{"id":34773,"date":"2025-10-01T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=34773"},"modified":"2025-09-30T20:57:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:57:58","slug":"no-more-dudes-in-dresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/no-more-dudes-in-dresses\/","title":{"rendered":"No More Dudes in Dresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Hegseth gave \u201cthe speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH: Sec. of War Pete Hegseth Announces Sweeping New Military Standards at Quantico | AC1G\" width=\"783\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HFiXNL6UkZQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And it was a thing of beauty.\u00a0 He said everybody had to get in shape including generals and admirals.\u00a0 And he said women will have to pass the male physical fitness standards.<\/p>\n<p>That was remarkable.<\/p>\n<p>Then he said unless they were in special forces, men would have to shave.\u00a0 That was pretty good.<\/p>\n<p>Then he declared the end of DEI, dudes in dresses and all the rest of the woke nonsense.\u00a0 And he said that there would be no more exceptions to the rules so that racial and gender \u201cfirsts\u201d could be celebrated.<\/p>\n<p>Music to my ears.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Wow!<\/p>\n<p>So, I\u2019ve been waiting for decades for someone to finally say these things.\u00a0 Clinton and Bush and Obama and Biden all \u201ccelebrated\u201d the freak show that the woke military became.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>But does this mean we won\u2019t be getting anymore \u201cAdmiral Rachel Levines\u201d going forward?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP_21056577976548-1.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31607\" src=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP_21056577976548-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP_21056577976548-1.webp 1920w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP_21056577976548-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP_21056577976548-1-1024x576.webp 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I\u2019ll have to say, of all Donald Trump\u2019s many exciting and innovative policy initiatives, straightening out the military may be my favorite.\u00a0 To my mind the corruption of the warrior role in our society is the most dangerous and disgusting aspect of the woke agenda.\u00a0 For that reason, this initiative of Hegseth\u2019s is extremely timely and barely in time.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m 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.\u00a0 Specifically, I wonder how many really obese generals will just give up and retire rather than lose the hundred pounds they\u2019d need to shed to conform to the height to weight requirements of the military.<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0 To that effect if any of you guys who were military know of 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