{"id":1977393,"date":"2023-07-19T13:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rolls-out-plan-to-rip-the-woke-out-of-americas-armed-forces\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T13:50:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:50:37","slug":"desantis-rolls-out-plan-to-rip-the-woke-out-of-americas-armed-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rolls-out-plan-to-rip-the-woke-out-of-americas-armed-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis unveils strategy to eliminate woke culture from US military."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdesantis-rolls-out-plan-to-rip-the-woke-out-of-americas-armed-forces%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=1977393&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--><div class=\"post_content\">\n \u200c   <\/p>\n<div \u200dclass=\"aplayer_app\" \u200cdata-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0719\/3972654b-ef4a-4367-b598-00feed3b6eca\/audio.mp3?length=5629869&#038;duration=469\"><\/div>\n<p>  \u2064\u2062  <\/p>\n<p> \u2063   <\/p>\n<h2>Ron DeSantis: \u2062Restoring the\u2062 Military&#8217;s Core Mission<\/h2>\n<p>\u200c \u2064  \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Ron DeSantis unveiled his plan to \u200c&#8221;rip the woke out of the military \u200band return it to \u2062its core\u200c mission&#8221; during\u200c a\u2063 campaign\u200c stop \u200din Columbia, \u200dSouth\u200d Carolina, on July 18.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d  <\/p>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217;s plan goes\u2063 beyond traditional military \u2064topics like \u200bweaponry and \u2062theaters \u200dof engagement.\u2062 Instead, \u2064it focuses on \u200dundoing\u2062 what he\u200c sees as the Biden \u200dadministration&#8217;s excessive\u2064 emphasis \u200bon diversity and \u2062inclusion, critical race \u2062theory, and climate change.\u2063 DeSantis\u2064 believes that by refocusing on the fundamentals \u200dof warfare, \u2062the armed \u2064forces\u200d can\u2064 regain their strength.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech,\u2064 DeSantis criticized \u2063the\u200b current\u2064 direction of the American \u200bmilitary.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b  \u2064 \u200c <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n   \u200b    \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s\u2062 a\u200c military that has been\u2062 ordered\u2064 by civilian officials to pursue political ideology, to pursue social experimentation, to\u200b be \u2063yet another \u2062institution in\u200b American life \u200bthat\u200c gets\u200d infected with the woke mind\u2064 virus,&#8221; \u200cDeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063 \u200d \u2064<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  \u200c \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>In his \u200ccampaign\u2062 platform,\u200c DeSantis also \u200bcalls for the disciplining \u200bof retired\u2063 generals and admirals\u200c who\u200c speak out against public\u2064 officials, the revocation\u200d of security clearances for\u200d paid\u200c news analysts, and\u200d the punishment of troops who show contempt \u2064for\u200b elected officials. He aims \u200dto disrupt the\u2063 revolving door between defense jobs, lobbying firms, and military contractors.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063  \u200b <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5324917\" style=\"width: \u2064640px\" class=\"wp-caption\u200c aligncenter\">\n\u200d  \u2062\u2064      <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/09\/id5324917-Screen-Shot-2023-06-09-at-7.19.31-PM.png\"><br \/>\n    \u2062    \u200b  \u2063 \u200c<figcaption\u2062 class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u200c  \u200c \u2064 \u2062 \u2064  <\/a><br \/>\n    \u2064 \u200b   <\/p>\n<h3>Lt. \u2063Ron DeSantis: \u200bA Bronze Star Recipient<\/h3>\n<p>\u2063  \u2063 \u2063    \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Ron DeSantis served as a legal\u2064 adviser to \u200dSEAL Team One in Iraq, \u200dincluding during the battle\u200d of Fallujah in 2007, earning\u2063 a Bronze\u200c Star\u200b for \u2064meritorious \u200cservice.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062   <\/figure>\n<p>DeSantis \u200cadvocates for military promotions based solely on\u2064 merit, rather\u200b than\u200c prioritizing \u200crace \u2062or \u200cgender. He also opposes\u2062 using taxpayer funds for sex-change\u2064 operations for transgender \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-have-a-choice-back-tuberville-or-fail-a-majority-of-americans-on-abortion-again\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans must decide: support Tuberville or disappoint the majority of Americans on abortion once more.\">service \u200cmembers<\/a>. He\u2062 believes that the military should\u2064 focus\u2062 on its core mission \u200cand\u200c not engage in \u200bactivities\u200c like drag shows on military bases.