Missing From the U.S. Military’s New Pitch
Diversity, equity and inclusion replace words like teamwork, grit, cohesiveness, fighting spirit and bravery.
Oct. 27, 2022 3:01 pm ET
The op-ed by the secretaries of the Army, Air Force and Navy (“Uncle Sam Wants You for a Military Job That Matters” by Christine Wormuth, Frank Kendall and Carlos Del Toro, Oct. 25) is an interesting piece of recruiting. What’s left out is that those same secretaries would rather have critical race theory taught to our servicemen than work to create a warrior ethos.
I got out of the Navy because I received an honor code at the Naval Academy but saw many admirals violate it while speaking to Congress and the public. That said, there are many benefits to serving our country, and I would do it again in a heartbeat—if I could just be young again.
Cmdr. Hal Dantone, USNR (Ret.)
Kingsville, Texas
The secretaries may rest assured in one regard: Veterans are already conveying their stories of service to young Americans. Unfortunately, I doubt former service members are winning over the next generation of recruits with tales of inept bureaucracies that hamper the core military mission at every turn, whole days lost to stale online training on crippled computer networks and a risk-averse culture that smothers personal initiative. Neither will they with sea stories of unaccountable payroll errors, eroded standards of conduct, maddening acquisition systems and absurd processing times for the most basic paperwork (assuming it doesn’t mysteriously vanish).
https://www.wsj.com/articles/us-military-recruiting-pitch-warrior-diversity-11666822203
