JUST IN: Jim Banks Grills Top Army Official About 'Woke' Military Policy Hampering Recruitment
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- During a House Armed Services Committee hearing, Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) questioned Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower & Reserve Affairs, Agnes Schaefer, about recruiting struggles and reports that "politicization" of the military.
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It is hard to serve a country that does not protect, nor care for its own citizens. Also, people who serve and protect our country want to have assurance that what they fight for and protect is not being destroyed at the same time.
Everyone in that room is too woke to realize that they are turning off fighting men
That is Biden DEMONcrats
There are not many fighters left.
Especially if you are a young men who came of age during the gyno-centric years of the past decade or so that told you if you are white and male, you’re worthless.
I work for the Federal Government and i get an LGBTQ email every month. Constantly getting it shoved in my face. Gets old!!
One place for those 🗑️
Tedious. Head straight for the delete button.
Our Military doesn't protect the Constitution. They stand still and do nothing as people in DC pi$$ all over it.
-Combat Vet
The military doesn't protect the Constitution.
It’s in every industry same as the DEI stuff. I’m all for inclusivity but when your employer keeps employing people based on the fact they have mental health issues that are given special allowances ie not having to answer the phone/can leave early and can have breaks whenever they want when they if they get triggered makes it unfair on everyone else and increases their workload.The unfairness gets to people and many staff leave just in my experience and imo.
"I'll look into that", "I'll get back to you about that", "I didn't know that", "I don't recall that". See a trend? No answers, no accountability.
My last commander of my unit in the Airforce, called all of us "humans" because she was so concerned about not offending anyone and wanted to talk about our pronouns all the time. This was 2021.
Your commander..was a she? Who was concerned about pronouns? Haha
Sad
A she was in command of a unit?
I thought that "humans" was a term counter to the woke culture because it contains "man". Was she not aware or possibly not woke enough?!?!
Women in the military. 🙄
The very fact that veterans are stating that Wokeness is an issue, then I totally agree with them. The fact she couldn't actually explain how they were going to overcome these problems and didn't seem surprised speaks volumes
I'm a Veteran and I found the constant use of military as a social experiment for woke ideology as damaging to the combat readiness of the entire military.
I was stationed at West Point back in the mid-90s. The civilian academic instructors were already pushing the woke agenda back then. The woke movement goes back several decades.
A woman in charge of recruiting? Who thought that was a good idea?
@@tittlemanscrest9667 They should be in charge of children. They were built to be mothers.
Found the incels. 😂
@@B3R_B0TFound the feminists.
Another WOKE woman. !
If you can't see the polling data then it should be dismissed out of hand as wrong. These people should not be able to come to these hearings with results from data that is not available.
In addition, the polling procedures, questions, the manner of questions, the pool of surveyed individuals, all of that data matters.
if you know the source of the poll, you can see it should be dismissed.
@@riverotter68 You'd be surprised how many polls omit that information.
It's entirely possible that the reason they are hiding the polling data is because it's accurate, but doesn't tell the story they want told.
@@pantarkan7 Lol, "it's accurate guys, just trust us, we're a government department and they never tell lies or obfuscate the truth" xD
This lady has no clue what she is talking about. I was in the Army in the 70's we were trained to fight and kill the enemy...........period!
just another lefty with no clue
True. I was in the Army from 76 to 83.
That was the operation under General Schwarzkopf
DEI and the alphabet movement is a good way to isolate the majority of possible canidates. Pandering to maybe 10 percent of the population is a good way to tank recuritment numbers and guess what its showing. Its the military, DEI and sexual inclusion shouldn't even be an issue. Everyone is a soldier. Our enemies are fueling these movement to weaken our country and military and its working.
That's why black rock is pushing it for bay jing
10% You're smokin it. More like .0001%
Our enemies are mostly domestic.
Communism in the USA
Maybe if the military has drag queen recruiters it would help.
Seems to me we have met that enemy, and she is us.
