by John Deyermond, Maj. Gen (ret.), All News Pipeline:
Today our military services face growing threats around the world while their ability to maintain a quality, well-trained, and capable force is at risk. Our focus should be on readiness, warfighting, and especially selecting the best qualified leaders possible, not on recruiting Drag Queens to perform for service members and their families or promoting sex-reassignment surgeries. Historically, our personnel systems have been built on merit, individual performance, and equal opportunity, aimed at selecting the best qualified.