Republicans ‘alarmed’ over reported 6 million man-hours devoted to leftist social agenda in Biden’s DoD
February 15, 2022 | Kevin Haggerty
The U.S. Department of Defense is putting “woke” priorities first to the tune of 6 million man-hours focused on the implementation of a “leftist social agenda,” Republicans revealed Monday.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley provided a breakdown of the new training set forth after a request was sent to him by Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), Fox News Digital reported. Inhofe, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee had submitted his request for information to the DOD on January 6, specifically as it pertained to extremism, climate change, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training.
While it has been known that the DOD has been implementing this new training under the direction of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, there hasn’t been a quantifiable measurement presented on the cost until now.
In the breakdown, Milley reported that over 5.3 million hours were spent on extremism “stand-downs,” or conversations about extremism after Austin had ordered all commanding officers and supervisors to address their personnel on his concerns following the events of January 6, 2021. There was an added cost of $535,000 in addition to the time spent.
Milley defended the implementation saying it was nearly the same as other programs, “This averages just over 2 hours per Service member in a total force of 2.46 million members and is comparable to other Joint Force periodic training requirements.”
The DOD issued a public statement trying to defend the use of 530,000 hours with an added cost of $477,000 on DEI training before this report came out.
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