Prior to 1960 you could easily say that the overwhelming majority of the military, I dare say in the 98% range, would agree with Hegseth’s Christian, patriotic views.
The political left has slapped the label “white, Christian, nationalism” on it, however, I served with tons of black and Latino’s with the same views.
Of course, beginning with Gen X (my generation), we began chronicling our experiences with tattoos. Prior to deploying to Gulf War I, my entire squad pulled up to a tattoo studio and we all got patriotic tattoos. We were a rapid deployment FORSCOM unit and were the only unit from our base to deploy.
As we all know, tattoo popularity exploded with post 9-11 troops as did the imagery from warrior cultures past, from the Vikings to the Revolutionary War.
There’s a reason the military cannot recruit right now and it isn’t because of men like Hegseth. My own son and many of his fellow officers resigned their commissions during the Biden catastrophe.
One of the many reasons the American military is so great is that it’s an all volunteer force. In the decades since Viet Nam, and especially after Carter’s disastrous presidency, the military has attracted a certain type of soldier.
These men and women come from all walks of life and are (were) the most organically diverse group of citizens in America. The men I served with came from every post of the country; from rural Georgia to Los Angeles and from Iowa to New York City.
We have gone on to be a true slice of Americana; doctors, lawyers, executives, custom car builders, engineers and politicians. We had men who served to earn their citizenship; one from a former Soviet bloc country and another from Mexico.
We ate together, trained together, bled together, got in the occasional bar fight together and we kicked ass in combat. When I ran for office the first time, the men in my unit came out of the woodwork to donate to my campaign, many of whom I hadn’t spoken to since leaving the service.
Christian Nationalism is what made the American military great. While we all understand that not everyone believes in God, or may practice different religion (they did in the other wars too); we all love America.
Until the advent of DEI, no one was forcing their beliefs, religious or otherwise, on soldiers or on America as a whole.
The US Military and huge swaths of the US Government have gone off the rails, if we don’t get things back on track the country is headed for disaster.
Prior to 1960 you could easily say that the overwhelming majority of the military, I dare say in the 98% range, would agree with Hegseth’s Christian, patriotic views.
The political left has slapped the label “white, Christian, nationalism” on it, however, I served with tons of black and Latino’s with the same views.
Of course, beginning with Gen X (my generation), we began chronicling our experiences with tattoos. Prior to deploying to Gulf War I, my entire squad pulled up to a tattoo studio and we all got patriotic tattoos. We were a rapid deployment FORSCOM unit and were the only unit from our base to deploy.
As we all know, tattoo popularity exploded with post 9-11 troops as did the imagery from warrior cultures past, from the Vikings to the Revolutionary War.
There’s a reason the military cannot recruit right now and it isn’t because of men like Hegseth. My own son and many of his fellow officers resigned their commissions during the Biden catastrophe.
One of the many reasons the American military is so great is that it’s an all volunteer force. In the decades since Viet Nam, and especially after Carter’s disastrous presidency, the military has attracted a certain type of soldier.
These men and women come from all walks of life and are (were) the most organically diverse group of citizens in America. The men I served with came from every post of the country; from rural Georgia to Los Angeles and from Iowa to New York City.
We have gone on to be a true slice of Americana; doctors, lawyers, executives, custom car builders, engineers and politicians. We had men who served to earn their citizenship; one from a former Soviet bloc country and another from Mexico.
We ate together, trained together, bled together, got in the occasional bar fight together and we kicked ass in combat. When I ran for office the first time, the men in my unit came out of the woodwork to donate to my campaign, many of whom I hadn’t spoken to since leaving the service.
Christian Nationalism is what made the American military great. While we all understand that not everyone believes in God, or may practice different religion (they did in the other wars too); we all love America.
Until the advent of DEI, no one was forcing their beliefs, religious or otherwise, on soldiers or on America as a whole.
The US Military and huge swaths of the US Government have gone off the rails, if we don’t get things back on track the country is headed for disaster.