{"id":1924021,"date":"2023-05-04T04:55:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T08:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-hires-active-duty-drag-queen-to-combat-sinking-recruitment\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T04:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T08:58:59","slug":"navy-hires-active-duty-drag-queen-to-combat-sinking-recruitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-hires-active-duty-drag-queen-to-combat-sinking-recruitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy hires drag queen to boost recruitment."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fnavy-hires-active-duty-drag-queen-to-combat-sinking-recruitment%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=1924021&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>The U.S. Navy Hires Drag Queen as Digital Ambassador to Boost Recruitment<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Navy has taken an unconventional approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/70-u-k-firms-adopt-4-day-work-week\/\" title=\"70 U.K. Firms Adopt 4-Day Work Week\">boost recruitment<\/a> by hiring Yeoman 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Class Joshua Kelley, 29, who identifies as non-binary and performs in drag under the name \u201cHarpy Daniels,\u201d as one of its five Navy Digital Ambassadors. Kelley&#8217;s appointment was part of a pilot recruitment program that ran from October to March, aimed at exploring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scientist-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-monoclonal-antibody-research-for-chinese-pharma-company\/\" title=\"Scientist Pleads Guilty To Stealing Monoclonal Antibody Research For Chinese Pharma Company\">digital environment<\/a> to reach a wider range of potential candidates.<\/p>\n<h3>Breaking Stereotypes and Representing the Oppressed<\/h3>\n<p>Kelley, who served as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-hires-active-duty-drag-queen-to-combat-sinking-recruitment\/\" title=\"Navy hires drag queen to boost recruitment.\">administrative supervisor aboard<\/a> the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, has been performing in drag for his fellow sailors since joining the Navy in 2016. In his Instagram video, Kelley said he is \u201cbeing the representation of people who were oppressed for years in the service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom joining to 2016 and being able to share my drag experience on my off time with my fellow sailors has been a blessing,\u201d Kelley wrote on Instagram in November when he announced his Digital Ambassador appointment. \u201cThis experience has brought me so much strength, courage and ambition to continue being an advocate and representation of queer sailors!\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Plummeting Recruitment<\/h3>\n<p>The Navy is hoping to recruit more than 5,000 officers and enlisted sailors in 2024, which would bump the branch from fewer than 342,000 up to 347,000 sailors. However, recruitment is plummeting despite the military branch\u2019s attempts to recruit more Gen Z sailors. This year, the Navy is expected to recruit 6,000 fewer recruits than its target, according to Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti\u2019s testimony to House lawmakers last month.<\/p>\n<h3>Future Plans<\/h3>\n<p>The Navy recruitment campaign in which Kelley participated ended in April, and the Navy is now deciding what the program will look like in the future. The Navy spokesperson confirmed that the Navy did not compensate Kelley or any others for being Navy Digital Ambassadors.<\/p>\n<h3>Join the Navy<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in joining the Navy, click <b><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/b> to get the Daily Wire app and find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oxford-university-race-task-force-proposes-woke-scores-for-hiring-academics\/\" title=\"Oxford University Race Task Force Proposes Woke Scores for Hiring Academics\">recruitment process<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Navy hired an active-duty sailor and drag queen to be the face of the Navy\u2019s campaign to fight dropping recruitment. Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, 29, who identifies as non-binary, became one of five Navy Digital Ambassadors in a pilot recruitment program that lasted from October to March. 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