Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is in a stand-off with the Pentagon after he has single-handedly held up the confirmations of numerous officers’ promotions. Several of these officers have backed and spearheaded left-wing cultural stances and DEI initiatives related to race and sexuality.
Air Force Gen. Charles. Q. Brown, who was nominated to replace Gen. Mark Milley as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has become notorious for his rare public statement on race in the midst of nationwide rioting and protests following George Floyd’s murder in 2020. Additionally, Brown ordered the Air Force’s recruiting wing to cultivate an applicant pool that meets racial and gender percentage quotas, a memo shows.
William Thibeau, director of the American Military Project at the Center for the American Way of Life, commented on the left-wing political stances of some of the Biden Pentagon’s general officer nominees stating, “Comments by even a handful of the Biden Pentagon’s general officer nominees are instructive as to defense policy, as opposed to mere talking points.”
The Pentagon nominees are also pushing initiatives such as Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Cain’s “unity message” to Air Force peers at other installations, which encouraged them to engage their teams in conversation about the “tragedy in Minneapolis,” the “unrest and pain in our country” that followed “and what all of this means for our lives and our service.”
Cain has also overseen the institution of a DEI office at Eglin, one of the first in the Air Force, which conducts activities related to “affirmative employment” and “inclusionary program management,” according to the website. He has also advocated for “unconscious bias training, forums (and) times to listen to servicemembers ‘rant’ and express their perspectives.”
The actions of these Pentagon nominees are evidence that the push from the Biden Administration to reshape the military’s culture and identity is beginning to creep its way into the armed forces. This could have dangerous implications in the future if not confronted by Republicans in Congress.