By JACKIE TAYLOR | March 19, 2025

An issue of entitlement

I look at back on the past four years and what a travesty to our young people was committed. Cry rooms, special coloring books, DEI that hires you if you look a certain way or don’t look a certain way, and so much more. Young people were raised during the past few years to expect a big trophy for just walking onto the field – sorry, that’s not real-life stuff and they’ve been fed a line of BS from people that should be teaching them how to deal in the real world.

I was pleased when the U.S. Senate approved Pete Hegseth as Chairman of the Department of Defense. Hegseth graduated from Princeton University in 2003, and was commissioned as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army National Guard. Hegseth participated in many active-duty deployments during his time in service, including operations in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan.

So, the man knows what he is talking about and has a brain to back it up. He’s a man’s man and working to eliminate the pansy military that Biden was working to create – no longer will we see fishnet stockings under military uniforms. Facial hair, pink dyed hair and more will no longer be a thing; and fit, taught fighting personnel will replace the slovenly bunch who were often seen hanging around Biden’s office.

With that, I received an email from a friend and thought I’d pass it on as it goes along the vein that I wrote above. It’s time to get back to understanding that military service is not a right, it’s a privilege – the same thought as working in many of our government departments.

“MILITARY SERVICE REQUIREMENTS

“Trey Gowdy, a former South Carolina Congressman, responded to a question from a CNN reporter about the ban of transgenders from joining the U.S. armed forces. As Trey typically does so very well, he nailed it rather succinctly.

“Question: How can President Trump claim to represent all U.S citizens, regardless of sexual orientation, when he banned transgenders from joining the military? Isn’t that discrimination?

“Trey Gowdy’s Response: “Nobody has a right to serve in the Military. Nobody! What makes you people think the Military is an equal opportunity employer? It is very far from it - and for good reasons - let me cite a few”

“The Military uses prejudice regularly and consistently to deny citizens from joining for being too old or too young, too fat or too skinny, too tall or too short. Citizens are denied for having flat feet, or for missing or additional fingers.” he went on to explain: “By the way, poor eyesight will disqualify you, as well as bad teeth. Malnourished? Drug addiction? Bad back? Criminal history? Low IQ? Anxiety? Phobias? Hearing damage? Six arms? Hear voices in your head? Self-identification as a Unicorn? 

“Need a special access ramp for your wheelchair?” “Can’t run the required course in the required time? 

“Can’t do the required number of push-ups? Not really a morning person? and refuse to get out of bed before noon? 

“All can be legitimate reasons for denial”

““The Military has one job: Winning War. Anything else is a distraction and a liability. Did someone just scream?

“That isn’t Fair? War is VERY unfair, there are no exceptions made for being special or challenged or socially wonderful.”

““YOU must change yourself to meet Military standards and not the other way around.”

““I say again: You don’t change the Military - you must change yourself. The Military is not about being fair, it is about taking advantage of others and about winning.

“The Military doesn’t need to accommodate anyone with special issues. The Military needs to Win Wars and keep our Country safe - PERIOD!”

““If any of your personal issues are a liability that detract from readiness or lethality... Thank you for applying and good luck in your future endeavors.””

I imagine our cry rooms will be full of kids that felt they would join the military – pink-dyed hair with faces full of tattoos. No longer is the military our dumping ground; it’s once again becoming the pride and joy of America; and an organization that can once again defend our nation against evil across the globe.