<\/p>\n<p>   \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If \u200cyou look at the threats\u200d that \u200dthis country has from China, when China sees \u200cthe\u2064 Navy, for \u2063example, using drag queens to\u2064 recruit people, they are laughing in \u2063our face,&#8221; \u2063DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 \u2062 \u200b <\/p>\n<figure \u200cid=\"attachment_5176805\" style=\"width: 640px\"\u2063 class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n  \u2064      \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/06\/id5176805-2023cmt-copy-1200x872.jpg\"><br \/>\n\u200c       \u2064   \u200c<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u200c     \u2062 <\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Banning Drag Shows on Military Bases<\/h3>\n<p>    \u2063    <\/p>\n<p>Ron\u2064 DeSantis pledges\u2062 to \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-rep-vows-to-file-legislation-to-ban-drag-shows-for-minors\/\" title=\"Texas Rep Vows To File Legislation To Ban Drag Shows For Minors\">ban drag shows<\/a> like\u2062 this one, at the CMT Music Awards \u2062in\u2064 Austin,\u200b Texas,\u2064 on April 2, 2023,\u200c from military bases.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>   \u200d <\/p>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217;s military platform consists of\u200b four key pillars: \u2064removing political \u200bagendas \u200dfrom the\u2062 military, restoring military \u2062standards, promoting accountability, and\u2063 addressing the\u2062 Biden administration&#8217;s\u200d recruiting crisis.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c   <\/p>\n<p>To restore military standards, DeSantis \u200bemphasizes recognizing\u200d the\u200b differences between men\u2062 and \u200cwomen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-the-supreme-court-did-not-carve-out-a-military-exception-in-race-based-admissions\/\" title=\"No, Supreme Court didn't create military exception for race-based admissions.\">eliminating racial preferences<\/a>,\u2064 and \u200dadhering\u2063 to one standard\u2064 of\u2062 readiness. He also advocates\u2062 for \u200dtransparency in performance\u200b data \u2063and opposes equity initiatives related \u2064to\u2064 standards and \u200dreadiness.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  \u2063  <\/p>\n<p>DeSantis opposes \u2064race\u200b and gender\u2063 quotas in military recruiting and \u200dpromotions, \u2064instead prioritizing\u2063 merit. He also promises \u2062to reinstate service \u2062members\u200c who were discharged due to\u2064 their vaccination status\u200b and restore their \u200cpay.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063   <\/p>\n<p>DeSantis aims to remove climate change as a military\u2064 priority, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rolls-out-plan-to-rip-the-woke-out-of-americas-armed-forces\/\" title=\"DeSantis unveils strategy to eliminate woke culture from US military.\">ending \u2063climate\u2063 activist \u200cpolicies<\/a> \u2062and\u2064 halting\u2064 the tracking of greenhouse gas \u2064emissions\u200c by military contractors. He also opposes \u200cmilitary \u200bfunding for environmental justice projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062    <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, \u200cDeSantis \u2064calls for the prosecution of service \u200cmembers who \u2062speak contemptuously against\u2062 certain public officials\u200b and \u2064the revocation of\u2063 security \u2063clearances for retired defense leadership seeking\u200c to \u200cmonetize their access \u2063to \u200cinside information. He \u2064proposes \u200ca \u2063cooling-off period\u2063 for Pentagon officials transitioning \u200dto \u200cmilitary contractor roles or lobbying positions.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2062 \u200d <\/p>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217;s plan prioritizes\u200d accountability and readiness \u2063within the\u2063 military.\u2064 He believes that\u200d by refocusing on\u200d the\u200b core mission, the\u200c armed forces\u200c can\u200b regain their \u2063strength and protect\u2062 the nation.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 \u200c  <\/p>\n<figure \u200bid=\"attachment_4132235\" style=\"width: 640px\"\u200c class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n  \u200d    \u200d  <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/12\/01\/GettyImages-1232572644-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n   \u200c   \u2064  \u2063  \u200b<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u2063  \u2062 <\/a><br \/>\n  \u200b\u2062   \u2062 \u2064 \u200d <\/p>\n<h3>Restoring \u2064Service Members&#8217; Rights<\/h3>\n<p>     \u2062  \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Ron DeSantis \u2063pledges \u200bto restore \u200dservice\u200d members who \u2063were ejected from the military due to their vaccination status.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200c  <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ron DeSantis unveiled his strategy to eliminate woke culture from the military and restore its primary purpose during a campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina. Unlike his usual speeches on weaponry and theaters of engagement, DeSantis&#8217;s plan concentrates on a different aspect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1117,"featured_media":1977394,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/1977393","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\/1117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}