Our woke military needs volunteer units that hold to strict physical and mental standards
BY DOUGLAS MACKINNON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 07/16/22 12:00 PM ET
Last week, while at the United States Military Academy at West Point to make a television appearance to discuss my book, “The 56,” which seeks to prevent the “cancellation” of our Founding Fathers and the Fourth of July, I was approached by a Special Operator for the U.S. Army who is a West Point graduate. He literally pleaded with me to get the word out that West Point is going woke across the board — as are our other service academies, apparently — and has dramatically watered down its high physical, mental and accountability standards in the process.
These changes in policy, he believes, will cheapen the values and code of conduct at the storied academy and ultimately weaken national security.
After speaking with him, I reached out to several other retired military officers from the Navy and Air Force. During our conversations, an important question arose: What if our military branches created all-volunteer units that adhered to the strictest physical, mental and accountability standards? Not Special Operators, but regular company, battalion and brigade units.
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3555574-our-woke-military-needs-volunteer-units-that-hold-to-strict-physical-and-mental-standards/
