{"id":2008290,"date":"2023-08-22T15:34:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T19:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-pentagon-plans-to-give-potential-recruits-huge-helping-hand-on-entrance-exam\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T15:36:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T19:36:13","slug":"desperate-pentagon-plans-to-give-potential-recruits-huge-helping-hand-on-entrance-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-pentagon-plans-to-give-potential-recruits-huge-helping-hand-on-entrance-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon&#8217;s Urgent Plan: Boosting Assistance for Recruits&#8217; Entrance Exam"},"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%2Fdesperate-pentagon-plans-to-give-potential-recruits-huge-helping-hand-on-entrance-exam%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=2008290&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>Desperate Pentagon Plans to Give Potential Recruits \u200cHuge Helping Hand on\u2063 Entrance Exam<\/h2>\n<p>From the major problems the Pentagon is\u2062 having signing up recruits, it\u2063 appears that fewer and fewer Americans\u2064 want to join President Joe\u200c Biden\u2019s woke military.<\/p>\n<p>Now officials are\u200c dumbing down the entrance exam in a desperate attempt to \u200dboost enlistment.<\/p>\n<p>The Defense Department is moving to allow\u2063 recruits to \u2062use calculators on the math portion of their entrance tests, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2023\/08\/18\/pentagon-set-allow-calculator-use-military-entrance-exam-recruiting-slumps.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Military.com<\/a> reported Friday.<\/p>\n<p>By allowing calculators, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ted-cruz-denounces-woke-cancer-army-recruiting-leftists-trying-destroy-american-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pentagon<\/a> is moving to make it easier for applicants to pass the math sections of the\u200c Armed Services \u200cVocational \u200bAptitude Battery.<\/p>\n<p>A passing ASVAB \u200cscore not only determines whether a young person \u2064is eligible to join the U.S. military but also helps officers place the recruit on a career path by revealing his or her aptitude.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/air-force-releases-high-speed-ad-armys-woke-attempt-attracting-recruits-draws-significant-negative-commentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">woke<\/a> Pentagon insists the new policy would be in keeping with how testing has evolved in many fields, not just the military.\u2064 Education and other \u200cjob fields have \u200bincreasingly moved toward allowing applicants to use calculators on eligibility tests, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are\u2064 taking a systematic approach, which will assess the impact of calculator use,\u200d and \u200cwe are developing a way forward for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-is-carefully-considering-allowing-use-of-calculators-on-entrance-exam\/\" title=\"Military 'carefully considering' calculator use on entrance exam.\">calculator inclusion based<\/a> on best practices in test development and psychometric theory,\u201d a \u2062U.S. defense official told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/military-considers-allowing-calculators-entrance-exam-amid-continued-recruiting-struggles-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox \u2064News<\/a> on\u2063 Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cArmy, Navy and \u2064Air Force have all missed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ingraham-us-security-threatened-low-military-recruitment-due-wokeism-vaccine-mandate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recruiting goals<\/a> \u200c for \u200dtwo years in a \u2064row, according to Military.com.<\/p>\n<p>While fewer young \u2063Americans are walking into recruiting stations, this policy change also speaks to \u200ba failure of our school systems, which are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/students-math-reading-scores-plummet-decades-low-thanks-pandemic-lockdowns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not producing graduates<\/a> who \u2063are\u2062 proficient in math.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon is so desperate it created a two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-pentagon-plans-to-give-potential-recruits-huge-helping-hand-on-entrance-exam\/\" title=\"Pentagon's Urgent Plan: Boosting Assistance for Recruits' Entrance Exam\">-track acceptance system \u200bcalled<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/263129\/future_soldier_preparatory_course_to_expand_based_on_initial_success\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Future\u2063 Soldier Preparatory Course<\/a> for those struggling to join the ranks. Those who want to \u200benlist but who are overweight or undereducated have 90 days to work on their deficiencies \u2064and can \u200dstand for a\u200b second evaluation. In the past, a failing candidacy was\u2063 simply waived\u2064 off without a second chance.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military has come under fire from conservatives for its embrace of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/huge-victory-drag-show-air-force-base-axed-tipoff-rep-matt-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drag shows<\/a>, celebrations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/armys-top-enlisted-leader-fights-twitter-users-defend-units-pride-month-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT \u201cpride\u201d<\/a> and absurd allowances \u200cfor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dod-leak-reveals-shocking-allowances-trans-soldiers-can-literally-skip-deployments-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender<\/a> troops. It seems to be more focused on\u2063 wokeness than national defense.