{"id":1805009,"date":"2023-01-13T12:05:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T17:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1805009"},"modified":"2023-01-13T12:07:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T17:07:57","slug":"nearly-7-in-10-active-duty-military-members-say-pentagon-is-politicized-under-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-7-in-10-active-duty-military-members-say-pentagon-is-politicized-under-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 7 in 10 Active Duty Military Members Say Pentagon Is Politicized Under Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fnearly-7-in-10-active-duty-military-members-say-pentagon-is-politicized-under-biden%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=1805009&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-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246163855-e1673546106141-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">According to data compiled exclusively by Breitbart news, the overwhelming majority of U.S. Active Duty Military personnel believe that the Pentagon is now politicized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Sixty eight percent of active-duty members claim they have. \u201cwitnessed a growing politicization,\u201d While 53 percent of respondents say that the military is becoming more important, \u201ctoo politicized.\u201d Sixty-eight% also believe such politicization will impact their decision to encourage children to join the army.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The data, gathered by the National Independent Panel on Military Service and Readiness (NIPMSR), show specific policy areas of concern for active duty military at a time when President Joe Biden\u2019s\u00a0Pentagon has been criticized by many for conducting social experiments in the ranks of the military, as opposed to focusing on national defense. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts established the NIPMSR.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">\u201cThe Pentagon should be focused on winning America\u2019s future wars rather than prioritizing divisive programs and issues,\u201d Rep. Mike Waltz, R-FL, chaired this panel. \u201cThe Pentagon should be focused on how best to counter our global adversaries like China and recruiting the best and brightest to our ranks.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Changing policy allowing unrestricted service of transgender-identifying persons appears to be a major sticking point for active duty military, with 80 percent reporting that the changes have decreased their trust in the military.<\/p>\n<p>Active duty should also be concerned by equity-based initiatives, such as lowering the standards for physical fitness. As 70% of those polled said that this was a bad idea. \u201ceven the playing field\u201d This lowers their confidence in the institution.<\/p>\n<p>The new focus is on \u201cclimate change as a top national security threat\u201d 70 percent trust the active-duty military has been lost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Sixty nine percent stated that critical race theory books were concerning on the reading list of the Chief Naval Operations. Meanwhile, 68 percent expressed concern about sexual assault reports.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>If broken down by the top-selected areas that are of concern, the highest ranking were: \u201cover emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives,\u201d The reduction in fitness standards and military funding for abortions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more clear than ever that Americans are losing faith in what should be America\u2019s most trusted institution and the current recruitment crisis facing our military is evidence of that,\u201d Waltz said.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage Executive Vice President Derrick Morgan says 2022 \u201cwas the worst year for recruiting since the advent of the all-volunteer force, and 2023 is shaping up to be as bad or worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese alarming poll results confirm what many have long suspected,\u201d Mike Berry, First Liberty Institute director for Military Affairs and senior counsel, was a panel member. \u201cOur military is further adrift than ever and risks becoming completely unmoored from its national security role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis poll is another warning shot to policymakers that we are failing our troops by allowing political activism to deprive them of the focus and high training standards they deserve to fight and win,\u201d Rebecca Heinrichs, Hudson Institute senior fellow, and member of the Hudson Institute panel, spoke.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/author\/bthies\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Breccan F. Thies<\/a>\u00a0Breitbart News&#8217; reporter. You can follow him Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreccanFThies\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">@BreccanFThies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to data compiled exclusively by Breitbart news, the overwhelming majority of U.S. Active Duty Military personnel believe that the Pentagon is now politicized. Sixty eight percent of active-duty members claim they have. \u201cwitnessed a growing politicization,\u201d While 53 percent of respondents say that the military is becoming more important, \u201ctoo politicized.\u201d Sixty-eight% also believe &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1805012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[9286,3620,5458,4052,4505,3761,7943,3819],"class_list":["post-1805009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-active","tag-biden","tag-bongino","tag-duty","tag-military","tag-pentagon","tag-politicized","tag-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805009","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1805009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1805012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1805009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1805009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1805009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}