From Corporal Klinger to Yeoman Kelley
How has the U.S. Military sunk so far so fast?
Corporal Klinger was a character (literally and figuratively) from the 1970s hit comedy series M*A*S*H. The show is set in a military field hospital (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital - MASH) in Korea during the Korean war. Corporal Klinger is unhappy with his circumstance and wishes to return to the States. Attempting to get himself out of Korea, Klinger takes to dressing as a woman hoping to receive what, back then, was termed a “section 8.” Section 8 comes from the World War II-era Army Regulation (AR) 615-360, Section VIII (later replaced with AR 615-368), which referred to a form of discharge due to particular unfitness for duty. The 1967 U.S. Army Medical Department publication Physical Standards in World War II describes section VIII as follows:
Section VIII Discharges
Section VIII discharges were granted to enlisted men who, while mentally responsible for their actions, were inapt or unadaptable for military service. These discharges applied, also, to those with bad habits and traits of character, or physical defects caused by their own misconduct, which made their retention undesirable.
The references in a case record from the Army Board for Correction of Military Records elaborates further:
2. AR 615-368, in effect at the time, stated, when a Soldier demonstrated he was totally unfit for further retention in military service for any of the below listed reasons, and rehabilitation was impractical, the commander was to recommend the Soldier for discharge and require him to appear before a board of officers.
a. The following were reasons for separation under this regulation:
* habits or traits of character manifested by antisocial or amoral behavior, chronic alcoholism, criminalism, drug addiction, pathological lying, homosexuality, sexual perversion, or misconduct
* unclean habits
* repeatedly committing petty offenses not warranting trial by courts-martial
* habitual shirker
* recommended for discharge by a medical examiner's board because of psychopathic personality disorder
Klinger understood that a man dressing as a woman equated to sexual perversion or a character trait that was undesirable and such behavior would result in his ejection from military service. Unfortunately for Klinger, Colonel Potter knew that Klinger was not truly afflicted, and so would not grant the desired discharge. People found Klinger funny because they knew he did not actually believe himself to be a woman nor to want to dress like one; that Colonel Potter tolerated the behavior was a running joke.
Somehow between then and now, the U.S. military became a social experiment rather than a well-tuned war machine. Not that we should seek war (especially in other countries), but we must be prepared for it - this is the purpose of our military, to stand ready to defend our country. Instead, high-ranking military officials are concerned with flight suits for pregnant pilots, nationalist extremists, and homophobia. How does enlisting those who have historically been seen as unfit in any way enhance our troops’ readiness for battle? In what way would having men like Klinger serving on the front lines intimidate our enemies’ battalions? Woke commandos don’t inspire fear - they elicit derision. Our military is becoming a laughing stock on the world stage and among our own people. The embrace of woke ideology has resulted in an inability to enroll new troops.
Now, amid flailing military enlistment numbers, the Navy is using a drag queen to try to bolster recruitment. How is it that this fetish is no longer treated as a psychological disorder, but instead is considered a military asset? Section VIII is gone away, replaced by government-provided sex-change operations (though such operations do not change the sex of the individual who goes under the knife, nor does it “reassign” nor “affirm” that individual’s gender), and cross-dressing commercials. Yes, the Navy has recruited Joshua Kelley, who goes by the drag name Harpy Daniels, to be a digital ambassador. They figure a drag queen can help drum up more recruits, but will he attract the kind of candidates they really need? Apparently, they haven’t paid much attention to the army. Since their commercials touting a girl raised by two mothers as the representation of what the Army sees as the ideal candidate has not done well for them, they are giving up their “Be whatever you want to be” campaign and returning to their popular slogan, “Be all you can be.” Though never intended as such, perhaps the old Marine slogan will be used to wokify their recruitment as well - “The few, the proud.” Yes, those who endorse pride are few in comparison to the rest of the population; but this is what the military now seeks to fill its ranks.
If we want to be taken seriously, we need to reverse this trend, but I don’t see that happening any time soon. Too many social justice warriors have infiltrated the upper ranks of both government and military. So everyone tighten your girdles - I don’t think a snapped Prada heel is going to slow the march down this slippery slope.
It won’t be long until physical fitness requirements are exactly the same across the board. I mean what happens when that female-male trans can’t pass the male PT test? Or that make-female trans holds best PT score for 30 years? I’m sure we will soon be hearing about females raped at BCT because some male-female trans realized they are a male in the shower. Or a platoon of male soldiers are charged because they decided to take advantage of a female-male trans holed up with them for 10 weeks at BCT.
This entire push really sickens me.
They though fraternization was an issue before it’s about to get real bad.