You need military personnel to get this correct not these people who have never served
@@tittlemanscrest9667. Yes in the Army from 76 to 84 .
He's right 100%.
Wokeness kills everyting.
I would never encourage anyone to join the US military nowadays. I retired from the Army in 1992 and live outside Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood) and am thoroughly disgusted with how the Army is run nowadays.
Write to the RSO of your region. Tell him/her (whatever!) that instead of having coffee and doughnuts, the Retirement Council needs to listen to the retirees and have relevant discussions on the real reasons retirees (A soldier for life) will not recommend military service. Then pass that up to the Chief of Staff!.
the first sign was when the name was changed .
I am a veteran. I served back in the days before it went woke/snowflake. I wouldn't recommend any of my family or friends to joon
Man, all these women who are in power now seem really sharp. From presidents of the top colleges in the US, to high ranking millitary jobs, they're killing it in the competency department........ 😂
@blubirdhill "I am woman, hear me roar". Worse boss I ever had was a woman.She made up for her insecurity, by being a monster.
It’s beginning to seem a little suspicious that in all of human history there were never matriarchies. I wonder why.
Incompetent
Careful you are not allowed to criticize the new Matriarchy.
I was literally thinking this myself
"I'm unaware of the perception, I'm not sure where that came from"
Really? Been living under a rock or something? Say hi to SpongeBob and Patrick for me.
I'm sure she owns multiple cats.
She's not sure she's not aware of it she doesn't know she's white house material.
She is there because of her gender
Think you mis-spelled wife house
As a man that recruited for the Navy 30 years ago, I will NEVER advise a young man to join husseins military.
Still plenty of good in the military. You only get what you put in.
Semper Fi, my brother, 90-93 USMC recruiting.
I am a veteran, served during the Vietnam era. One of the biggest problems with recruitment is you do not take care of the troops when they are discharged. I.e. agent, orange, contaminated water at installations, Asbestos in many of the buildings. I don’t believe this has to be said, but here it goes protect and invest in your troops, and they will protect you and your families.
Does anyone else notice that people like this lady can never say anything specific. They just talk in vague generalities using big words to try and make it seem like they said something. I’m sick of it.
Because you want real men to go into a force that they're pushing LGBTQ on.
It's like telling professional football players that hey, you're the new bunny league. Insert this and fly the tail😅 how great do you think recruitment's going to be?
If there is one competent member of Brandon’s administration I’ve not seen him/her/it yet.
No one wants to join the Democrat led Sam brinton version of the military. It's too embarrassing 😅
I retired from the Army and have not recommended it to my son due to progressives. He was smart enough to reach that conclusion himself.
"Misperceptions". In other words, she doesn't give a damn what Vets or the public think and know.
When I was 18 I wanted to serve my country but I was turned Away, I guess I wasn't what they were looking for a man that was willing to die for his country.
I'm an honorably discharged veteran from way back. If I was a young person today, no power on this Earth could get me to serve this insane thing we call our nation. This nation of supposedly equal citizens now judges everybody by the color of their skin regarding everything. I am looking forward to the day when the USA collapses to vanish into the history books to join the USSR. And, yes, it will collapse soon because of the vulgar and unsustainable amount of debt this nation bears. Add up our national debt, unfunded liabilities, state debt, local debt, corporate debt, and personal debt, and it would take a block of gold about a mile square to pay it all.
She is just another puppet. Isn't it interesting they use the same body language and verbal phrases to say nothing.
“I’ll look into that “. Is code for F OFF Senator Banks. Now what ?
Does anyone else find it odd that no one that discusses the weakening of our military and the difficulty recruiting will mention Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's and Gen. Mark Milley's insistence on building a non-conservative, LGBT, non-binary military that will pay for abortion, sex change (sorry, gender reassignment) surgery and push other woke ideology? This new and improved military will however continue to refuse quality health care to current members of the military and veterans.
Oh, I almost forgot, that also welcomes any and all victims as well as all those offended by just about everything positive about this country.
