US Navy Chief Removes Woke and CRT Books From Professional Reading Program List
Admiral Michael Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations quietly lists reading of a more military nature.
Legal Insurrection readers may recall the firestorm of controversy over the defense by two senior U.S. military officers of the teaching of Critical Race Theory to service members, including putting volumes like Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be An Antiracist on recommended reading lists.
Quietly, Kendi’s atrocity and other woke books have been removed from the US Navy’s recommended reading list.
The Navy’s Professional Reading Program list for 2022 comprises a dozen books mainly focusing on the Navy and military strategy.
Among the books on this year’s list are ‘A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy’ by James Holmes, ‘China as a 21st Century Naval Power’ by Michael A. McDevitt and ‘Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War.’
That is a marked difference from last year’s list of nearly 50 books, which included the controversial critical race theory tome ‘How to Be an Antiracist’ by Ibram X Kendi, as well as ‘Sexual Minorities and Politics: An Introduction’ by Jason Pierceson and ‘The New Jim Crow’ by Michelle Alexander.
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Gilday said in a statement that he chose the new books because ‘a learning mindset is essential to accelerating our warfighting advantage.’
‘A Navy that learns, adapts and improves the fastest will be the most successful,’ he noted, adding that ‘we must foster an organization that supports and empowers Sailors to have an independent quest for knowledge through reading and information sharing.
‘What you know and how fast you learn is relevant in this era of strategic competition.
Could this be in response to the public outrage? Could this be a sign that Republicans are likely to be back in charge soon? Could this be a signal that tensions between this country and Russia (and/or China) will be increasing substantially soon?
It is hard to say. However, it is the first positive development related to the nation’s military that we have reported in some time.
Gilday said the goal of the program is to foster the continued education and growth – both personal and professional – of sailors.
“We are driving a fleet-wide campaign of self-improvement,” Gilday said in a statement published Friday. “We must foster an organization that supports and empowers Sailors to have an independent quest for knowledge through reading and information sharing. What you know and how fast you learn is relevant in this era of strategic competition.”
Friday’s updated reading list includes the following titles:
- “To Rule the Waves” by Bruce Jones
- “A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy” by James Holmes
- “China as a 21st Century Naval Power” by Michael. A. McDevitt
- “Not One Inch” by Mary E. Sarotte
- “The Sailor’s Bookshelf: Fifty Books to Know the Sea” by Admiral James G. Stavridis
- “Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War” by Paul Scharre
- “Fortune Favors Boldness” by Barry Costello
- “The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour” by James Hornfischer
- “World War II at Sea: A Global History” by Craig Symonds
- “Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield” by Gayle T. Lemmon
- “Dare to Lead” by Brene Brown
- “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol Dweck
It’s probably a good idea for the Navy to focus on battle strategies, given that the 2nd Fleet has surged forces to the North Atlantic between January and April.
The short-notice deployment was the first time 2nd Fleet has had command-and-control of forces in Europe outside of an exercise and it demonstrated the fleet’s flexibility and responsiveness, fleet commander Vice Adm. Daniel Dwyer told reporters on April 29.
Second Fleet was reestablished in 2018 in response to increasing Russian naval activity in the North Atlantic, but Dwyer avoided linking the deployment to Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
Asked whether the surge was connected to Russian military activity, Dwyer would only say that it demonstrated the US’s ability to “surge certified, ready naval forces” — as in, deploying ships whose crews are fully trained ahead of an anticipated departure date — and its commitment to the defense of European allies and partners.
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Critical Racists’ Theory, woke and morally broke… Pro-Choice “ethical” religion… Diversity [dogma], Inequity, and Exclusion (DIE).
Cover-up, perchance progress: one step forward, two steps backward?
A glimmer of hope?
I doubt it. More likely they don’t like the feeling of egg on their face.
I’m generally very cynical. But, I like to see this is having real men back in charge again.
The FBI will plant child porn on Admiral Gilday’s computer in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1……
Did you ever stop and think of how the FBI has such a ready library of child porn? Have pedophiles infested the FBI as well as traitors?
More like it already accomplished what they wanted it to accomplish.
Because it was ‘voluntary’, and because it’s been recorded on FITREPs already if they did it, then they now have the data on who is down with the struggle and who isn’t. Leaving it in perpetually serves no more purpose.
The only glimmer of hope is that my homey is home.
“Homey”?!? Please….!
I’d say just merely the fact Russia — still a strategic adversary — is in a shooting war with a country that we’re helping, is enough to explain this.
It’s like how European countries have discovered the need to spend their own money on their own defense, after having previously resisted President Trump’s calls for exactly that.
The sound of not-so-distant war drums concentrates the mind fabulously.
Its called a start BUT there is a fuck load of work still to do.
China and our enemies are training for real. Our clowns…not so much!
How about adding “The Rapacity of Dope” by Barry Soetoro?
Watching the clusterflop that is the Russian army in the field may have a bit to do with this. Putin and his security agency will not treat their ‘yessir’ generals kindly. Same thing if our Navy is caught in a silly phase learning woke ideology and then suddenly having to go hot against a murderous China in the Taiwan Strait. The Navy brass won’t want to be hauled in front of the Senate and tv cameras.
Just a note, Leslie … Navy Chiefs service-wide will likely rankle at an Admiral being added to their ranks!
As in: “Don’t call me ‘sir’; I’m no officer, I work for my pay.” 🙂
Usually said by some potbelly slog with a finger perpetually wrapped around the loop of a coffee cup.
At least, that was my experience as a Navy man.
“But they need to uNdeRsTaNd wHiTe rAgE!!!”
An interesting development from the unelected bureaucracy. Meanwhile, the gaggle of government officials who are theoretically answerable to the public via elections are doing… what?
Thank you for reporting on the positive news too 🙂
Both need to be removed immediately and stripped of Command then forced into retirement. They have done nothing but weaken our military
After what’s been done with the FBI, how can we trust any of these idiots with guns? Like arming the teachers union.
I’m not worried. I’m sure that our military’s Hell-for-leather drive to promote a large quota of LGBQRSTUVWXYZ to command positions will have Xi and Putin quaking in their boots.