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Struggling to meet their recruiting goals for fiscal year 2023, U.S. Naval leadership has found whom they believe to be the perfect person to increase the branch’s ranks: Drag Queen Harpy Daniels.

According to a Daily Caller report, the Navy brought on Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley — an active-duty drag queen who goes by the stage name Harpy Daniels and identifies as non-binary — to be a “Navy Digital Ambassador.” The Digital Ambassador initiative, which ran from October 2022 to March 2023, was reportedly “designed to explore the digital environment to reach a wide range of potential candidates” for military recruitment, according to a Navy representative.

In November, Kelley announced on Instagram the Navy had invited him to become the branch’s first “Digital Ambassador.” During his announcement video, Kelley highlighted his experience performing in drag for the Navy as early as 2018 and his new role as a so-called “leader” and “advocate” for individuals who were allegedly “oppressed for years in the service.”

“From joining to 2016 and being able to share my drag experience on my off time with my fellow sailors has been a blessing,” Kelley wrote. “This experience has brought me so much strength, courage and ambition to continue being an advocate and representation of queer sailors!”

According to a Navy representative who spoke with The Daily Caller, the Digital Ambassador program “concluded in April, and the Navy is now evaluating the program to consider what form it will take in the future.”

The Navy’s use of a drag queen as a “digital ambassador” comes amid the branch’s predicted failure to meet its recruiting targets for the 2023 fiscal year. Last month, The Military Times reported that the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Army are projecting recruiting shortfalls in the “thousands” this year. While the Navy is estimated to fall roughly 6,000 recruits short of its goal, the Army and Air Force are projected to miss theirs by 10,000 and 3,400, respectively.

Following President Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration, the Defense Department began pushing military leadership to adopt discriminatory “DEI” ideology. For context, diversity, equity, and inclusion (often abbreviated to DEI) is a divisive and poisonous ideology dismissive of merit to discriminate based on characteristics such as skin color and sexual orientation. Individuals who qualify for a certain position due to their merits but don’t meet the discriminating entity’s goal of being more “diverse” are passed over in favor of those who meet the preferred identitarian standards.

In May 2021, then-Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker released a memo outlining an action plan to promote DEI in the Navy. The document instructed the Navy’s assistant secretary and chief diversity officer to “lead and oversee all DEI efforts across the Department to synchronize key policies and initiatives … and to develop a strategy to advance DEI across the enterprise.”

The Defense Department’s embrace of DEI ideology continues to permeate the military. As Helen Raleigh reported in The Federalist last June, the Navy released an instructional video advising service members to create a “safe space” by using “correct” pronouns.

“The video emphasized how service members must use ‘inclusive languages’ and not ‘misgender’ others,” Raleigh wrote. The Army has also released similar material instructing soldiers on so-called “gender identity.

https://thefederalist.com/2023/05/02/report-unable-to-meet-recruiting-targets-the-u-s-navy-is-turning-to-drag-queens-for-help/ 

Out along the edges
Always where I burn to be
The further on the edge
The hotter the intensity

LEFTY is taking this country to hell in a handbasket. 👿🔥

The navy needs to recruit in
BAYONE, N.J.....

NOT NEW ORLEANS...

Is there anything that Democrats don't destroy?

Yeah, they destroyed the Navy- right...

The job market has been so hot for the last couple years that civilian life is more affordable for those who might otherwise join. They just have to offer better benefits and pay to keep up with the job market.

Don't ask don't tell was the start. Thanks, Clinton.

And yes... dem policies.

The military "leaders" right now are gutless fkn scum for allowing this to happen on their watch. It's disgusting. The military used to make MEN. Apparently they don't even know what that is anymore.

This country is becoming a fuqin joke. People used to be proud to join the military so they could serve the country. Now it's another example of what is wrong with the nation.

Just look at who that "Commander in Chief" is. Would you want to join and maybe be sent into some unconstitutional war in some far away chit hole with that guy at the helm?

Actually, I heard he's sending some 1500 troops to the Southern border to act as a WELCOME WAGON for illegal invaders.

LANDMINES, GUN TURRETS & PREDATOR DRONES!

Those 1500 troops cannot not interdict any illegals whatsoever
And this "sending them" is a joke...
All they can do is hand out free water bottles, free K-rations/ MRE's, and change baby's diapers....they can't arrest anybody...

Joe Stranosa has no brains....

It's not just the Navy but the entire DOD.

Biden expected to nominate Air Force general as next Joint Chiefs chairman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-expected-nominate-air-force-general-next-joint-chiefs-chairman 


This clown has openly bragged about how woke the USAF has become under his leadership and has promised even more wokeness in the future.

And General Miniskirt McLipstick wonders why recruitment is down for ALL branches.

After Pedo Joe's abysmal Afghanistan surrender party why would any red blooded American willingly sign up to be a target?

#REMEMBERTHE13

Brings New Meaning to "Your Turn in the Barrel" 🇨🇮

A sailor on a Navy ship had been out to sea for weeks, and was beginning to go through sex withdrawals. Fed up with the lack of sex, he asked one of his shipmates what he did when the pressure was too much to take.

"Well, there's a barrel with a hole in it near the mop storage. When it gets to be too much for us, we use that."