I wish people would stop using the term “transparent” it’s called being HONEST!!!
There is not one official in this entire administration that will directly answer a question. How and where do they learn to dance around and obfuscate questions being asked? There should be no tolerance of such behavior and the fact that there is, is the whole problem. No accountability whatsoever.
😂😂😂 I'm laughing now thinking of drag queens with machine guns!!😅
A DEI hire, no doubt. You can't address a problem that you refuse to acknowledge exists.
She is lying of course.
From college professors to university presidents to the assistant secretary of the army for manpower& reserve affairs all of these diversity hires are proving their worth. Hiring based on merit was so overrated.
I hope this is sarcasm
@@lassmt How much do you think they are worth? If the answer is not much you win.
That's democrats try to take control of everything. They don't care who gets hurt to remain in power.
Bootcamp must be hilarious as hell, 200 pound crossdressers that can't throw a ball and running in skirts, drill sargents must be dying inside 😂
Asking my brothers who both served for over 2 terms, they will say when you find out all those people you killed, all those civilians, was not even for the reasons you were told; instead It was for money, oil, global control, destabilizing another countries, then you know why veterans are strongly urging people not to enlist. They are miserable, one wants to take his life, and they are angry, all because of the atrocities they were forced to undertake by their commanding officer.
Nice story. Fiction isn’t my cup
Well said!
The reason is for 🇮🇱
Apparently the DEI culture makes leaders of organizations speak in circles...
Well you broke it and you want help fixing it
So glad I’m out and my boys will never serve the corrupt tyrants, ever
Two MFn years ago and here we are Senator Banks. This woman is THE definition of useful idjit.
Who wants to be part of a woke and weak fighting force? Where is the pride in that? You see your imminent death and think to yourself what you are fighting for and what exactly is the motivation these days?
"I'm not sure why there's an underlying feeling that we're political." Liar!
I've told my family to avoid the military unless they want to sing "YMCA" as they march
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Service started becoming very political within the last 10 to 20 years..I retired in 2018 and the DEI thing wasn't prevalent but it was slowly trickling in..
...pants on fire. The top recruitment issue is concern over safety? As if the possibility of going in harm's way is not well known for soldiers. And she is not aware that woke is a perception about the military, said the DEI hire, when the chairman of the Joint Chiefs hadn't made it obvious. I thought that lying to Congress was considered a felony.
This is who’s running the army, folks.
Now ask yourself why we can’t win shit.
How is she an Army official? She doesn’t seem like she could recruit anyone.
Putting a women in charge of anything military is a disaster .
It's amazing that a person who is supposed to be fixing this problem has no idea what these surveys are saying. What is here damn job?
They need to forget about each person's personal feelings, stop being all touchy, feely, and concentrate on being a better fighting force.
Lost me at top woman army official. She is why the military is failing.
She's not saying anything. Being a Vet. Myself I am amazed.
That woman is totally unqualified for her position. Plus the top brass offered her up as a scapegoat. Looks to me DEI has won out.
4:19 she claims she has no idea why people see the army as too political. Could it maybe have something to do with the army making an entire ad campaign surrounding a certain person who has two moms?
The people that want a woke military want insecurity and chaos…….priceless!
I’ve been retired for 22 years and this woman is embarrassing. I hang my head ashamed of my Army
My son's ship just received a man who is waiting to have sex reassignment surgery and they had to go through around round of dei training. We are heading into war and the navy is worried about chopping off genitals and wokeness training. That's why no one wants to enlist.
I am an Army Veteran, served in Persian Gulf and Panama. My family has served since 1770's. I am talking my son out of joining. This Woke crap is dangerous. That's why kids are not joining. I am just sad I have to talk him out of joining.
When you throw people out for not getting the jab, say diversity is the biggest thing they want, and leadership are the problem. As an Army Vet myself I don’t think I would suggest my kids to go into the military.
