{"id":1977635,"date":"2023-07-19T16:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-unveils-plan-to-start-ripping-all-the-woke-out-of-the-military\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T16:55:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:55:21","slug":"desantis-unveils-plan-to-start-ripping-all-the-woke-out-of-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-unveils-plan-to-start-ripping-all-the-woke-out-of-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis reveals plan to remove &#8216;woke&#8217; from 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\">16<\/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-unveils-plan-to-start-ripping-all-the-woke-out-of-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=1977635&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>Florida \u200cGovernor Ron DeSantis Vows to Remove Woke \u2064Culture from the \u2064Military<\/h2>\n<p>During a\u2064 campaign swing through South Carolina,\u2063 Florida\u200c Governor Ron \u2062DeSantis, a former Navy lieutenant who \u2062served in\u2062 Iraq, made \u2063a bold promise.\u2063 He\u2063 declared \u200dthat\u2063 if he wins his\u200d 2024 White\u2063 House bid, \u200che will start\u200c &#8220;ripping all the woke out\u200d of the\u2063 military.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking \u200bin Columbia, S.C.,\u200b DeSantis\u2062 unveiled his \u200dfive-point &#8220;Mission \u200cFirst&#8221; plan \u200bto eradicate \u2063progressive politics from the armed\u200c forces. Under \u200cPresident Joe Biden, \u2063the Pentagon \u200dhas faced\u200d heavy\u200b criticism\u2064 from\u200d conservatives \u200bfor promoting beliefs such \u200das \u200dradical\u200b environmentalism, transgender ideology, critical race\u200b theory,\u200c and\u2064 imposing \u2064the COVID vaccine mandate. There have\u200c also\u2063 been \u200bconcerns about\u2063 events\u2062 like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-had-better-reject-democrats-ndaa-culture-war-if-they-want-any-praise\/\" title=\"Republicans must reject the Democrats' NDAA culture war to earn praise.\">drag\u200d shows<\/a> being held\u2063 on military \u2064bases.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[The U.S.\u200c military] \u2062has\u200b been infected with\u200b the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-at-its-heart-wokeness-is-divisive-exclusionary-and-hateful\/\" title=\"Elon Musk: \u2018At Its Heart Wokeness Is Divisive, Exclusionary And Hateful\u2019\">woke mind virus<\/a>,&#8221; said \u200cDeSantis, who served as a legal\u200c adviser to \u200bSEAL \u2064Team One and spent \u2062time at Guantanamo \u2063Bay during his seven years\u2064 of \u200dservice after graduating\u200d from \u2062Harvard Law. \u200d&#8221;It&#8217;s \u2064creating a\u2064 situation \u200cin which\u200b great \u200bwarriors have\u2063 been driven away, and recruiting\u2062 is at an all-time \u200blow \u2064post\u2064 the abolition of the\u200c draft in the \u200bVietnam\u200b conflict.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis specifically criticized the \u2062Navy&#8217;s\u200c decision to appoint an \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-unveils-plan-to-start-ripping-all-the-woke-out-of-the-military\/\" title=\"DeSantis reveals plan to remove 'woke' from military.\">active-duty\u2062 drag queen<\/a>\u2062 as \u200bone\u200b of the faces \u200dof\u2063 its online \u2064recruitment \u200cefforts. He argued\u200d that\u2063 this sends the wrong \u2063message to America&#8217;s \u2062adversaries, stating, \u200c&#8221;When China \u200dsees the\u2063 U.S.\u2063 Navy using \u2064drag queens to recruit \u2063people, \u2063they are laughing in\u2062 our face. \u200dOur enemies are whetting\u2062 their \u2064appetite\u2063 because they&#8217;re \u2063seeing America \u200btake its\u200b eye off the ball.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis&#8217; Plan to \u200dRestore the \u200bMilitary&#8217;s \u200dFocus<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis\u2064 outlined \u2064the most pressing\u200c issues he would tackle:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recognizing and\u2063 rectifying\u200d recent mistakes, such as\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-vows-to-welcome-back-servicemembers-who-refused-covid-19-vaccine-with-back-pay\/\" title=\"DeSantis promises to reinstate unvaccinated servicemembers with back pay.\">vaccine \u2062mandate<\/a>\u200d that led to the \u2063departure \u200dof thousands of service members. DeSantis promised to \u200breinstate\u200b them with back pay.<\/li>\n<p>\u2064 \u200d <\/p>\n<li>Putting \u200ban \u200bend to prioritizing\u2062 social and environmental \u200cobjectives over\u200d the military&#8217;s\u200c core mission. DeSantis\u200c emphasized the\u200d importance \u2063of\u2064 focusing on \u2062lethality, \u200dreadiness,\u2064 and \u2063capabilities\u2062 rather than political agendas \u2064like\u2062 the Green \u200bNew Deal.<\/li>\n<p>\u2064 \u200c <\/p>\n<li>Purging the diversity, \u200bequity, \u200band inclusion \u2062(DEI) bureaucracy from \u200bthe Pentagon. DeSantis\u2063 believes \u2064that social experimentation \u200cand\u200c woke\u200b ideology have no\u2064 place in the\u200b military, as \u2064they \u200cdivide \u2062people into different groups\u200c instead\u200c of fostering\u200c unity.<\/li>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<li>Abolishing drag shows\u2062 and\u200c rejecting\u200c gender ideology and transgenderism in the military.<\/li>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<li>Ensuring \u200dthat promotions are based\u200c on merit rather than \u200didentity politics. \u200bDeSantis criticized curricula in\u2063 military academies \u2062that promote political\u200b agendas\u200d like\u200d <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!\">critical race theory<\/a> \u200dand emphasized the\u2063 importance of maintaining high\u2064 standards.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>DeSantis\u2064 also \u200dhighlighted the need \u2062to \u200dbolster recruitment, \u200cwhich has seen \u200ca \u2064significant \u2064decline.\u200d He expressed \u2063concern over\u200d veterans \u2063hesitating to encourage \u200dtheir\u2063 children or \u2064grandchildren \u200dto\u200b join the military due to the\u200c focus \u200con social experimentation \u200band\u2062 woke culture.<\/p>\n<p>If elected\u200d as Commander-In-Chief\u200d in 2024,\u200b DeSantis \u200bpledged\u200b to remove \u200dthe\u2062 woke culture from\u200d the military\u200c and refocus on \u200cmission \u200baccomplishment. He emphasized the\u2064 importance of\u2062 boosting morale and recruiting\u200d to \u200cmake \u200dthe military an \u2063appealing\u2062 choice once \u200cagain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, an ex-Navy lieutenant who served in Iraq, pledged to eliminate &#8220;woke&#8221; culture from the military if he wins the 2024 White House race. 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