The piece describes the Navy's "Extremism stand-down," what it includes, and what it leaves out.
Recently, my Navy unit held an "Extremism stand-down" training that was required of all Department of Defense personnel, as mandated by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin here.
According to Vice Admiral John B. Nowell, Jr, the purpose of the training was "To ensure service members and civilian personnel clearly understand the damaging effects of extremism and begin developing more effective, sustainable ways to eliminate the corrosive impacts extremist activity can have on our Force."
That's not actually what the training says.
The training we received this month was rushed through in the wake of the Washington, D.C., riot.
The course, which was given in a PowerPoint deck, included a slide defining "Extremism." One would expect a broad, catch-all phrase that makes it clear that any radical activity undermining our nation or promoting criminal activity would not be tolerable.
My concern is that this blatantly political training is not only bad, it's counter-productive.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to discern fact from fiction, and unfortunately the media has a strong bias. They spin stories to make conservatives look bad and will go to great lengths to avoid reporting on the good that comes from conservative policies. There are a few shining lights in the media landscape-brave conservative outlets that report the truth and offer a different perspective. We must support conservative outlets like this one and ensure that our voices are heard.
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