A Failing US Military

A Failing US Military. WOKE Military leadership and policies are to blame for the failing US Military. The citizens want to know that they have a military that is ready, trained, and capable of defending the Nation against all enemies, foreign or domestic.

U.S. Constitution – Article 2 Section 2

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.^[1]

The U.S. Military must always Defend the Constitution. The American people can have confidence that their servicemembers and women will continue to serve regardless of who is president, as has been the case since Washington relinquished the presidency to Adams, with a total and unflagging commitment to the Constitution of the United States. The culture of the US Military is one founded on the virtues of loyalty and service. Specifically, loyalty to the Constitution and service to the nation over self. It is difficult to overemphasize the degree of commitment service members have to the Constitution. The best indicator is the Oath of Office, common across our government:

I [officer’s name], do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter. So, help me God!

This version, the Officer’s Oath, is representative of the pact that each member of the military makes each time they accept promotion, re-enlist, or assume a new office. To describe it as core, or central to the member’s ethos is correct, but also an understatement. The individual service member’s allegiance is first, foremost, and for all seasons oriented on the Constitution and in this the U.S. Armed Forces suffer no compromise. It is important to recognize that this is fundamentally an apolitical stance—a trait that is fiercely defended and nurtured through training and education. You might note that the oath is not to the “Government,” the “President,” the “Secretary of Defense,” or any other office or official. The oath is a promise to serve the Constitution, adhere to its requirements and do so even unto what President Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion.”^[2] Admittedly, the military is not monolithic, rather it is increasingly diverse in its makeup. But in our commitment to the nation and its laws, we are unified. Unquestionably, there are service members who hold enthusiastic political views from across the political spectrum; those are personal and exercised privately in the voting booth. Authorized political activities are narrowly defined by law and where individuals violate this standard, they are reprimanded. In our roles as Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Coast Guardsmen, Guardians and Marines, personal views are subordinated to our call to service.   

Embedded in the service member’s commitment to this ethos is a culture of service above self. In its basic form, you see it in the small unit training at our boot camps. There, young men and women learn from the beginning that the team and the mission take priority over the individual. This concept is extrapolated in form across the myriad environments in which the individual service member lives and works. It is fundamental to our identity; it pervades our thinking and motivates our actions in matters both routine and monumental. It is the call to service that leads us to endure separation or deprivation, to ask our families to do the same, and at times to bear physical risk even unto death. It is a consistent and stirring feature of the military life whether expressed in frequent moves, lengthy times at sea, or combat tours. Commitment to service over self explains why, even though the turmoil of the past month, the public can rely on their military to put aside any personal views on the events of today and see the requirements of the Constitution met. Service to the nation is the mission and America’s military will see it through.

Mission of the Army – for example:

• Preserving the peace and security and supporting the defense of the United States, the Commonwealths and possessions and any areas occupied by the United States
• Supporting the national policies
• Implementing the national objectives
• Overcoming any nations responsible for aggressive acts that imperil the peace and security of the United States

What is US Army mission statement? “The U.S. Army’s mission is to fight and win our Nation’s wars by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the full range of military operations and spectrum of conflict in support of combatant commanders.” One thing that I will clarify further is that “preparedness” is the operative word.

What are the Army Principles of Mission Command? Does our Military practice and reflect these

• Competence.
• Mutual trust.
• Shared understanding.
• Commander’s intent.
• Mission orders.
• Disciplined initiative.
• Risk acceptance.

These are the issues facing the Military of our Armed Forces:

• Growing politization with political WOKE Generals and Admirals
• Vaccine Mandate:  Selfish “career progression” concerns are apparently supplanting the Hippocratic oath within our military medical community, like they perhaps are as well within the leadership community. Military physicians, just like their civilian counterparts who work for hospitals and corporations, are employees and defying their superiors’ guidelines on medical therapies means negative consequences for career progression.  Receiving orders that certain medications cannot be used or that vaccines are mandatory, relieves them of having to make the decision and allows them to make the excuse that they were just following orders. .  As an example, a close friend and classmate of mine, who has multiple medical problems, receives his care from Sutter Health, where all physicians are employees.  When the Covid alpha variant appeared, which was prior to vaccines, my friend, who has many risk factors for incurring severe disease, was obliged to receive care under strict protocols established by Sutter.  I recommended he ask his internist/nephrologist for prophylactic HCQ. When he requested the medication, he was told that the HCQ would kill him, which was either a lie or the opinion of someone who was clueless about Covid and its possible therapies.  He later found out that Sutter forbade the use of HCQ to treat Covid, although the same medication at doses 7 times higher are routinely used by Sutter to treat rheumatoid arthritis.  Today’s doctors are trained differently.  Most of them elect to be employees and share patient care with fellow employees.  They prefer a life of guaranteed hours, vacations, and salary.  To risk this by insisting that patients deserve care protocols different than prescribed by the management could well mean loss of employment.

Critical Race Theory, Diversity Training and Transgender Focus: Critical race theory (CRT) is a cross-disciplinary intellectual and social movement of civil-rights scholars and activists who seek to examine the intersection of race, society, and law in the United States and to challenge mainstream American liberal approaches to racial justice. Today, critical race theory is used by academic scholars – and not just in law schools – to describe how racism is embedded in all aspects of American life, from health care to housing, economics to education, clean water to the criminal justice system and more. Those systems, they argue, have been constructed and protected over generations in ways that give white people advantages – sometimes in ways that are not obvious or deliberately insidious but nonetheless result in compounding disadvantages for Black people and other racial and ethnic minorities. Many Americans, especially white people, believe racism is the product of intentionally bad and biased individuals, but critical race theory purports that racism is systemic and is inherent in much of the American way of life, no matter how far removed we are today from its origins. CRT has become weaponized as anti-American or anti-white. All five academies also have offered voluntary CRT-related trainings or activities to their students, faculty and staff, while two have mandatory trainings for faculty and staff, according to CriticalRace.org. 

“Do we really want our future military officers to view themselves and the troops they will command through an obsessive racial lens? Is military cohesion and effectiveness improved by putting people into racial and ethnic boxes? These are questions the military leadership will need to consider as it evaluates whether and how far it takes the teaching of CRT and related ideologies as part of a military service academy education,” Jacobson said. “Because the education of military officers is so important to our nation, public and political scrutiny is justified.”.

Some Republican lawmakers, concerned about critical race theory being introduced in the U.S. military, are seeking to amend a defense spending bill in a bid to stamp out the promotion and teaching of leftist bias.

“My Republican colleagues and I hear regularly from active duty and retired service members that even holding conservative values is now enough to endanger a service member’s military career,” said Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), the ranking Republican member of the House Armed Services Committee.

Rogers said in a statement that the issue needs to be addressed in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—which typically garners bipartisan support—and that he’ll work with “any free-speech-minded Democrats interested in joining our cause.”

In the Senate, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) suggested that Republicans may have to hold up NDAA spending to ban training that involves critical race theory (CRT) within the military. The quasi-Marxist theory claims that the United States is a fundamentally racist country, with a continuing power struggle between “oppressors” and “oppressed” based on skin color.
 

• Recruiting
• Training Readiness
• Qualification of Recruits
• Increased Disconnection with US Population – Parents, and other influencers like coaches, teachers are not recommending or suggesting military service. The share of youth who have seriously considered military service is at an historic low of 9%.^[3]
• Erosion of Trust in senior leadership related to surrender in Afghanistan
• Wasteful spending – Always an issue in budgeting
• Ties to Defense Industry Companies – On Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower gave the nation a dire warning about what he described as a threat to democratic government. He called it the military-industrial complex, a formidable union of defense contractors and the armed forces. Eisenhower, a retired five-star Army general, the man who led the allies on D-Day, made the remarks in his farewell speech from the White House. Here’s an excerpt: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” Since then, the phrase has become a rallying cry for opponents of military expansion.
• Decay in Patriotism – Much of America does not seem to like or admire America as we have historically. With the Military no longer upholding the values and oaths of office as we once did have an impact on retention and recruiting.

1. US Constitution ↑
2. The National Interest 1/19/2021 ↑
3. The Epoch Times , 8 17 2022 J.M Phelps ↑

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