It’s not multi faceted. It’s very simple. When you have servicemen and women that have political roles rather than military roles, that’s a problem. Her response discounts the veterans feedback; “it’s a perception”. In other words, not based on fact.
This veteran is advising his entire extended family NOT to sacrifice yourself for this generations fuked up governments more concerned with trans rights than military tradition and procedures.
I come from a background of military family. I was in the army 75-79. Now when I am asked about if I would suggest they should suggest there family members go into the military, I would tell them to find something better and safer. Politics and wokeness .
I served and have told younger people not to enlist for the exact reason he mentioned.
AWESOME!!!!
it's a circus not a military
Never heard gaslighting come from the military before.
Woke = Critical Consciousness. Critical consciousness is the core of Social Justice teaching as it is understood within the Critical Theories. It is a heightened awareness of the world and the power structures that shape it. Being Woke means viewing society exclusively through the critical lenses which sees the world only in terms of unjust power dynamics (oppressed/oppressor) and the need to dismantle problematic systems as an activist. That is, it means having adopted Theory and the worldview it conceptualizes. Under “wokeness,” this awakened consciousness is set particularly with regard to issues of identity, like race, sex, gender, sexuality, and others.
The term originated in Portuguese as conscientização (look it up) from the popular post-Marxist Brazilian activist and educator Paulo Freire, usually deemed the father of critical pedagogy (that is, the application of critical theories to the theory of education). It is an evolved Hegelian/Marxian religious cult that hides as human rights, politics, science, art and culture. Listen to James Lindsay's talk at the European Parliament for a perfect summation of Wokeism.
booting a bunch of vets for refusing an experimental vaccine might be part of the issue. on top of that retreating from afghanistan in the manner we did was also a slap in the face.
Millie and Austin scared people away all they saw was spineless leadership
I'm glad it wasn't woke when I was in the Army !!!! 🇺🇸🧐
I'm a veteran and I wouldn't sign up know because it is woke
Im a navy vet. I told my son not to join. This Woke is broke. Will r we even allowing it to exists
We want warriors…not snowflakes
Some might say.... don't change the perception. Change the reality.
She just spent 5 minutes saying absolutely nothing.
need to get back to a lean green fighting machine
As I was watching this video, the gremlins in my feed who aren’t there paused for a second halfway through, before Rep. Banks addressed the Secretary directly, using the word “to”. Amazing retired Co-incident.
When you call people and their children evil and bad, those same people may not want to join your various groups.
Infuriating!!!!
Perception is Reality!! ♥️🇺🇸🦅♥️🇺🇸🦅
I'm literally one of the ppl who hasn't joined YET, because of this.
I can understand, but this is in all careers now, not just the military.
Cspan, the “ill get back with you on that “ network.
My family can trace our roots to the revolution and I was in for more than 8 years I've asked my kids to promise they won't join.
Using tik tok psycho cross dress for recruitment may have something to do with it also ! My son is a Marine Vet and if the military was doing that when he enlisted I would have had to recommend against it!! And I am one of those families that comes from a long history of Veterans dating back to WW1 ♥️🇺🇸🦅♥️🇺🇸🦅
There hearings accomplish nothing. These witnesses come to appease the members, and lie to the public. As a Vietnam veteran, also have served in two branches of the military, Marines and Army.
I would never join today’s woke military, it is way too political. I never saw racial problems, we were brothers in arms, all colors and races. As a white man, from Alabama at the time, my best friend in Vietnam, was a black Marine from Cambridge, Massachusetts. After coming to the states we talked on the phone, as much as an hour. After coming stateside, Camp Lejeune, my best friend was an Hispanic Marine. We had no problem with LBGT+, that stuff never entered our conversations, and has no place in our military. The government has turned our military into a social, cultural experiment. Our military is not the military I was a part of, that I was proud to join, I was not drafted. I discourage my grandsons from joining today’s military, it has become an embarrassment.
We learned in basic training that we were all equally worthless.
shes playing dumb. she knows exactly what he is talking about.
