The defense secretary’s efforts to block or delay promotions to general or admiral for some officers has raised concerns that he may be targeting them because of race, gender or affiliation with the Biden administration, sources say.

The defense secretary’s efforts to block or delay promotions to general or admiral for some officers has raised concerns that he may be targeting them because of race, gender or affiliation with the Biden administration, sources say.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, some of whom are seen as having been targeted because of their race, gender or perceived affiliation with Biden administration policies or officials, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.

The process within the Army, the Air Force, the Navy and the Marines is structured to ensure the most qualified officers get promoted.

Hegseth’s decision to intervene in the process has raised concerns among some officials within those military branches and the White House, the nine U.S. officials familiar with the situation said.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    18 days ago

    The thing here is that Hegseth has no qualifications for the job he has.

    PEDOnald supporters still be going on about “meritocracy”, LOL.

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      18 days ago

      What do you mean, he has no qualifications? Haven’t you seen those bad-ass Nationalist Christian tattoos?

      He is a bona-fide, 100% qualified NatC…

    • ultranaut@lemmy.world
      7·
      18 days ago

      Not so fun fact about Hegseth, he never washes his hands because he thinks it makes you weak. The man walks around with shit covered hands everywhere he goes.

  • Formfiller@lemmy.world
    21·
    17 days ago

    To be clear. this is fascism leveling up. This will lead to an escalation of war crimes and an escalation of state sponsored terrorism against civilians in the United States

  • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    18 days ago

    Don’t they like meritocracy?

    Edit: oh wait, I spelt that wrong. It should have been “hypocrisy”.

  • Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world
    17·
    18 days ago

    Petey doesn’t want senior officers that are brown or women.

    Petey needs to go to jail after he’s fired, this Iran clusterfuck is on him.

  • KulunkelBoom@lemmus.orgEnglish
    11·
    18 days ago

    A) they won’t obey illegal orders. B) if he gives them raises he won’t be able to afford his next month’s 10 million dollar lobster and prime rib lunches. C) he’s a fucking asshat with no business holding a rifle much less sending Americans to their deaths.