<\/p>\n<p>Christine Wormuth, the first female \u2062secretary of the Army, has tried to push\u200b back against that idea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a ready Army, not a \u2018woke\u2019 \u2063Army,\u201d Wormuth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2023\/06\/16\/ready-not-woke-republican-criticism-hits-nerve-amid-army-recruiting-woes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> reporters in June. \u201cThat\u2019s something, frankly, the chief [Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville] and I said throughout posture season in hearings, in\u2063 meetings with members of Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her proclamations, though, seem\u2064 somewhat hollow in \u2064light of what has \u200bbeen going on at the Pentagon,\u2062 especially since Biden came to office.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2022, retired Marine Corps Col. Mitchell Swan, a Republican \u2062candidate for Georgia\u2019s 10th \u200bCongressional District, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/retired-marine-colonel-warns-bidens-woke-indoctrination-will-destroy-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blasted Biden\u2019s military<\/a> policies for making this country weaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2064biggest European land war since World War II, and where is our military focused? Gender \u200cdysphoria and woke training,\u201d\u2063 Swan \u200csaid in a campaign video. \u201cThis\u2062 is insane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June, Republican Rep. Lauren\u200b Boebert of Colorado\u200b took a swipe at Biden\u2019s military for an \u200cAir Force social media post \u2062celebrating \u201cpride\u201d month, noting the artwork made it look as if an airman was\u200b saluting the LGBT flag.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">June\u2062 is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PrideMonth?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PrideMonth<\/a>! The Department of the Air Force proudly recognizes and celebrates generations of LGBTQI+ service members and their contributions to our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AirForce?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AirForce<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpaceForce?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SpaceForce<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lQi9lH5sdr\">pic.twitter.com\/lQi9lH5sdr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cU.S. Air Force (@usairforce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usairforce\/status\/1666491502426480642?\">June 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe salute one flag \u2063and one flag only in the United States of America. It isn\u2019t the \u2018Pride\u2019 flag,\u201d Boebert tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We salute one flag and one flag only in the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t the \u201cPride\u201d flag. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LnxCdf1fpK\">https:\/\/t.co\/LnxCdf1fpK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1666602649100201986?\">June 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last year, Biden even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-biden-announces-woke-new-direction-us-militarys-combined-assets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boasted<\/a> that he intended to make \u2062the military\u2019s vehicles \u201cclimate friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BIDEN: \u201cEVERY vehicle \u2064in\u2064 the United States military, every vehicle, is going to be climate friendly.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0fcnMKoOf0\">pic.twitter.com\/0fcnMKoOf0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC\u200c Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1517568074299457536?\">April 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is clear \u200dwhy the \u2063Pentagon is constantly\u200d dumbing down the tests and requirements for new recruits.\u200b But it is also a problem that\u200b the military seems more intent on categorizing soldiers by gender and sexual orientation \u200dthan in skills such as health, education and \u2063proficiency in math \u200d\u2014 the latter of \u200dwhich is needed in all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-media-hide-largest-update-to-our-immigration-system-in-30-years\/\" title=\"White House, Media Hide 'Largest Update to Our Immigration System in 30 Years'\">high-tech jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s military is failing in a number\u2062 of ways. Maybe it should refocus on being a military organization, not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/timeline-explaining-the-tucker-carlson-vs-the-pentagon-feud\/\" title=\"Timeline: Explaining The \u2018Tucker Carlson vs. The Pentagon\u2019 Feud\">social experiment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desperate-pentagon-plans-give-potential-recruits-huge-helping-hand-entrance-exam\/\">Desperate Pentagon Plans to Give Potential Recruits\u2064 Huge \u2062Helping \u2063Hand on Entrance Exam<\/a> appeared\u200c first \u2063on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to address declining enlistment rates, the Pentagon is simplifying the entrance exam for potential recruits. This move comes as fewer Americans show interest in joining President Joe Biden&#8217;s military. As part of the effort, the Defense Department is considering permitting the use of calculators during the math section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":2008291,"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-2008290","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\/2008290","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\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}