.

 

[Oddball]

And not a single valor award.

Even that chunk of white metal mimicking a CIB is a participation award.

 

[Mushroom]

Of course I do. Obummer spent a great deal of time gutting the military. He made sure the warriors were sent packing ASAP. I had a lot of Friends at the O4 level who were all forced out.

There's a huge difference between "oversight" and subverting the military for political reasons.

I guess you don't understand that.

Actually, I do. And what does the RIF have to do with that?

FYI, we are now entering the longest term of military drawdowns cine after the Revolutionary War. Sixteen years of drawdowns at this time, which will be at least twenty years at a minimum before that reverses. Because the US military is still operating under the troop and budget cuts that started all the way back in 2009.

 

[DonGlock26]

DOD 'Scrambling,' Wiping Evidence of DEI as Trump Readies to Cut Woke Generals

The Pentagon is in "absolute disarray" due to the incoming Trump administration's plans to fire woke military leaders who prioritized DEI.

www.breitbart.com