{"id":1923005,"date":"2023-05-02T22:41:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T02:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-unable-to-meet-recruiting-targets-the-u-s-navy-is-turning-to-drag-queens-for-help\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T22:46:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T02:46:32","slug":"report-unable-to-meet-recruiting-targets-the-u-s-navy-is-turning-to-drag-queens-for-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-unable-to-meet-recruiting-targets-the-u-s-navy-is-turning-to-drag-queens-for-help\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy seeks help from drag queens to meet recruitment goals."},"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\">22<\/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%2Freport-unable-to-meet-recruiting-targets-the-u-s-navy-is-turning-to-drag-queens-for-help%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=1923005&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--><h2>U.S. Navy Recruits Drag Queen Harpy Daniels to Boost Ranks<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure>\n        <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<p>Are you struggling to meet your recruiting goals? Look no further than the U.S. Navy, who have found the perfect person to increase their ranks: Drag Queen Harpy Daniels.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/05\/01\/us-navy-drag-queen-recruitment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Caller report<\/a>, the Navy has brought on Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, also known as Harpy Daniels, to be a \u201cNavy Digital Ambassador.\u201d Kelley, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-unable-to-meet-recruiting-targets-the-u-s-navy-is-turning-to-drag-queens-for-help\/\" title=\"US Navy seeks help from drag queens to meet recruitment goals.\">active-duty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-teacher-praises-transgender-activist-sex-worker-in-front-of-middle-schoolers\/\" title=\"Minnesota Teacher Praises Transgender Activist, Sex Worker In Front Of Middle Schoolers\">drag queen<\/a><\/a> who identifies as non-binary, was part of the Digital Ambassador initiative, which aimed to explore the digital environment to reach a wide range of potential candidates for military recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Kelley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ClCNuWJjy-o\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> on Instagram that the Navy had invited him to become the branch\u2019s first \u201cDigital Ambassador.\u201d Kelley highlighted his experience performing in drag for the Navy as early as 2018 and his new role as a \u201cleader\u201d and \u201cadvocate\u201d for individuals who were allegedly \u201coppressed for years in the service.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Navy\u2019s Recruiting Shortfalls<\/h3>\n<p>The Navy\u2019s use of a drag queen as a \u201cdigital ambassador\u201d comes amid the branch\u2019s predicted failure to meet its recruiting targets for the 2023 fiscal year. Last month, The Military Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/04\/19\/army-navy-and-air-force-predict-recruiting-shortfalls-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Army are projecting recruiting shortfalls in the \u201cthousands\u201d this year. While the Navy is estimated to fall roughly 6,000 recruits short of its goal, the Army and Air Force are projected to miss theirs by 10,000 and 3,400, respectively.<\/p>\n<h3>The Push for DEI Ideology<\/h3>\n<p>Following President Joe Biden\u2019s 2021 inauguration, the Defense Department began pushing military leadership to adopt discriminatory \u201cDEI\u201d ideology. For context, diversity, equity, and inclusion (often abbreviated to DEI) is a divisive and poisonous ideology dismissive of merit to discriminate based on characteristics such as skin color and sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2021, then-Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Press-Office\/Press-Releases\/display-pressreleases\/Article\/2619239\/don-announces-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-planning-actions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">memo<\/a> outlining an action plan to promote DEI in the Navy. The <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2021\/May\/17\/2002645340\/-1\/-1\/0\/DON%20DIVESITY%20EQUITY%20AND%20INCLUSION%20PLANNING%20ACTIONS.PDF\/DON%20DIVESITY%20EQUITY%20AND%20INCLUSION%20PLANNING%20ACTIONS.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">document<\/a> instructed the Navy\u2019s assistant secretary and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-washington-blm-alliance-begins-lobbying-state-legislature-demands-gov-inslee-declare-racism-a-public-health-crisis\/\" title=\"New \u2018Washington BLM Alliance\u2019 Begins Lobbying State Legislature, Demands Gov. Inslee Declare Racism A Public Health Crisis\">chief diversity officer<\/a> to \u201clead and oversee all DEI efforts across the Department to synchronize key policies and initiatives \u2026 and to develop a strategy to advance DEI across the enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Defense Department\u2019s embrace of DEI ideology continues to permeate the military. As Helen Raleigh <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/24\/u-s-navy-pushes-transgender-pronouns-while-allowing-massive-war-preparedness-gaps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> in The Federalist last June, the Navy released an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon\/status\/1538954448134934530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instructional video<\/a> advising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">service members<\/a> to create a \u201csafe space\u201d by using \u201ccorrect\u201d pronouns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The video emphasized how service members must use \u201cinclusive languages\u201d and not \u201cmisgender\u201d others.<\/li>\n<li>The Army has also released <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/army-mandates-pronoun-training-for-all-levels-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">similar material<\/a> instructing soldiers on so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-approves-gender-equality-act-in-224-206-vote\/\" title=\"House approves gender \u2018Equality Act\u2019 in 224-206 vote\">-called \u201cgender identity<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff Writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Struggling to meet their recruiting goals for fiscal year 2023, U.S. Naval leadership has found whom they believe to be the perfect person to increase the branch\u2019s ranks: Drag Queen Harpy Daniels. According to a Daily Caller report, the Navy brought on Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley \u2014 an active-duty drag queen who goes by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1923006,"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":[546],"tags":[7069,12788,3767,6758,7071,14756,3814],"class_list":["post-1923005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-drag","tag-goals","tag-meet","tag-navy","tag-queens","tag-recruitment","tag-seeks"],"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\/1923005","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1923005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1923005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}