Like many of you, I see the unrelenting commitment to
competence, which has long established our military as the finest
in the world as ever known, being degraded by pernicious
ideologies which would replace merit and demonstrate an ability in
our accessions and promotion systems.
The result is a less capable and ready force struggling
to regain the trust of the public it serves and
increasingly challenged to face the full range of threats that
confront us.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion, critical race theory, and related ideologies
are eroding the effectiveness of our military by discarding that
meritocracy and ensures our armed forces are led by the
most qualified.