"Maintaining readiness is the most important thing." What are the soldiers going to do... be sure of the correct pronouns of their enemies?
Our troops need to be strong. The USA needs healthy MEN & WOMAN-healthy (MENTALLY & PHYSICALLY)🇺🇸🙏🏻❤️🤍💙 keep out military strong.
It's incredible how many adults lie.
I don't think I've ever seen someone stumble over such basic yes/no questions as much as this woman.
Did she actually answer any of the questions?
This is NOT grilling. This is dog and pony. Business as usual.
Out of marines in 08, I wanted to reenlist several times. I went about doing so 3 times, since 2013 and the last time a couple months ago. Keep in mind, honorably discharged, speak 4 languages 2 fluently “English & Russian” mandarin & German, never used drugs, No debt etc.
My high school had an aviation program where you could graduate with your private pilots license, however, I ended up graduating early and left for Boot Camp after passing the written I just need it to obtain the rest of my hours. But after I Boot Camp the MCT & my MOS school, All the way up until I got out, then adjusted to civilian life “ somewhat” I wanted to fly Blackhawks, fixed multi engine fixed wing. There’s no problem I figured I would relist in the army “ it would be a cakewalk because it’s the army, no offense” I had no problem going through army, Boot Camp, and retaking that ASVAP “94 the 1st time”. The first time I attempted this was in 2013 essentially I got a runaround after eight months I stopped running around. The second time was before the pandemic months before. The last time was that the beginning of the summer, Speaking with the recruiter, getting records eventually I went in immediately I noticed everyone staring at me which I get quite a lot since I let my hair grow out a couple years after getting out of the Marines. After about an hour and 45 minutes I was essentially told that we’re not moving forward. Looking at everyone that was in that office, which was about six people I guarantee you I could have done them in any realm of physical fitness. I’m quite sure just about anything else. At the time, I honestly was confused to the point I actually considered reaching out or writing letters to officials above them, stating that I wanted it to reenlist, but feel like I’m being blocked for some reason. I feel comfortable doing that, because the first time I was going to relist I was told my code had me in eligible so I had to reach out to A lot of official offices like the commandant of the Marine Corps etc. only to find out, it was a typo.
My point with all that is the people that signed up in the early 2000s pretty much knew they were going to deploy and most likely have a chance of being in a combat zone or in combat. Yet they had no problem doing it. Today we have TikTok, amplifying those discouraged members of our military Encouraging others, not to enlist! I’ve even seen videos of soldiers having the army “ taxpayers “ pay for their transition surgery.. like WTF & I couldn’t believe that actually a thing!
Then you hear stuff Like the army, no longer yell at recruits & has stress cards “ if the drill, sergeant or NCO is too tough on that recruit, they hold up their card and they ease off of them allegedly.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m older , aware of a lot more than I was when I enlisted. But it truly seems like America’s military doesn’t really have the same effect it used to. Combine that with the entire world watching our president mumble & stumble, university students stumble, to answer questions that the average five-year-old knows or screaming and getting upset when they encounter someone that doesn’t agree with them. Then you see all these videos of young men “ men of all ages” have the physique of a young woman, acting feminine, essentially non-threatening especially when they’re pushing pronouns and identifying as a woman. Not to mention adult man, especially those with beards that look like a truck driver but they’re wearing a dress and make up….
America is focused on gender ideology and transition children , China has their children wearing military uniforms and playing with weapons as young as five years old.
Anyone can see America is more than than technologically capable in a conflict, but when it comes to bodies on the ground, the world looks at us, as if were a nation that put on a constant show on the scale of Saturday Night Live !
Hampering combat fighting as well.
Can't just change perception. Reality must be changed. Get rid of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Stop Gay Pride events on bases, ships, etc. Stop having Drag Queens put on a show aboard Navy ships. Stop the annual training regarding all this B.S.
The vets know way more then this .......woman
Feed it