Wokeness Hits the Upper Echelons of the Air Force

Quite simply, regardless of the outcome, it is important to stand up for reality, even if it means sacrifice.

 Mark Jarrett  . . . "In 2018, a female Special Tactics Officer entered Special Tactics training, where she quit in the first week of dive training.  She was then not selected for continued
training.  In 2019, she returned and retook the course and did not pass again, but higher leadership dictated her selection for Special Tactics officer training.  She then went through more training while continuing to quit.  She quit in dive training, but the leadership had her retake a more relaxed version of the course.  She then quit in the solo land navigation portion of her tactical training.

"She encountered the physical differences between highly athletic men and women being tested to their limits.  In one event, "she just physically couldn't flip the tire," the instructor said.  "The team handed her a kettlebell and she just kind of walked behind the team for the rest of the iteration."  The officer herself reportedly wrote, "I believe the change in standards invalidated me with a majority of my team ... the cadre [instructors] 'rioted' when they found out the PT test was changing back to lesser standards."  Despite her repeated desire to quit — Air Force Special Operations leadership would not allow her to find a different career path.  Instead, she began working directly for the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command — where she wrote a report and an Equal Opportunity Complaint resulting in investigation of everyone who interacted with her.

"Now, according to the memo, she will return again to retake the Special Operations Course, with instructions from above, that she will graduate, whether or not she meets standards.  As of now, an investigation into this matter is being conducted by the Air Force inspector general.

"What I want to elucidate is how this episode is representative of how wokeness often works and how it was resisted." . . .