In recent years, the U.S. Army has made a concerted effort toward prioritizing political correctness, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). While these initiatives aim to create a more welcoming and representative military, they often come at the expense of traditional warfighting values.

Gone are the days when the Army’s focus was solely on combat readiness, marked by uniformity in discipline and a “suck it up” mentality. Today, there’s a pronounced emphasis on sensitivity and accommodation, reshaping the culture of the force. This shift dilutes the essence of what it means to be a soldier, with concerns that it could lead to distractions from core mission objectives.

Bottom line…

The prime directive of maintaining military effectiveness and preparing for the complexities of modern warfare should trump political correctness, DEI, accommodations, and other such nonsense.

We are screwed if we must rely on beta-males and their fucking pronouns over killing our enemies and destroying their support infrastructure. I suggest that instead of toying with tee-shirts, we develop ways to kill people cheaper and stop using million-dollar weaponry to kill ten people.

With the relaxed standards, who gives a crap what you look like when exercising… l want someone who can pull a 230-pound soldier with an additional 70-pounds of “battle-rattle” out of the line of enemy fire.

-- Steve