No More Dudes in Dresses

Pete Hegseth gave “the speech.”

And it was a thing of beauty.  He said everybody had to get in shape including generals and admirals.  And he said women will have to pass the male physical fitness standards.

That was remarkable.

Then he said unless they were in special forces, men would have to shave.  That was pretty good.

Then he declared the end of DEI, dudes in dresses and all the rest of the woke nonsense.  And he said that there would be no more exceptions to the rules so that racial and gender “firsts” could be celebrated.

Music to my ears.

He justified all this by saying that every parent in America whose sons (or daughters) were joining the military should know that their children will be surrounded by Americans that were completely qualified to perform the mission and maximize the prospects for success and returning home alive and safe.

Wow!

So, I’ve been waiting for decades for someone to finally say these things.  Clinton and Bush and Obama and Biden all “celebrated” the freak show that the woke military became.  Pushing weak, unqualified women into combat positions and promoting people just to be the first woman or minority or gay or transgender individual to reach some rank or responsibility.

But does this mean we won’t be getting anymore “Admiral Rachel Levines” going forward?

But more importantly what happens to all those women in combat roles when they fail their PT exams?  Where will they end up?  And will there be any useful work for them to do in non-combat roles?  These are important questions.  Our federal government is a bloated bureaucracy and the military is part of that.  There isn’t room for the military to be some kind of make-work organization for people who can’t find a place in civilian life.  We want strong, smart, dedicated and hard-working people defending this country.  And most importantly we can’t afford to make it a work program for men who think they’re women and women who think they’re men.  I’ll have to say, of all Donald Trump’s many exciting and innovative policy initiatives, straightening out the military may be my favorite.  To my mind the corruption of the warrior role in our society is the most dangerous and disgusting aspect of the woke agenda.  For that reason, this initiative of Hegseth’s is extremely timely and barely in time.

I’m curious to see if this speech, all on its own, results in any resignations or retirements among the upper brass that were represented in that audience.  Specifically, I wonder how many really obese generals will just give up and retire rather than lose the hundred pounds they’d need to shed to conform to the height to weight requirements of the military.

I want to follow up on this incident going forward and try to identify whether his dictates are being faithfully obeyed and what tangible results they produce.  To that effect if any of you guys who were military know of any sources for information on how the military is changing (or staying the same) please put information in the comments and I’ll try to follow up on this post with updates.