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The Pentagon could be poised for a rapid about-face under the Trump administration, with the Obama administration's push for social reform surrendering to what could be an old-school emphasis on combat readiness and the spirit of the United States military, experts told FoxNews.com.
Under President Obama, the military sought to integrate transgender persons into the ranks, allow women into special operations forces and purge the nomenclature of gender-specific words, adopting what some critics say was a "politically correct" liberal agenda. That's a contrast to the traditional U.S. military approach.
In addition, some Navy ships have been named for civil rights activists. And while the Obama administration has taken an inclusive approach on some issues, it has also worked to minimize expressions of Christianity in the ranks. For example, several officers have been disciplined for displaying Bibles or gospel verses in their quarters.
Veterans and military experts told FoxNews.com that, while some of Obama's civil rights advancements may be locked in, neither Trump nor his choice for secretary of defense, Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis, are likely to make social experimentation a priority.
Source: Fox News
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 13 2017, @10:24PM
realistic? Someone has an inflated ego...
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday January 14 2017, @01:52AM
I live in a city full of current and former military and work with many of those types as well, and the military's social experiments are the reason why the overwhelming majority of them got out.
Saying that men and women are physically equal and then putting both of them together on grueling marches and watching all the females fall out and end up getting free jeep rides, leaving the men to carry their rucks for them, really does something to the morale of your male force. They had no faith that things would improve and were wary of a military future in which it would be impossible to fart the wrong way without being hauled into Social Actions*.
Of course both men and women should serve in the military, but considering them physically equal is batshit-insane. Even my butch rugby-playing lesbo aunt acknowledges that fact and how silly leftist bullshit is becoming.
* Social Actions is always staffed by angry fat Black Shaneequas with tacky nail jobs, chips on their shoulders, and ferocious attitudes. It's as if they'd waited their entire lives to put Whitey in his place.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 14 2017, @03:31AM
"Even my butch rugby-playing lesbo aunt"
Wow, you have interesting relatives. My aunts were mostly boring old women, except for great-aunt Madeline who was retired from the CIA. But, every time senile old Aunt Madeline started talking interesting stuff, her keeper chased everyone out of the room. "Top secret, out out out!" My only real takeaway from all of that, is that she saw a lot of China.