Woke and broke U.S. Army now accepting
recruits with ADHD, other "behavioral challenges"
Hot Air,
by
Beege Welborn
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
12/28/2022 6:45:00 PM
Being all uber-woke you can be has just about brought the Army to its knees. In this day and age, they’ve fallen so far down the rabbit hole anymore that they can’t get anyone who’s their normal target recruit to sign up to save their lives. Or anyone else’s, for that matter. Their recruiting numbers are dismal.
…The service fell 15,000 recruits short of its fiscal 2022 goal and it cut its goal for total number of soldiers in fiscal year 2023 by an additional 15,000, suggesting that it sees a longer-term problem.
Only 23% of young Americans meet the fitness, health and other standards required to join the military,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
rochow 12/28/2022 6:52:22 PM (No. 1366446)
Start by throwing out that flat footed idiot Austin, things might just begin to improve! Followed by the entire clown administration!
27 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
VietVet68 12/28/2022 7:15:26 PM (No. 1366459)
The liberals in DC will act as if all of this is somehow accidental but it's all by design. The left wants to damage every institution that could be associated with patriotism and the military is a prime target. Liberals are disgusting.
22 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
pensom2 12/28/2022 7:16:25 PM (No. 1366460)
Who wants to join an outfit under Commander in Chief Joey? I'm a veteran, but I wouldn't join the service now, where they want to indoctrinate me into white guilt and the 1619 project, and I get in trouble if I address some odd person by something other than their preferred pronoun.
24 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
bobn.t 12/28/2022 7:28:54 PM (No. 1366473)
When Trump gets back in office, he should fire all the miitary generals, and other govt officials.
15 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
billa57 12/28/2022 7:47:39 PM (No. 1366478)
#2 is right. But it's worse than that. They are trying to make a military that will turn on its own people. Bitter homosexuals, trans and, CRT taught blacks. Where the biggest threat is 'global warming' and those who deny it.
10 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Dr. Constant 12/28/2022 7:57:43 PM (No. 1366479)
I bet they used accept those type.guys all the time 50 years ago. General Patton was dyslexic and probably had ADHD
4 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
The Remnants 12/28/2022 8:00:08 PM (No. 1366481)
"Hoist with his own petard" - The U.S. Army is another institution that is "blowing itself up" because of its progressive/woke mentality. (I looked up the definition of petard yesterday because recently I've been reading about so many institutions with similar outcomes from the same mentality.) So far, my short list includes: universities, hospitals, Hollywood, old legacy media, churches, and now the armed services.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
The Remnants 12/28/2022 8:06:10 PM (No. 1366489)
Just read following article, so I guess you can add the City of Oxford to the list.
3 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 12/28/2022 8:10:32 PM (No. 1366494)
Private Pyle, what's your major malfunction?!
3 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Illinois Mom 12/28/2022 9:51:42 PM (No. 1366536)
This is ridiculous.
A guy my daughter dated in the 90's was 5 pounds overweight and his acceptance in the Navy was in doubt. He was literally sweating bullets but managed to make the weight with a few pounds to spare. I was relieved too because the teen marriage plans eventually fell apart.
I can't believe how the Navy changed him for the better. He is still serving today.
6 people like this.
Straight White Males...The Army wants you!
Join our Girlboss, LGBT Army of today.
We need to educate you.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
MDConservative 12/28/2022 10:02:58 PM (No. 1366541)
Has anyone looked around the last few decades while American moms raised their exceptional special needs sons, using psychotropic drugs to chemically emasculate them? Now they can’t form relationships with the opposite sex and look to dress in women’s clothing. You’d better watch out for the new US male, my friends.
3 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
leonardo 12/28/2022 10:50:13 PM (No. 1366553)
America’s inadequate military readiness and growing lack of qualified and trainable soldiers could well tempt our enemies. They’d prefer a weaker rather than a stronger opponent.
4 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
bighambone 12/28/2022 11:31:34 PM (No. 1366569)
The big danger is with little or no real warriors joining the Army, is that if the balloon goes up, that Biden and his motley crew will start striking up merry tunes as they start a draft, that will for the most part, unless the USA is being invaded by a foreign armed force, will result in hearty laughs from the small percentage of American men who could under other circumstances make up a major portion of the warrior class in the Army.
1 person likes this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 12/28/2022 11:40:28 PM (No. 1366573)
The pool of potential recruits is rapidly dwindling.
0 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
24tea@Mag 12/29/2022 12:05:09 AM (No. 1366579)
God help us! The US Army is now becoming a healthcare facility.
2 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
chumley 12/29/2022 12:32:02 AM (No. 1366590)
My gawd we had enough problems way back, when everyone was checked out and deemed to be pretty sane. I cant even imagine the nightmares once they start intentionally letting unstable people in. So glad I retired when I did and didnt try to hang on longer. The military has been on a fast track to ruin for decades but seems to be accelerating.
1 person likes this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
mifla 12/29/2022 4:56:35 AM (No. 1366611)
Russia's army is a paper tiger.
America's army is yesterday's rejects.
China has got to be loving this.
3 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 12/29/2022 7:37:54 AM (No. 1366680)
Adios military, adios America.
5 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
paral04 12/29/2022 8:49:39 AM (No. 1366731)
My grandson enlisted for the Coast Guard 10 years ago and was accepted. They were only looking at candidates with the equivalent of a 100 IQ. We spoke the other day and he said the IQ level has dropped to 80 which is way below normal. That is scary because their standards in the Cg are higher than the US Army.
God help us if we have to go to war.
2 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
red1066 12/29/2022 10:02:42 AM (No. 1366807)
Oh, come on. Does this writer really believe that during the days of the draft, people with ADHD weren't inducted into the military? You didn't get into the military if your IQ was too low, or if you had a physical disability or a prison record. Other than that, you're in. The real impediment to people enlisting in the military, is the idiot in the White House, and the boat load of idiots running the military at the Pentagon. Plus, the whole Capitol full of idiots who can't seem to stay out of every conflict on the planet with no real will to actually win anything. Add in the just up and leaving Afghanistan and leaving 85 billion dollars' worth of equipment behind, and the term incompetence is completely justified.
0 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
Talk2 12/29/2022 11:43:11 AM (No. 1366910)
Go Woke Go Broke applies to the military. When you have civilians with titles like equity monitor you can bet they will dream up equity problems them and only they can fix them. Unit cohesion is the backbone of the military and when you throw in disruptive elements like equity and inclusion where not needed or wanted you have torn the fabric of military readiness.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Italiano 12/29/2022 11:48:55 AM (No. 1366914)
Go long on body bag manufacturers.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
paral04 12/29/2022 2:10:36 PM (No. 1366985)
we need to do what Israel dos and that is all young people when they become 18 years old they go into the military. That will get them in shape fast.
0 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 12/30/2022 8:12:16 AM (No. 1367308)
The US military cannot be trusted. I would cut them down by about 90%, or better yet 86 the whole operation. and hire mercenaries to patrol the border.
0 people like this.
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