The top Army official for personnel deflected a GOP representative’s concerns at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday that growing perceptions of military politicization among Americans have tanked recruiting.
Army surveys have found that policies in the Department of Defense that appear intended to instill a progressive ideology in the U.S. military are not a major factor contributing to the service’s historic recruiting crisis. However, after Military Personnel Subcommittee Chairman Jim Banks asked what the Army is doing to address perceptions of politicization, Army Assistant Secretary for Manpower & Reserve Affairs Agnes Schaefer could not provide specific steps the service has taken.
“We are demonstrating that we are being apolitical. Our policies are really centered around our servicemembers,” she said. (RELATED: Pentagon Banned From Mandating Pronouns…
