{"id":1926886,"date":"2023-05-08T17:57:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T21:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-pentagon-downplays-navys-drag-queen-influencer-program\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T18:02:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T22:02:05","slug":"watch-pentagon-downplays-navys-drag-queen-influencer-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-pentagon-downplays-navys-drag-queen-influencer-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon downplays Navy&#8217;s drag queen program."},"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\">12<\/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%2Fwatch-pentagon-downplays-navys-drag-queen-influencer-program%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=1926886&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 Navy&#8217;s Use of Drag Queen to Recruit Younger Americans Sparks Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>The Pentagon recently downplayed the Navy&#8217;s use of a drag queen to recruit younger Americans, but the controversy surrounding the issue continues to grow. According to a Pentagon spokeswoman, the program has concluded, and the Navy is evaluating its future.<\/p>\n<h3>The Navy&#8217;s Digital Ambassador Program<\/h3>\n<p>Joshua Kelley, an active sailor, announced on TikTok last year that he was a &#8220;<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.\">digital ambassador<\/a>&#8221; for the Navy. Kelley, who performs in drag under the stage name Harpy Daniels, has been entertaining Navy personnel on ships since 2018. He claims to be an &#8220;advocate&#8221; for people who &#8220;were oppressed for years in the service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Navy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-pentagon-downplays-navys-drag-queen-influencer-program\/\" title=\"Pentagon downplays Navy's drag queen program.\">digital ambassador program ran<\/a> from October 2022 to March 2023. Despite the Pentagon&#8217;s claim that the program was &#8220;not a recruiting effort,&#8221; a Navy spokesperson told Fox News that the program was intended to &#8220;explore 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 wide range of potential candidates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The Controversy<\/h3>\n<p>The controversy over the Navy&#8217;s use of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-navy-to-use-drag-queen-influencer-to-attract-diverse-talent-amid-recruitment-crisis\/\" title=\"US Navy hires drag queen influencer to diversify recruitment.\">drag queen influencer<\/a> comes as the branch struggles to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamstrung-nypd-officers-seek-early-retirement-as-city-grapples-with-crime\/\" title=\"Hamstrung NYPD Officers Seek Early Retirement As City Grapples With Crime\">meet recruitment goals<\/a>. The Navy is projected to fall 8,000 short of its recruitment goal this year, and the Army is expected to miss its goal again after only filling 45,000 slots out of its goal of 60,000 last year.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>While the Navy&#8217;s use of a drag queen influencer may have been intended to reach a wider audience, it has sparked controversy and raised questions about the effectiveness of such programs. As the military branches continue to face recruitment challenges, it remains to be seen how they will adapt to changing times and demographics.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will the Navy continue to use digital ambassadors?<\/li>\n<li>Will other branches of the military follow suit?<\/li>\n<li>Only time will tell.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One thing is for sure, the debate over the Navy&#8217;s use of a drag queen influencer is far from over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon last week downplayed the Navy&#8217;s use of a drag queen to recruit younger Americans. &#8220;It was not a recruiting effort, but this pilot program has concluded and the Navy is evaluating the program and how it exists in the future,&#8221; a Pentagon spokeswoman said during a Thursday press briefing. The Pentagon&#8217;s comments came<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1926887,"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":[544],"tags":[15541,7069,8414,3761,6644,7291],"class_list":["post-1926886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-downplays","tag-drag","tag-navys","tag-pentagon","tag-program","tag-queen"],"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\/1926886","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\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1926886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1926887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1926886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1926886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1926886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}