Why This Veteran Worries Wokeness Is Poisoning Our Military
Rob Bluey / @RobertBluey / July 06, 2021
Prior to becoming executive director of the Association of the United States Navy, Jason Beardsley served his country in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army Special Forces. (Photo: Courtesy of Jason Beardsley)
Jason Beardsley served his country in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army Special Forces before taking the helm as executive director of the Association of the United States Navy. Today, he’s speaking out to urge military leaders to focus on their primary mission of defending America—not advancing the left’s woke agenda.
Beardsley recently wrote a commentary for The Daily Signal about the challenges of readiness and morale in the U.S. Navy. “Wokeness is well on its way to poisoning our military, even as it claims the military is moving toward utopia,” Beardsley says.
He tells The Daily Signal that his own military experience taught him radical ideas like critical race theory have no place in our armed forces.
“In a firefight,” Beardsley says, “the one question that never occurred to me was, ‘Do I have enough black guys on the guns down behind me?’ Or, ‘Do I have enough Puerto Ricans on this side?’ Nobody cares. We want talented service members who honor the flag and respect the heritage of this country.”
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/07/06/why-this-veteran-worries-wokeness-is-poisoning-our-military/
