Meanwhile, the Russian and Chinese Air Forces are learning how to win wars, and jihadis continue to plot everywhere.
“Biden’s Air Force Crafts New Mission: Create a ‘Safe Space’ for Cadets To Share Feelings,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, April 19, 2022:
The U.S. Air Force is instructing its commanders to create a “safe space” in which recruits can partake in “healthy conversation” and “share perspectives” as part of what leaders are calling a “cultural shift” in the service.
The initiative, called “Airmen’s Time,” was created to advance the “well-being and development” of those serving in the Air Force, according to a copy of a memo obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, which was sent to “command teams and supervisors.”
“The intent of Airmen’s time is to create a safe space, be present, and ensure that our Air Force culture invites healthy conversation for every Airman…anytime, anywhere,” the memo states, encouraging service members to get together and “share perspectives and life lessons, discuss what values guide us, or what is our team’s purpose.”
The move is part of an effort by the U.S. military under the Biden administration to alter internal culture. The Army, for instance, has mandated its soldiers go through training on gender identity and pronouns, the Free Beacon first reported in March. Republicans in Congress and some in the military have criticized these initiatives for pushing “woke” propaganda within the service.
“Building trust and belonging is never a one-time event—it is a daily commitment to those we serve,” the memo states. “To further advance this cultural shift, leaders at every level are entrusted to prioritize time to elevate connection, growth, and enhance the well-being of individual Airmen while building unity within their teams.”…
mortimer says
1) Go woke, then go broke.
2) If it ain’t ‘woke’, don’t fix it.
The American military branches are making a substantial error in all their ‘woke-ism’, because it will chew up money that is needed to provide military preparedness. A lack of preparedness will lead to general inefficiency and low morale. Much of the money lost will go to RE-recruiting and the training of NEW replacement recruits, since the drop-out rate will increase dramatically in response to the amount of woke-ism.
Once recruits are subjected to the wokist BS in large doses, they will say to themselves ‘What the heck am I doing here? I’m quitting this crap.’
The RE-recruitment of replacements will cost the military exorbitantly … rising to about 25% replacement rate each year, rather than a more normal 15% replacement each year.
The military is a predominantly male culture, because most women don’t want anything to do with military life and most women cannot be tempted in any way to sign up. They must be drafted to get women joining in the theoretical numbers that wokists hope for.
The wokists cannot change human nature by legislating it.
gravenimage says
+1
Westman says
The existence of this policy for any US military service seems an oxymoron, a military-safespace.
Since the end of the military draft, the record is clear – woke people generally won’t volunteer for military duty and would be the least reliable in actual battle. Admittedly, the Air Force would have the safest support jobs and collect the majority of military woke personnel.
“further advance this cultural shift”, and, “building unity within their teams”, are bait phrases to attract recruits. Wokeness and comfort have penetrated US youth so completely that all four armed services are not meeting their recruitment quotas.
The last thing we need is a resurrected “Roman Empire” army to compliment a hedonistic government and society. We need military service people who believe in the principles of the US Constitution, love their country, and respect fellow citizens enough to defend them.
If our education system actually instilled love of country, the military wouldn’t need to attract the “woke”.
CogitoErgoSum says
Yes, it seems to me that the “woke” usually hate the U.S. because of its “systemic racism.” They also want to do away with the borders of the U.S. It is odd that they would join the military to defend a country they believe was founded in evil – unless their main objective is to open up the country to everyone by fundamentally changing it into a different country which sees no one as an enemy. For the “woke” right now the primary enemy is the United States as a sovereign entity.
Also, most of the “woke” who join the military go into the most technologically advanced part of the military because that’s a way for them to play video games on the highest level of all. They like living in a fantasy world that is mentally challenging but not physically demanding and where a lost game can be started over simply by shouting a profanity and then hitting the reset button. The world to them is populated mostly by unimportant NPC’s (non-playable characters) who don’t really matter and who can be ignored or eliminated most of the time in order to win the game. That is what’s most important to them – winning the game. However, currently the rules of the game and what “winning” means are being re-defined by the “woke.” Those new rules involve eliminating all of the NPC’s who keep getting in their way and causing them to cry when they have to hit the re-set button.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Westman and CogitoErgoSum.
Rarely says
Sounds to me like they’ve run out of memo topics.
Although I don’t know for a fact (having never been in the military) I’ve seen enough war films to believe that members of the military “share perspectives and life lessons” all the time and “discuss…values” and their “teams purpose” regularly. Anyone who doesn’t already know the “team’s purpose” should be given the foggy mirror test.
gravenimage says
Biden’s woke Air Force creates ‘safe space’ for cadets to share their feelings
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Isn’t calling this “Airmen’s Time” sexist–even if there are no female cadets–as well as anti-Trans? Just asking–seems like the Air Force needs to get *more* “woke”…sarc/off
In reality, this is just suicidal madness.
James Lincoln says
This is certainly not the same Air Force that produced incredible combat test pilots like Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, Capt. Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Capt. Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, and Maj. L. Gordon Cooper Jr, etc…
And many others.
somehistory says
The military gets safe spaces, while the kids in school are in constant danger…from those who are hired and paid to teach.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fact-check-missouri-students-were-given-math-assignment-about-maya-angelou-s-sexual-abuse-sex-work/ar-
did anyone else watch Glenn Beck last evening as he discussed “Project Grooming”?
What he showed that the kids are being subjected to is truly disgusting and downright evil.
But the “adults” in the room get to share their “feelings”….how many kids get to object to what they are being force-fed? this government is evil to the core.