Former Navy SEAL Commander Rep. Ryan Zinke tells DailyMail.com that under President Joe Biden, the military looks dumb on the world stage because it pushes disconnected awakening policies to the detriment military “preparation”.
Zinke told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview ahead of the Memorial Day Weekend holiday that the Pentagon’s fixation on promoting equity and inclusiveness initiatives is hurting the Navy’s overall readiness and amounting to a “national security issue”.
The congressman lambasted the Navy for promoting a now-abandoned recruiting program featuring a drag queen.
Zinke said having a drag queen influencer trying to fill the gap on Army recruiting challenges is not the right path to take and there have been retention “consequences” as a result.
He called the focus on inclusiveness a “national security issue” because “our primary mission is to fight.”
O’Neill was referring to Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, whose stage name is Harpy Daniels, who announced on TikTok in November that she would be the Navy’s first “digital ambassador”.
Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, whose stage name is Harpy Daniels, who announced on TikTok in November that she would be the Navy’s first “digital ambassador”.
Kelley was tasked with highlighting her journey from onboard performance from 2018 and her growth to become an ‘advocate’ for those who ‘have been oppressed for years in service’.
Zinke – along with Sen. Steve Daines and Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana – recently sent a letter to Pentagon leadership asking for answers about a “Drag Story Time” that was conducted at a military base in the state.
“The U.S. military’s active engagement and support of divisive political and ideological issues weakens cohesion and morale and further degrades the recruitment and retention of the men and women serving our country in uniform,” the officers wrote. lawmakers in their letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd. Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley.
The Montana congressman also lambasted the Secretary of the Navy for being so focused on fighting climate change that he regularly confuses “sea level rise with tides.”
He says the fixation on global warming is an example of how the military drops the ball on military readiness and lethality.
“They eliminated the US Navy physical standards. They used to do a Physical Readiness Test (PRT) twice a year. Now it’s once a year,” he cited as an example.
“And we’ve clearly been keeping our eye on the ball in the Indo-Pacific,” Zinke said of China’s heightened aggression against the neighboring island of Taiwan.
He went on to say that the aftermath of the Biden administration’s murderous withdrawal from Afghanistan – which Zinke called a “colossal blunder” led to a simple truth, that “our allies don’t trust us.”
The main problem is that “no one can tell me what the plan is” for the United States to re-establish itself on the world stage.
William Bee, a former Marine who has deployed to Afghanistan four times, told DailyMail.com that the only changes to the military should be “to increase lethality”.
“Everything else is filth,” Bee said in response to the mounting Awakened push from the military.
Zinke also called the Pentagon’s former COVID-19 vaccine mandate policy “close to fascism.”
The Montana congressman criticized general Pentagon policy, saying that during the pandemic, if active-duty troops dared to worry about vaccine side effects or point to their own natural immunity to the virus, they were shot by the leaders.
The Navy recently came under fire for promoting a now-abandoned recruiting program featuring a drag queen
If any servicemen dared to worry about side effects from the vaccine or point the finger at their own natural immunity to the virus, they were shot by leaders, Zinke said.
Rep. Ryan Zinke was previously a former Navy SEAL commander.
Zinke told DailyMail.com that the Department of Defense basically forces honorable servicemen to “queue like a little communist” and get vaccinated without objection.
“What happens if you raise your hand? You were immediately ostracized,” Zinke said.
It’s been nearly six months since Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which removed the Pentagon’s warrant after it was found the military was in ‘noncompliance’ with a federal law. for the massive denial of legitimate requests for religious accommodation related to vaccines.
Congress is now looking for ways to reinstate fired troops who refused to be vaccinated for reasons of religious liberty or personal health.
“If you’re a nurse practitioner, you lose your job. If you’re a Navy SEAL, they were not only trying to get you fired from the service, they were trying to put you out of business to pay back the millions of dollars the government spent on training,’ Zinke added.
DailyMail.com has learned that in some cases military personnel fired for refusing the vaccine on religious grounds have been forced by the military to refund their initial signing bonus.
A service member said he owed $4,000 on an initial signing bonus of $7,000.
SEALs and other special operations warfare troops have also been told that, in some cases, they would have to have the cost of their training reimbursed by the federal government — which could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
“They are extraordinarily talented people, but they have been kicked out and ostracized [by the Pentagon]which in many cases has caused further hardship for someone who has served the country,” the congressman continued.
Zinke said fired service members should be nominated by the Pentagon for reinstatement — an issue Republicans in Congress are considering.
The former Marine Bee told DailyMail.com that while it’s “understandable” to make a “force-wide” decision on medical vaccines, people with religious concerns should have been taken more auspiciously. seriously by the Pentagon.
Zinke is currently leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House and Senate to push forward a new bill that would address the mental health crisis among American veterans.
“You stay in the military long enough to lose track of how many shots you get. HOWEVER, when marines and sailors submit a religious exemption, then that falls within the realm of the free exercise of religion, and that is something sacrosanct,” Bee said.
The former Marine discussed the case of Lance Corporal Catherine Arnett, who was forced to spend 113 days in jail for refusing to be vaccinated.
He called it “an excellent example of how the upper echelons of leadership in the Marine Corps work.”
Zinke is currently leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House and Senate to advance a new bill that would solve the mental health crisis among American veterans by “streamlining” access to care.
The “Veterans Community Care Protection Act” spearheaded by Zinke, R-Mont., and Air Force veteran Donald Davis, DN.C., is designed to address lingering pitfalls in the department Veterans Affairs (VA) – including extremely long wait times and rescheduled appointments.
Including Zinke, the legislation has the support of five former Navy SEAL lawmakers in Congress, including Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, Eli Crane, R-Arizona and Derrick Van Orden, R- Wis. .
