Pentagon Moving Away From Celebrating Woke Pride Month

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark A. Milley conduct a press conference at the conclusion of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 8, 2022. This is the the fifth such meeting of defense leaders from around the world since Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley) [Photo Credit: U.S. Secretary of Defense, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons]

ANALYSIS – It appears that the conservative backlash against the overwhelming oppression of the radical LGBT agenda is finally having an effect. 

Not only with companies like Budweiser feeling the pain of hiring a man who claims to be a woman as a digital ambassador for its beer, but the Pentagon is feeling it too.

Only the Navy posted anything LGBT or pride-related on June 1, the start of Pride Month. And then, it was quickly taken down by the next day and replaced with generic military imagery.

No explanation was given, but the word most certainly came down from the very top to drop the pride nonsense.

Thankfully, the Navy has also taken down other posts celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month on social media, including rainbow banners that read “Pride.”

In the last few years, the beginning of June became the start of a month-long LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) bombardment where every private and public organization, often under pressure from the woke mob, tried to outdo each other in celebrating gay pride.

Rainbow flags and imagery were blasted on everything, including official government and military websites. Not to mention U.S. embassies overseas.

This reached a hysterical peak in June 2022 when even the Marines caused a stink by idiotically tweeting in support of Pride Month.

But gay pride quickly morphed into ‘trans’ pride and has been taken over by the push to normalize gender dysphoria, or ‘transgenderism,’ even among children.

As I have noted, today’s LGBT has little to do with LGB and is almost exclusively about the ‘T.’

And this appears to be where the American people finally said enough. The Republicans have been leading the fight against this radical trans agenda at the state and federal level.

The GOP push has been most fierce against the Pentagon efforts kowtowing to the far-left gender extremists.

But conservative lawmakers have recently ramped up pressure on the military to end all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including taxpayer-funded promotion for Pride Month.

As Fox News reported, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Thursday demanding that the Pentagon turn over documents and information on every Pride Month celebration sponsored or supported by the military this June. 

Earlier, the DOD canceled a “child-friendly” drag show at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada after Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., “demanded answers” about the event from Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley.

As I noted in my PDB, this pressure had the desired effect as the Pentagon has canceled drag queen shows on military bases, with Austin stating: “Hosting these types of events in federally funded facilities is not a suitable use of D.O.D. resources.”

According to NBC News, the decision to cancel the event came directly from Austin and Milley, with Milley seen visibly agitated when he was informed about the event.

Meanwhile, despite the Navy’s brief foray into, and retreat from, LGBT Pride waters, other U.S. military branches have correctly turned their attention this month to issues like PTSD Awareness, recruitment and education.

The Marines this year appear to be back on track.

June is PTSD Awareness Month. This is a far more pressing and appropriate issue to be highlighting.

And the Army is also ignoring Pride Month this year to focus on its own proud martial heritage.

Neither the Air Force nor Space Force made any changes to its profile photos or header images for the beginning of Pride Month, both instead opting for online posts about their own services.  

Only the Coast Guard and the National Guard made posts for Pride Month, but neither service changed its profile pictures or header image. Hopefully, they will soon get the memo.

The American backlash is here. And the Pentagon may finally be waking up from its ‘woke’ nightmare.

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.

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Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for state and federal office, taught political science, wrote for the editorial board of a major newspaper and had his own radio show. A graduate of Georgetown, London and Cambridge universities, he brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty – at home and from abroad. To read more go to: paulcrespo.com.

4 Comments
    Stephen Russell

    Gee what took so long??? Then back to Gay Pride for July

    Irram

    Now we need to go back to celebrating Flag day and get rid of Juneteenth.

    Richard Hennessy

    This is just because Democrats want to get reelected and 2024 is an election year. They were all in last year.

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