Everything the left touches it wrecks. And the U.S. military is now part of that ruination.
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All this morale-destroying socialist BS produced – like the massive admin bloat on college campuses – the accompanying rise in employment opportunities not for warfighters, but for Experts™ and Diversity Police™.
Being all uber-woke you can be has just about brought the Army to its knees. In this day and age, th
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Um, okay.
SO let's talk about "Diversity".
In 1948, they desegregated the military (A decade or two before they did the rest of the country.) Everyone said it would be horrible, but it turned out fine.
In 1976, they disbanded the Women's Army Corps and allowed "females" to get into MOS specialties formerly closed to them. Everyone said it was horrible, but it turned out fine.
In 1993, Bill Clinton established the "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gay soldiers. Everyone said it would be horrible, but it turned out okay.
Here's the reason why the military is having a hard time recruiting. "Hey, kid, sign up for this job making $24,000 a year. We might send you off to some foreign country to fight a war that has been going on since before you were born. You might end up in a sub-standard hospital if you get injured. You won't get any support if you suffer from PTSD."
It's not because they have to shower with the gay kid.
As for ADHD, uh, the Army has been taking morons for decades. I went through AIT with this kid who couldn't read the forms we were required to fill out as Supply Clerks. He eventually got recycled into another MOS.
Personally, I loved my time in the military (1981 to 1992 combined Reserves and Active), but I wouldn't recommend it to any young person today unless that is what they really wanted.