At The Hegseth Hearing

 

Is DEI in the hearing room right now? Did DEI make this poster for you? Is DEI the reason your staff can’t spell? Or proofread?

I mean, aside from the fact that people in the military say you don’t know what you’re talking about;

 “Who’s going to replace them? Men? And we’re having trouble recruiting men into the Army right now,” said Lory Manning, a retired Navy captain who works with the Service Women’s Action Network. 

The military services have struggled for years to meet recruiting goals, facing stiff competition from companies that pay more and offer similar or better benefits. And a growing population of young people aren’t interested in joining or can’t meet the physical, academic and moral requirements. 

Removing women from contention for jobs, said Manning, could force the services to lower standards to bring in more men who have not graduated high school, have criminal records or score too low on physical and mental tests.

(Hegseth is an outspoken opponent of women in the military.) Perhaps you prefer numbers:

Women serving in special operations 

Navy Special Warfare combat crew: 2 

Air Force special operations: 3 

Green Berets: Fewer than 10 

Completed the Army Ranger course: More than 150 

Total serving in Army Special Operations Command as special forces, civil affairs, psychological operations and helicopter pilots, including in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment: 260 to 270 

Artillery, infantry and armor units 

Thousands of women have served or currently are in jobs that until 2015 were male-only. 

Marines: 

Officers in job categories previously restricted to men, including infantry, artillery and combat engineers: Nearly 192 

Enlisted Marine in those jobs: 410 That number has steadily increased since 2018. 

Army: 

Serving in Army infantry, armor and artillery jobs: Nearly 4,800 

Field artillery roles: More than 2,020 

Infantry: More than 902 

Armor: 864 

The number of women in those jobs also has increased over the years.

By the way:

Last year marked the first time in several years that the Army achieved its ambitious recruiting goals -- primarily due to an increase in female recruits, according to internal service data reviewed by Military.com. 

Nearly 10,000 women signed up for active duty in 2024, an 18% jump from the previous year, while male recruitment increased by just 8%, the data shows. The hike comes as the service continues to struggle with recruiting men, who have traditionally filled the bulk of its ranks but have become more of a challenge to enlist in recent years. 

The numbers mark the continuation of a trend reported in a Military.com investigation that found a yearslong Army recruiting slump was centered around men, while female recruiting numbers have remained relatively strong. They also point to young women as an increasingly vital recruiting pool, especially as young men are struggling to meet the Army's eligibility requirements.

(The rest of that article is worth reading for the reporting on that last sentence.)

DEI that, motherfucker! 

MAGA really means “Make America (Openly) Racist (And Stupid) Again!”