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As you likely know by now, after going “woke,” the United States military has suffered some of the lowest recruitment totals since the 1980s.

USA Facts:

While the Marine Corps and Space Force — independent branches organized under the Navy and Air Force, respectively — anticipate meeting their 2023 recruitment goals, the military expects to fall short of its goals for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The Army expects to recruit 55,000 new soldiers in 2023, 10,000 short of its goal. The Air Force also expects a 10,000-person shortfall, and the Navy expects to be 6,000 shy of its goal.

Though the percentage of active duty military members has fluctuated since 2001, it has declined by 39% since 1987, its most recent high.

The US military, which until now was thought of as a tough, quintessentially American force, has undergone a radical left-wing transformation in its public image. This shift focuses on diverse identities and lifestyles, with an emphasis on turning the military into a pride experiment. This disturbing and creepy change seems to line up with the noteable decline in white enlistment numbers.

Telegraph: 

The US army has seen a dramatic drop in the number of white recruits, according to a study.

Last year, according to the Military.com website, the army fell 10,000 short of its 65,000 enlistment target.

Underpinning the drop is a dramatic decrease in white recruits from 44,042 in 2018 to 25,070 in 2023, representing a six per cent reduction in just one year.

It meant that the proportion of white recruits fell from 56.4 per cent in 2018 to 44 per cent.

One reason for the dip in recruitment, especially among white men, could be linked to the military’s awkward and cringe-inducing ads targeting the LGBTQ+ community. They are some of the wokest garbage you’ll ever see. But “seeing” them might be harder these days since the military has “delisted” them on social media platforms.

Among these LGBTQ+ ads is one known as “The Calling,” or “Emma,” which has recently become less accessible to the public eye.

Ian Miles Cheong:

Here’s the video the US Army wants to pretend doesn’t exist, and doesn’t want you to watch.

The US Army has removed or delisted this LGBTQ+ recruitment video from its social media platforms. According to military dot com, the Army is having a lot of trouble finding new recruits and a big reason for that is its DEI push towards hiring woke candidates. It did not work out.

So, why has the military decided to scale back on its LGBTQ-focused content, even hiding it online? Many are pointing to the declining recruitment figures as a possible reason and the constant backlash the military has been getting for going “woke.”

Military.com

“The Calling” spot featuring a female soldier raised by two moms in California immediately sparked the ire of Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill and partisan media. The military, particularly the Army, has increasingly become a target in the political culture wars, with the GOP attacking the Biden administration over what it sees as liberal policy creep.

“The Calling” was made exclusively for YouTube. It became a flashpoint amid the growing political criticism and is still routinely referenced on conservative media — and on Capitol Hill as recently as December.

“Why do we have an Army in a recruiting crisis. … What data drove ‘The Calling?'” Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., asked defense officials at a hearing on recruiting shortfalls last month.

It wasn’t the first time the campaign has been brought up in congressional hearings by Republicans. But the Army has been increasingly distancing itself from the ads.

“I don’t know the genesis of it. Or why they … ‘The Calling’ was before me,” Agnes Schaefer, assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs, said in response to Waltz’s questioning.

The Republican critiques have centered on allegations the military has become “woke” or so fixated on diversity and inclusion that it has abandoned its responsibility to be ready to fight. The criticisms seldom center on specifics, but generally zero in on the services opening up opportunities for women, LGBTQ+ troops, minorities and other historically marginalized groups.

Delisting a video on YouTube doesn’t outright delete it; it hides the video from search results and recommendations from the platform’s algorithm, though anyone with the original link can still view it.

Honestly, can you blame white men for saying “no thanks” to the US military these days?

The military claims they hid the videos over some music copyright issue, but that doesn’t quite add up. Typically, YouTube is quick to remove videos that violate copyright laws, often adding a strike against the account as well. If we were to place bets, it seems more plausible that the underlying reason for this sudden change in direction is tied to the low recruitment numbers, especially since Joe Biden appears to be gearing up to start World War III.

We have a suggestion for the US military: maybe they should get this guy to do their ads? If so, the “white recruitment” numbers will skyrocket.

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