{"id":147552,"date":"2023-09-22T09:15:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T13:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=147552"},"modified":"2023-09-21T18:40:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T22:40:42","slug":"service-academy-cadet-wonders-if-woke-topics-could-be-saved-from-bad-batch-of-congressmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=147552","title":{"rendered":"Service Academy cadet wonders if woke topics could be saved from bad batch of congressmen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A cadet with the U.S. Air Force Academy presented a question to a U.S. Military Academy’s Annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference panel. The cadet, while in uniform, asked if the service academies could safeguard teaching these topics, or if they were screwed if a “bad batch of congressmen” came in. The room erupted in laughter.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

“Can cadets and service academies safeguard the teachings of these topics, or, if we get a particularly bad batch of congressmen, are these teachings like, screwed?” the cadet said.<\/p>\n

Banks, the chairman of the Anti-Woke Caucus and the Military Personnel Subcommittee, told Fox News Digital he disagrees “with the cadet’s remarks,” but sees “why he thought they were appropriate, given he made them at a left-wing political conference.”<\/p>\n

“The issue is that the U.S. Military Academy is hosting partisan, DEI events in the first place,” Banks said.<\/p>\n

In the letter, Waltz — the chairman of the House’s military readiness subcommittee — wrote that the conference “was hosted by USMA and attended by personnel from the U.S. Air Force Academy, USMA, U.S. Army officers, U.S. Air Force officers, as well as USMA faculty, civilian professors, Veterans Affairs staff, NASA staff, and professional DEI speakers.”<\/p>\n

The congressmen noted the audio recording of the cadet’s question and wrote that, per “the recording, the crowd in attendance erupted in laughter at the cadet’s comments, and it is not apparent that any senior officer attempted to correct or counsel the cadet, nor did anyone take the opportunity to educate the group of cadets regarding civilian oversight of the military or the constitutional duty of elected officials to conduct legislative oversight.”<\/p>\n

“As veterans, we find USMA and the U.S. Air Force Academy’s apparent acquiescence of demeaning statements aimed at Congress troubling and emblematic of the increasing politicization of our academies,” the Republicans wrote.<\/p>\n

“The apparent failure of any senior officer to correct the highly inappropriate behavior of scorning lawful, civilian authorities amounts to turning a blind eye to conduct that could be a violation of Article 88 of the UCMJ,” they continued.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News provides additional information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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