Former Marine colonel condemns Biden’s ‘woke’ focus in military amid Ukraine war: ‘This is insane’

FIRST ON FOX: Retired Marine Col. Mitchell Swan, a Republican candidate for Georgia’s tenth Congressional District, launched a video advert Tuesday opposing President Biden’s “woke” focus within the navy amid Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

“The most important European land struggle since World Struggle II, and the place is our navy targeted: Gender dysphoria and woke coaching,” Swan says within the video, first supplied to Fox Information Digital. “THIS IS INSANE!”

“Putin’s reviewing nuclear choices whereas we assess transgender remedy choices,” the retired Marine colonel provides. “As a retired colonel who led Marines abroad, I do know that this woke indoctrination will destroy our navy, and that’s why I oppose transgenders in our ranks.”

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He concluded the advert by pledging to “combat woke insurance policies on each entrance” if he wins the election.

“Obligatory DOD ‘Variety and Inclusion Coaching’ has change into a instrument of LGBTQ supporters to normalize sodomy, sinful conduct, and transgender existence all through our Armed Forces, whereas additionally waging a tradition struggle on these conventional Christian household values many service members had been raised upon,” Swan stated in a press release supplied to Fox Information Digital. “This tears on the ethical material and cohesion of our navy forces.”

“Moreover, it erodes fight readiness and desecrates over 200 years of American navy tradition,” he added. “A powerful navy is crucial to stopping escalating conditions like Ukraine and Afghanistan. Permitting transgender people to serve sends a message to our adversaries that we’re extra targeted on social experimentation than on the protection of our nation.”

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Swan retired as a colonel after 30 years of service within the United States Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve. He led Marines abroad, helped direct operations within the Pacific, and formed U.S. coverage within the Center East, in line with his marketing campaign.

Retired Marine Col. Mitchell Swan 
(Mitchell Swan)

The candidate has urged the U.S. navy to reverse its coverage embracing transgender id, warning that welcoming people with gender dysphoria into the ranks could weaken navy efficiency and sends a message of weak point to America’s adversaries in crises corresponding to Ukraine and Afghanistan.

In earlier feedback to Fox Information Digital, Swan famous that “serving within the navy will not be a proper,” so the navy holds “strict ‘selective service’ requirements.”

“In actual fact, many people with sure situations, corresponding to bedwetting and sleepwalking are disqualified from navy service,” he famous. “They aren’t disqualified as a result of they’re unhealthy individuals, however as a result of these signs are thought of psychological and emotional points that aren’t conducive to fight environments. Gender dysphoria isn’t any completely different and ought to be handled the identical; that it’s not conducive to enhancing navy efficiency or unit morale.”

Former President Obama allowed troops who determine as transgender to serve within the navy in line with their self-identified gender. Former President Trump reversed this coverage, requiring troops to serve “of their organic intercourse,” whereas permitting transgender troops who joined beneath Obama to stay of their positions. The Trump DOD coverage excluded individuals with “psychosexual situations” corresponding to “transsexualism, exhibitionism, transvestism, voyeurism.” 

Biden reversed Trump’s coverage, returning to the Obama coverage. 

Retired Marine Col. Mitchell Swan 
(Mitchell Swan)