{"id":1527459,"date":"2022-06-24T07:49:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T11:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1527459"},"modified":"2022-06-24T07:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T11:49:17","slug":"u-s-navy-pushes-transgender-pronouns-while-allowing-massive-war-preparedness-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-navy-pushes-transgender-pronouns-while-allowing-massive-war-preparedness-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Navy Pushes Transgender Pronouns While Allowing Massive War-Preparedness Gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-navy-pushes-transgender-pronouns-while-allowing-massive-war-preparedness-gaps%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1527459&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ship-e1655925409114.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Navy has issued an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon\/status\/1538954448134934530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instructional video<\/a> training its members to create a \u201csafe space\u201d by using \u201ccorrect\u201d pronouns.\u00a0The video emphasized how service members must use \u201cinclusive languages\u201d and not \u201cmisgender\u201d others. <\/p>\n<p>For example, \u201cInstead of saying something like \u2018Hey, guys,\u2019 you can say, \u2018Hey, everyone,\u2019 or \u2018Hey, team.\u2019\u201d The video warned not to pressure others to disclose their pronouns because \u201csome people may be going through the process of discovery.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The video also offered a tip for memorizing someone\u2019s pronouns by \u201cgoing through a progression of three good things about the person using their pronouns \u2026 i.e. \u2018They have a nice shirt. They have a nice smile. They are really smart.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This cringe-worthy video was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon\/status\/1538954448134934530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0modeled after a children\u2019s show, which explains why the two hosts acted as if they were talking to kindergartners, even though their intended audience is full-grown adults. The video was part of the Biden administration\u2019s and Pentagon top brass\u2019s push to make the U.S. military a welcoming place for transgender service members. The U.S. Army\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/army-mandates-pronoun-training-for-all-levels-of-service\/\">offers<\/a> similar gender identity training and coaches officers on when to provide soldiers with gender transition surgery.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Imposing Politicized Lies While The World Burns<\/h2>\n<p>These mandatory trainings occur at a time the U.S.-led liberal world order, which has guaranteed peace and prosperity for seven decades post World War II,\u00a0 faces grave threats from adversaries such as Russia and China.<\/p>\n<p>The Russia-Ukraine war has been going on for almost four months. It has resulted in the loss of lives, millions of refugees, rising energy prices, worldwide food inflation, and food shortages. Sen. Marco Rubio warned, \u201cPutin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is not the first time an authoritarian regime invaded its neighbor and, unfortunately, it won\u2019t be the last.\u201d He\u2019s right, because China is currently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/17\/in-starker-terms-than-ever-china-threatens-war-over-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">planning a war over Taiwan<\/a>. Between Russia and China, China presents a much more serious military challenge to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Take the Chinese Navy as an example. China has tripled its naval battle force within two decades and built the world\u2019s largest navy, measured by the number of battle force ships. According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/05\/china\/china-world-biggest-navy-intl-hnk-ml-dst\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN<\/a>, \u201cBetween 2014 and 2018, China launched more submarines, warships, amphibious vessels, and auxiliaries than the number of ships currently serving in the individual navies of Germany, India, Spain, and the United Kingdom.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>China today has 355 battle-force ships and continues to build more. Early this week, China\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2022\/06\/17\/china-launches-third-aircraft-carrier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched its third and largest aircraft carrier<\/a>, domestically designed and built. In a provocative move, China named its new aircraft \u201cFujian,\u201d the coastal province closest to Taiwan. Experts project that the Chinese Navy will have 460 battle force ships by 2030.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition to building ships, China has also expanded its overseas military base. The People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) already has a base in Djibouti, an East African nation. Early this year, China and the Solomon Islands\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/chinas-south-pacific-power-play-xi-jinping-scott-morrison-solomon-islands-australia-beijing-11651004676?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed<\/a>\u00a0a security pact, which many people suspect would grant the Chinese Navy a permanent base in the South Pacific. Last week, The Washington Post\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/chinas-great-naval-leap-forward-cambodia-military-base-navy-beijing-xi-jinping-11654637895?page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that China is building a naval facility in Cambodia for its exclusive use \u201cand taking extraordinary measures to conceal the operation.\u201d The PLA is also rumored to be actively looking for a base in West Africa or the Middle East.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Depleted U.S. Navy Wastes Time on False Pronouns<\/h2>\n<p>While China is expanding its navy capacity and footprints, the U.S. Navy has been going in the opposite direction. The number of U.S. Navy battle-force ships has shrunk from 318 in 2000 to 296 in 2021. In addition to a smaller fleet size, many ships are reaching their expiration date without replacements. The shrinking fleet size and aging naval assets have already affected the U.S. Navy\u2019s ability to maintain its peacetime commitment worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, the U.S. Navy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/america-needs-a-bigger-navy-admiral-mike-gilday-pentagon-defense-spending-11645649492?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0had to \u201cdivert its only Pacific aircraft carrier to deal with the withdrawal from Afghanistan.