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The US Marine Admiral. UU. He ardently defended a non -binary sailor on Tuesday in some criticisms of Republican legislators, saying that he is “particularly proud of this sailor.”
The sailor, Ltjg Audrey Knutson, had its history shared on the Instagram page of the Marina last week. In a brief video, Knutson said they are proud to serve as non -bines, especially because his grandfather served in the Navy as a gay man in World War II. Duration A deployment The past autumn aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, Knutson said that the highlight was reading a Pum to the entire ship on a night of spoken words LGBTQ. Instagram video got almost 17,000 like.
Subsequently, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, tweet A part of the clip with the title, “while China prepares for war, this is what our US Navy have. Uu. It focuses on our US Navy.” On Tuesday, Senator Tommy Tuberville, Alabama Republican, continued attacking the video, counting the Senate’s armed services committee, had “many problems with the video.”
But Naval Head of Operations Adm. Michael Gilday defended the sailor, emphasizing that it is the work of an officer commander to build a war team.
“I will tell you why I am particularly proud of this sailor,” Gilday told the audience. “Then, his grandfather served World War II, and he was Gay and he was ostracted in the same institution of which he not only joined and is proud to be part, but also offered as a volunteer to deploy in Ford and she will be deployed worldly next next the next one.”
Gilday used female pronouns to refer to Knutson, but the Navy said that CNN Knutson’s choice pronouns are not binary.
“We Ask People from All over the country, From All Walks of Life, From All Different Backgrounds to Join Us,” Gilday Said, “And The’s it’s it’s the job of a commander to bubr to cohesive warfighting team that’s good’s good, and and and and and and and the Fowthe Thing, and and the Fow, and the Fowth, and the Fowt, and Lawnt, and The Fowthe Thing, and the Fowl, and and the Back, and the thing of the law, and Fowthe’s thing, and the operations held in the sea, which an officer in command develops that unit of dignity and respect, and thus … if that officer can legally join the United States And the lame line, then I am proud to serve it.
Some republican legislators in Capitol Hill have attacked the military for being too “awakened”, claiming that it has been one of the causes of the poor recruitment numbers of the military, despite a recent survey of the army that is shown alone.
Last month, republican representative Cory Mills and several others went after the Department of Defense on his training, equity and inclusion training in a subcommittee of armed services of the House of Representatives on military personnel. Mills said: “Absolutely 150% we can overcome each of our adversaries, and China and Russia I am sure they are trembling in their boots about this.”
In response, under the secretary of defense of the personnel and preparation, Gil Cisneros said that the diversity and training of equal opportunities have been part of the army for decades.
In another audience at the beginning of March with the best alist leaders of the Army, the Sergeant. The Major of the Army Michael Grinston emphasized that the military approach remains in the lethality of combat, also with additional training on diversity and inclusion.
“There is an hour of equal opportunities in basic training and 92 hours of rifle aim training,” Grinston said at that time. “And if you’re going to [One Station Unit Training]There are 165 hours of rifle aim training and still only one hour of training of equal opportunities. ”
