{"id":1963218,"date":"2023-07-03T12:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T16:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-uses-transgender-soldier-rachel-to-promote-diversity-in-the-military\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T12:30:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T16:30:01","slug":"army-uses-transgender-soldier-rachel-to-promote-diversity-in-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-uses-transgender-soldier-rachel-to-promote-diversity-in-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Army promotes diversity in military with transgender soldier &#8216;Rachel&#8217;."},"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\">18<\/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%2Farmy-uses-transgender-soldier-rachel-to-promote-diversity-in-the-military%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=1963218&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. Army Struggles to Fill Ranks, Highlights Transgender Officer<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Army is facing recruitment challenges, falling 25 percent short of its fiscal 2022 goals, leaving a deficit of approximately 15,000 troops, as reported by KGUN-TV. Military.com also states that the goal of recruiting 65,000 new troops for this fiscal year is unlikely to be met.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are not going to make that goal,\u201d Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said in May. \u201cWe are doing everything we can to get as close to it as possible; we are going to fall short.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Amidst these concerns, the Army has highlighted the story of Maj. Rachel Jones, chief of the Army Sustainment Command Cyber Division, G6 (Information Management), who is a transgender female. The Army&#8217;s feature on Jones aims to promote diversity and inclusivity within the military.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to coming out as transgender, Jones struggled with suicidal thoughts, as shared on the Army&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was growing up in the 80s and 90s there was a lot of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. I don\u2019t think many people meant to do that, but it\u2019s something I heard as I was growing up repeatedly. So much so that I was convinced I was inherently evil for being transgender,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThe pressure of hiding all of the time was so bad I grew up depressed and suicidal to the point that I always had a plan to end my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Jones sought therapy and found a path towards self-acceptance and self-love.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSince getting into therapy, I was able to detangle my feelings about being transgender and disconnect it with being evil and the suffocating shame. I started to accept and love myself,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like taking off a very heavy rucksack. While the ruck is on you can\u2019t move like you should, your body aches and you just want to stop. When you take the ruck off, everything feels lighter and easier and there\u2019s a massive sense of relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jones expressed gratitude for the acceptance and support she has received from her colleagues in the Army.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPeople here have been amazing. I know how lucky I am to work in an organization with such acceptance and everyone here has been really supportive,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was initially a bit fearful of coming out as my true self and how I would be perceived, but I had nothing to worry about. As a Soldier, I\u2019m still treated as a Soldier.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Republican Rep. Mike Walz believes that the military has lost its way under the Biden administration, diverting its focus from lethality to initiatives that have politicized the armed forces and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-republican-comes-out-against-woke-military-spending\/\" title=\"Another Republican Comes Out Against Woke Military Spending\">harmed military readiness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUnder the Biden Administration, the Pentagon has diverted its focus from lethality and have instead pushed initiatives that have politicized our warfighting ranks and harmed our military readiness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur military faces the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politicization-of-the-military-shows-democrats-and-republicans-recruiting-crisis-through-different-ideological-lenses\/\" title=\"Politicization of the Military Shows Democrats and Republicans Recruiting Crisis Through Different Ideological Lenses\">worst recruiting crisis<\/a> since the Vietnam War because young Americans don\u2019t want to join what was once a trusted institution that has become overly politicized and hyper-focused on DEI initiatives,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Pentagon study mentioned in a report by Military.com revealed that only 23 percent of America&#8217;s youth are eligible to serve due to factors such as being overweight, drug use, or physical and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-year-old-girl-pepper-sprayed-during-interaction-with-rochester-police\/\" title=\"9-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed During Interaction With Rochester Police\">mental health issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the U.S. Army&#8217;s struggle to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-uses-transgender-soldier-rachel-to-promote-diversity-in-the-military\/\" title=\"Army promotes diversity in military with transgender soldier 'Rachel'.\">meet recruitment goals highlights<\/a> the challenges it faces in maintaining a strong and diverse force.<\/p>\n<p><em>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/army-uses-transgender-soldier-rachel-promote-diversity-military\/\">Army Uses Transgender Soldier &#8216;Rachel&#8217; to Promote Diversity in the Military<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Army faces recruitment challenges, falling 25% short of its fiscal 2022 targets, leaving a deficit of around 15,000 soldiers. To address this, the Army highlights the merits of a transgender officer. However, achieving this year&#8217;s goal of 65,000 new recruits seems unlikely, as reported by Military.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1963219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1963218","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1963218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1963219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}