\u201d Some also pointed out that the U.S. Navy had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/europe\/2022-01-28\/sporadic-nato-patrols-in-black-sea-leaving-void-for-Russians-4443921.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spent less time<\/a>\u00a0patrolling the Black Sea in recent years, which might have inadvertently emboldened Putin to take action on Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Jim Townsend, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank in Washington, D.C., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/europe\/2022-01-28\/sporadic-nato-patrols-in-black-sea-leaving-void-for-Russians-4443921.html\">said<\/a>, \u201cso much of deterrence and dealing with other nations geopolitically has do with presence\u2026 If you\u2019re not there one way or another, then the assumption is you don\u2019t care about it.\u201d Even though some experts believe the U.S. Navy is more capable of naval warfare than any other navy, including the untested Chinese Navy, the quantity of battle force ships still matters in deterring wars, preserving peace, and winning the wars if they start.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Future Shrinkage Expected<\/h2>\n<p>Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2022\/02\/18\/cno-gilday-we-need-a-naval-force-of-over-500-ships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimated<\/a>\u00a0that to effectively counter adversaries like China and meet the U.S. global security commitment, the U.S. Navy needs \u201cabout 350 ships and another 150 unmanned or lightly manned vessels, for a total of 500.\u201d Since shipbuilding takes time, Gilday was describing a vision for 2045. Meanwhile, China doesn\u2019t wait idly. Adm. Philip Davidson, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/china-could-invade-taiwan-next-6-years-assume-global-leadership-n1260386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a>\u00a0that China could invade Taiwan within six years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing the precarious situation U.S. Navy was in, the Trump administration announced an ambitious fleet plan toward the end of its first term. But the Biden administration shelved the project and continued to downsize the Navy in the name of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/divest-invest-biden-navy-shipbuilding-plan-leaves-lawmakers-analysts-bewildered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">divest to invest<\/a>.\u201d The Navy\u2019s 2023 budget plans to purchase nine ships while retiring 24. The projection is that by 2027, the U.S. Navy will have only 280 battle force ships.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The Wall Street Journal editorial board\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-shrinking-u-s-navy-pentagon-military-joe-biden-budget-ships-11648842070?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">put it bluntly<\/a>, \u201cThe truth is the Navy finds itself without the resources to expand its fleet or sustain its current ships, and some of its inventory is ill-suited for the next fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of giving the U.S. Navy the necessary resources to maintain peace and prepare for the next war, the Biden administration has focused on pushing wokeism in the U.S. military. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bidens-woke-agenda-military-6-million-man-hours-republicans\">information<\/a> obtained by the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Department of Defense has spent close to 6 million man-hours and $1 million on trainings across the military regarding climate change, extremism, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). <\/p>\n<p>This training took place as the military already reported not getting enough preparation for combat due to budget constraints. For example, the Navy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/us-flying-aces-need-more-time-air-airforce-marines-pilots-training-exercises-expenses-military-budget-china-taiwan-11645117426\">said<\/a> it had to reduce pilots\u2019 flying hours by 10 or 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Any concerned citizen ought to ask: Is providing pronoun training the best way to deploy the U.S. military\u2019s limited resources? How does such training prepare our service members for wars? If our soldiers need a \u201csafe space\u201d to escape any perceived harm of \u201cmisgendering,\u201d what happens when missiles are flying and bullets are fired during combat? Do our military top brass and the Biden administration truly believe that wokeism is America\u2019s best defense? Will it deter adversaries and keep the United States and its allies safe?<\/p>\n<p>One of the critical lessons of America\u2019s humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan is that regardless of our military capability, disaster can happen when our political and military leaders are distracted. Our adversaries are constantly looking for opportunities to exploit our weaknesses in order to advance their own geopolitical ambitions. If the political and military leaders of this country continue to invest in getting the military woke rather than preparing it for growing geopolitical threats, the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan may not be the last failure we witness.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Helen Raleigh, CFA, is an American entrepreneur, writer, and speaker. She&#8217;s a senior contributor at The Federalist. Her writings appear in other national media, including The Wall Street Journal and Fox News.  Helen is the author of several books, including &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Confucius-Never-Said-Helen-Raleigh\/dp\/1499185278\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&#038;keywords=Helen+Raleigh+Confucius+Never+Said&#038;qid=1606079469&#038;sr=8-1\">Confucius Never Said<\/a>&#8221; and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Backlash-How-Chinas-Aggression-Backfired\/dp\/1736008501\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&#038;qid=1606006113&#038;sr=8-1\">Backlash: How Communist China&#8217;s Aggression Has Backfired<\/a>.&#8221; Follow her on Parler and Twitter: @HRaleighspeaks.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Navy has issued an\u00a0instructional video training its members to create a \u201csafe space\u201d by using \u201ccorrect\u201d pronouns.\u00a0The video emphasized how service members must use \u201cinclusive languages\u201d and not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":536,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1527459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1527459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1527459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1527459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1527459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}