Report Of The National Independent Panel On Military Service And Readiness
By Staff Writer
April 1, 2023
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STARRS Chairman of the Board LTG Rod Bishop, USAF ret, is a member of the National Independent Panel on Military Service and Readiness panel that just issued its new report. Read below or read the PDF.–
Data collected by the panel indicates a growing politicization of the military, where politicization is defined as the imposition of policies, programs, and messaging designed for political, not military, reasons.
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Politicization of the U.S. military risks dividing groups into factions while detracting time, resources, and focus on the priority mission: to prepare and train the force to fight and win in combat.
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Politicization can lead to a decline in both American public trust in the military—which, in turn, negatively impacts recruiting efforts—and the military’s readiness to fight and win wars.
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The panel concluded that the human elements of training, discipline, cohesion, confidence, and morale critical to fighting and winning in war are under severe duress due to a prioritization of a political agenda that distracts from the warfighting mission and diminishes trust in military leadership.
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https://armedforces.press/report-of-the-national-independent-panel-on-military-service-and-readiness/