Why This Veteran Worries Wokeness Is Poisoning Our Military
<p>Jason Beardsley served his country in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army Special Forces before taking the helm as executive director of the Association of the United States Navy. Today, he’s speaking out to urge military leaders to focus on their primary mission of defending America—not advancing the left’s woke agenda.</p><p>Beardsley recently wrote a <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/06/15/americas-navy-is-leaving-readiness-and-morale-in-its-wake-to-be-more-woke/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">commentary</a> for The Daily Signal about the challenges of readiness and morale in the U.S. Navy. “Wokeness is well on its way to poisoning our military, even as it claims the military is moving toward utopia,” Beardsley says.</p><p>He tells The Daily Signal that his own military experience taught him radical ideas like critical race theory have no place in our armed forces.</p><p>“In a firefight,” Beardsley says, “the one question that never occurred to me was, ‘Do I have enough black guys on the guns down behind me?’ Or, ‘Do I have enough Puerto Ricans on this side?’ Nobody cares. We want talented service members who honor the flag and respect the heritage of this country.”</p><p>Following his military service, Beardsley co-founded and was CEO of a patriotic clothing company called The Underground Movement. He tells The Daily Signal about his love of America and the work he’s doing at the <a href="https://www.ausn.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Association of the United States Navy</a>. Listen to the interview or read a lightly edited transcript below.</p><p>Also on today's show, we read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a brand <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaBM0aqsNg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">new patriotic song</a> written and produced by a high school teacher. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaBM0aqsNg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to the song here.</a> </p><p>Enjoy the show! </p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Jason Beardsley served his country in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army Special Forces before taking the helm as executive director of the Association of the United States Navy. Today, he’s speaking out to urge military leaders to focus on their primary mission of defending America—not advancing the left’s woke agenda.
Beardsley recently wrote a commentary for The Daily Signal about the challenges of readiness and morale in the U.S. Navy. “Wokeness is well on its way to poisoning our military, even as it claims the military is moving toward utopia,” Beardsley says.
He tells The Daily Signal that his own military experience taught him radical ideas like critical race theory have no place in our armed forces.
“In a firefight,” Beardsley says, “the one question that never occurred to me was, ‘Do I have enough black guys on the guns down behind me?’ Or, ‘Do I have enough Puerto Ricans on this side?’ Nobody cares. We want talented service members who honor the flag and respect the heritage of this country.”
Following his military service, Beardsley co-founded and was CEO of a patriotic clothing company called The Underground Movement. He tells The Daily Signal about his love of America and the work he’s doing at the Association of the United States Navy. Listen to the interview or read a lightly edited transcript below.
Also on today's show, we read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a brand new patriotic song written and produced by a high school teacher. Listen to the song here.
Enjoy the show!
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