NBC News reports:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, some of whom are seen as having been targeted because of their race, gender or perceived affiliation with Biden administration policies or officials, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.
The process within the Army, the Air Force, the Navy and the Marines is structured to ensure the most qualified officers get promoted. Hegseth’s decision to intervene in the process has raised concerns among some officials within those military branches and the White House, the nine U.S. officials familiar with the situation said.
“There is not a single service that has been immune to this level of involvement by Hegseth,” one of the U.S. officials said. Two of the officials said there are concerns in the military and the White House specifically that Hegseth is blocking or stalling some qualified officers from receiving promotions through the ranks of general and admiral because of their race or gender as he targets diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at the Pentagon.
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The Washington Post reports:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the Army’s top officer to step down and retire, defense officials said Thursday, an extraordinary move amid the war with Iran and the latest in a series of clashes between the Pentagon chief and the service’s senior leadership.
Gen. Randy George had been expected to hold the job of Army chief of staff for more than another year, until the fall of 2027, and complete what is typically a four-year assignment as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But Hegseth decided to go in another direction, representatives for the defense secretary said.
Two other Army generals were removed along with George, said two defense officials, who like some others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the shake-up. They are Gen. David Hodne, who became the head of the service’s Training and Transformation Command in October, and Maj. Gen. William Green Jr., the chief of Army chaplains.
Read the full article. We can guess why the chief of Army chaplains has been removed.
Here’s one egregious example I just read about this morning in The Bulwark, concerning a Black, female major general. Not surprising. Still appalling.
“A few months earlier, Gen. George and [Army Secretary Dan] Driscoll had refused to accede to demands from Hegseth’s office to block the scheduled promotion of Maj. Gen. Antoinette R. Gant to take command of the Military District of Washington. The Washington District commander appears alongside the president at ceremonial functions in the D.C. area, for example at Arlington National Cemetery. Hegseth’s chief of staff reportedly told Driscoll that Trump would not want to stand next to a black female officer at military events.”
The article did not say whether Gant’s promotion ultimately went through.
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But not all Christians; I read last night that he’s excluding Catholics and others who aren’t his brand of Protestant.
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Hi Ali. Very true. He did that. He belongs to a weird sect that has a leader who is young and gives off gay vibes but talks about the world needing macho men and women needing to shut up and sit down. He is definitely anti female and he pushes that. He does talk a lot it seems for a straight man on the need for muscular tough guys. But he is also anti-LGBTQ+. I suggest maybe self hate?
But the idea that an all male all white military is the best is being put to the test in Ukraine where Russia who has such a military is getting its ass kicked by a mixed gender military that accepts gay people. The US military was great because of the inclusion and diversity not inspite of it. So by destroying that inclusion and diversity Kegseth is destroying the US military. Do you wonder if he is being paid or blackmailed into doing it or is he a true believer in white Christian nationalism? I sure do. tRump and most of his cabinet are destroying every good thing that makes the US strong and a force in the world. They couldn’t be doing more damage if they were being directed by Putin himself. Hugs
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