Army Secretary Christine Wormuth hit back at critics who have accused the military of going 'woke,' arguing that such critiques have contributed to the recruiting crisis.
The comments come as the military contends with its worst recruiting crisis since switching to an all-volunteer model over a half century ago, with all branches coming up short of expectations that have forced them to get creative in finding ways to fill the ranks.the country’s largest military branch, has been particularly hard hit by the crisis, coming up 15,000 recruits short of meeting its fiscal year 2022 goals.
During a media roundtable last week, the Army leader pointed toward the"woke" criticism as another hurdle the service is facing."I think one of the things that we see that’s contributing to a decline in trust in the military is a concern on both sides of the aisle about politicization of our military leaders," Wormuth said.
"I think the more our military leaders are sort of dragged into spaces that have been politicized like that, I think the more it contributes to this perception that they’re political when they really aren’t," Wormuth added."So, I hope that we don’t see more of the kind of talk that’s been out in the past few days."
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