Osan Pride
Osan Air Force base commander, Colonel William McKibban, has authorized base personnel to wear a “pride morale patch” on their military uniforms. The colonel states “The patch represents the advancement of the Air Force’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, dignity, and respect within the mission.” The mission of the United States military is to deter war and ensure national security. The only commitment our soldiers, sailors, and marines should have is to win wars when called upon. All else is a needless distraction.
During my time in the service, you were forbidden to wear something on your uniform which was not part of it. If I wanted to wear a civilian American flag lapel pin it would not have been allowed. I hesitate to imagine what would happen if I had asked to wear a pride patch. The ribbons, medals, patches, and badges that members of the military wear tell you a lot about the career of the individual. This includes combat experience, overseas deployments, length of service, and level of professionalism.
The patches and badges are not just informative; they are sources of immense pride in military assignments and achievements. By the end of twenty years of service in the United States Navy, I had earned fifteen medals and ribbons including the Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, the Kuwait Liberation Medal from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kuwait Liberation Medal from the nation of Kuwait. Listing some of my awards is not to glorify me but to emphasize that I earned them and they were part of my uniform. The pride patch, shown here, is not earned and is not part of the uniform.
Until recently, the military was a meritocracy. Then due to Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Critical Race Theory (CRT) ideology, merit was abandoned and replaced with meaningless virtue signaling. This pandering has led weak leaders like Colonel McKibban to authorize pride morale patches and make decisions based on DEI and CRT, not what is best for the military or the nation. This pride patch is just the latest example of the politicization of the military under the Biden administration. In my time, Colonel McKibban would have been relieved of duty for allowing an LGBTQ patch to be worn on the uniform, but today the military is an ideological mess with DEI and CRT classes mandatory for service members. The LGBTQ pride patch is just the latest virtue signal to be introduced.
There is a joke in the military that everything is either required or forbidden. There is no such thing as voluntary. The pride patch is supposedly voluntary, but if your commanding officer authorizes it are lower-ranking personnel free to say no? I think not.
Colonel McKibban should be ousted from the military, but if President Biden is reelected, I fear the colonel will be promoted to brigadier general. The military will become a place where all manner of sexual practices will be honored with patches, flags, and events, but it will not be ready to take on the evil that is in the world. God save the United States of America from this progressive nonsense.
Have you experienced DEI, CRT, or virtue signaling in the military? In your opinion, is this a good or bad change for the military? Do you support the Biden Administration’s efforts to politicize the military? Tell me what you think in the comment section below.