So the sailor went over to the barrel and decided to give it a go. Finding it was better than he'd expected, he began using it regularly, and his problems seemed to vanish.

After a couple of weeks, his commanding officer began to take notice, and said, "You seem to be a lot more relaxed. What's your secret?"

The sailor, embarrassed to give a straight answer, simply said he'd been getting better rest.

"Well good, sailor. You're going to need it," replied the officer. "Today's your turn in the barrel." 🤦 🤦 😣

You know the drill - Democrats and the non-Right are the root of all evils and ills.
And that's all they got.

When they get up in the morning and notice that their deeks are still too short - they blame the left.

Brew, You are just another LEFTY is the root of all evil's DENIER.
Like Robert, do you read a lot of newspapers and magazines that have convinced you it's not so?

[frypan] [frypan] [frypan]

Get in the barrel Lefty...you know you want to!

[frypan] [frypan] [frypan]

“Neither money or the state are the 'root of all evil', as both are human constructs. The 'root' of all human constructs are, well, humans, the only real source of evil.”
― A.E. Samaan

The Navy hopes the new standards will bring in more prospects during an historic recruiting crisis. (Navy)

The Navy said Friday that it will allow those without a high school diploma to enlist as long as they score a 50 or higher on the Armed Forces Qualification Test that all prospects must take, the latest move to boost recruitment in the face of an historic recruiting crisis reverberating across the services.

Those without a General Educational Development, or GED, credential will also be able to enlist, as long as they hit that test score threshold, according to the Chief of Naval Personnel’s office.

Federal law allows the military to recruit such applicants, and the Navy last allowed those without a diploma to enlist in 2000, according to CNP officials.

To date, the Navy is the only military branch currently seeking to recruit those without a high school diploma or GED as it works to expand the number of eligible candidates to join the service amid an historically challenging recruiting environment.

The Navy said the policy change does not mean the service is lowering its standards, and that these prospective sailors must still qualify for specific ratings based on their Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, line scores.

“This policy update benefits the Navy by expanding the potential applicant pool of highly qualified and motivated future Sailors who may have been impacted by COVID-19 trends of non-traditional schooling, early exit from high school to support their family, or a variety of other individual circumstances,” the Navy said in a statement Monday announcing the policy.

These sailors can also use free academic skills training programs and test preparation courses to help them earn a GED once they are in the service.

“Sailors who enlist under this policy change can achieve personal and professional growth by earning their GED while gaining experience in cutting-edge technologies and learning professional skills that allow them to exceed their expectations while serving in the Navy,” the Navy said.

The policy change “is another pathway of opportunity for previously excluded individuals to serve” and could result in 500 to 2,000 extra sailors signing up each year, according to the sea service.

It’s the latest in a series of initiatives aimed at expanding applicant eligibility after the Navy failed to meet its recruitment goals in fiscal 2023.

For example, the Navy adjusted the maximum enlistment age in November 2022 from 39 to 41, and raised the maximum enlistment bonus to $50,000 in February 2022.

The Navy also now offers a $75,000 maximum enlistment bonus for those entering the nuclear field under a policy announced in June.

The service also created The Future Sailor Preparatory Course, launched in April to help hundreds of prospective recruits meet the Navy’s body-fat entry standards. The program also includes an academic coursework pilot program and training that introduces potential recruits to Navy life.

Additionally, the service adjusted its policy so sailors who scored lower on the Armed Forces Qualification Test, part of the ASVAB, could still enlist. The change allows prospective sailors who score between the 10th and 30th percentile on the AFQT to join if their ASVAB individual line scores are high enough to qualify for a Navy rating.

The Navy announced in October that it fell short of the 37,700 target number accessions for the fiscal 2023, bringing in 30,236 new active-duty sailors. The service also recruited 1,948 Reserve enlisted personnel, a drop from its 3,000 goal.

The Navy also missed its officer goals, recruiting only 2,080 new active-duty officers rather than the 2,532 target, and 1,167 Reserve officers rather than the 1,940 target.

However, Navy officials claim that the service still recruited 6,000 more contracts that year than it did in fiscal 2022, and secured a higher number of contracts in December than it has in the past five years.

“We did better in ‘23 than we thought...and we’re going to get better in ‘24,” Chief of Naval Personnel, Vice Adm. Richard Cheeseman, said at the Surface Navy Association’s annual conference this month.

The Navy is shooting to recruit 40,600 new active duty enlisted personnel in fiscal year 2024, plus 7,619 Reserve enlisted personnel. The service is aiming for 2,807 new active duty and 1,785 Reserve officers in 2024.

The Army briefly permitted those without a high school or GED diploma to enlist in 2022, but suspended the program shortly thereafter.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/01/26/navy-to-allow-those-without-high-school-diploma-or-ged-to-enlist/ 

Taiwan thanks you for your service.

Human Cannon Fodder doesn't require a formal education...

Fun fact, i spent almost 5 years on Okinawa Japan as a SCUBA instructor. Only ever "failed" 2 adult students... both were Navy, Both failed the basic swim test required... the requirements are

Swim 200 metres/yards (or 300 metres/yards in mask, fins and snorkel). There is no time limit for this, and you may use any swimming strokes you want.
Float and tread water for 10 minutes, again using any methods you want...