Woke Air Force Academy trains cadets on microaggressions, 'inclusive climate,' and rejects words like 'terrorist,' 'mom,' and 'dad'



The United States Air Force Academy is teaching cadets to embrace an "inclusive climate" that includes "all genders." The guidance focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion calls for cadets to utilize "inclusive language" that bars words like "terrorist," "mom," and "dad."

According to Fox News, the presentation for the seminar that began last September at the Air Force Academy in Colorado is titled: "Diversity & Inclusion: What It Is, Why We Care, & What We Can Do."

The course concentrates on diversity, inclusion, stereotypes, bias, and microaggressions. The seminar tells cadets to ask themselves, "What can I do to foster inclusion?"

The presentation states: "DEI conversations are often not easy; we will navigate the discomfort together."

"A diverse and inclusive force is a warfighting imperative," the presentation declares.

The Air Force Academy defines diversity as "protected categories," such as "race, ethnicity, nationality, color, religion (or lack thereof), sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy status."

One of the exercises asks cadets to list as many animals that start with the letter "G."

According to the Washington Free Beacon, cadets are asked, "How many G-Animals did you generate as an individual? How many G-Animals did your class/squadron generate? What does this activity show us about the power of combining our diverse perspectives?"

The U.S. Air Force Academy instructs cadets to only use "person-centered" language and words that "include all genders." The presentation urges cadets not to use gendered terms such as "mom," "dad," "girlfriend," and "boyfriend."

Ironically, the online store for the brick and mortar gift shop located at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs sells "Air Force Academy Dad," "Air Force Academy Mom," "Air Force Grandma," and "Air Force Grandpa" merchandise such as hats, shirts, stickers, and mugs.

The academy tells cadets to use "transgender people/service members" instead of "transgendered."

The military training curriculum states, "Not The ‘N’, ‘R’, or ‘F’ words, nor ‘Terrorist’ (for nationality; it happened)."

At the end of the presentation, cadets are offered additional diversity and inclusion resources such as the "D&I Reading Room," "D&I Cadet Positions," and "USAFA Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Strategic Plan 2021."

An Air Force Academy spokesman told the Washington Free Beacon, "As part of the Diversity & Inclusion Cadet Leadership Program, this conversation was developed by cadet leaders and USAFA staff to introduce all cadets to Department of the Air Force definitions of diversity and inclusion, as well as how these concepts enhance our warfighting effectiveness."

"USAFA develops leaders of character that can lead diverse teams of Airmen and Guardians inclusively, to enhance innovation and win future conflict," the spokesperson continued. "It is the diversity of Airmen and Guardians coming from all corners of our nation who perform the Department of the Air Force’s hundreds of critical mission sets that make us the best, most innovative Air and Space Forces the world has ever known."

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) told Fox News, "Young kids don't join the military to learn how to use the right pronouns. They join the military to learn how to kill the bad guys and defend this country."

"And if the Biden administration wants to know why recruiting numbers have collapsed, why we have a recruiting crisis, they just need to look at their own policies," Cotton proclaimed. "The recruiting crisis is very dangerous for our country, and it will be dangerous for many years to come if we don't turn it around quickly."

He continued to bash the woke agenda, "We need to turn the page at the Pentagon and make it clear to America's young men and women that we want them to join the military because we want them to defend this country, not go to social justice training seminars."

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) – a Green Beret and Afghan War veteran – told Fox News, "Now we're instructing every cadet entering the Air Force to not say mom and dad, to not say boyfriend or girlfriend, and this kind of drive towards gender neutrality. I think the Air Force should be worried about the macroaggressions against America that are happening all over the world."

The Air Force Academy has reportedly seen applications drop this year by 28% compared to 2021. Officials believe the steep decline is because in-person recruiting has been limited during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last month, the Department of the U.S. Air Force announced new demographic goals to make the aerial branch of the United States Armed Forces more diverse.

Military.com reported that the Air Force wants to have applications to be 67.5% white, 13% black, 10% Asian, 7.5% multi-racial, 1.5% American Indian and 1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander. There is also an "ethnicity" goal of 15% Hispanic applications and 36% of all applicants be female.

In 2014, the Air Force had an application pool goal of 80% white, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 1% American Indian and 1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander.

Air Force OKs gender pronoun preferences in emails, claims 'an inclusive force is a mission-ready force'



The U.S. Air Force has updated its writing guidelines to allow the gender pronoun preferences "he/him," "she/her," and "they/them" to be displayed in signature blocks of official email correspondence.

In a news release issued Monday, the service branch said the recent update to its official handbook, "The Tongue and Quill," was advocated by the Air Force's newly launched LGBTQ Initiatives Team — which was reportedly created earlier this year to identify and resolve issues that impede the success of LGBTQ airmen and Guardians.

In a statement, Air Force Undersecretary Gina Ortiz Jones touted the update, saying, "An inclusive force is a mission-ready force, and I'm thankful to the LGBTQ Initiatives Team for helping us realize this opportunity to be a more inclusive force."

Lt. Col. Bree Fram, who co-leads the transgender policy team, said the change was driven by the "awareness of a restrictive policy that was being used against transgender Airmen and Guardians who were authentically representing themselves."

Fram added that it was "important for many individuals often confused as being a different gender in their communications."

Master Sgt. Jamie Hash, who co-leads the transgender policy team along with Fram, went on to suggest that the change moves the service branch further down the road toward "explicitly acknowledging the existence and dignity of non-binary military members and civilians," according to the news release.

Hash added that the change also mitigates confusion for people with "non-Anglo/Western" gender-neutral names.

According to Stars and Stripes, a weekend post on an unofficial Air Force-associated Facebook page displaying an email announcing the new guidelines has received at least 400 comments, most of which deride the change.

"Good to see the air force has its priorities straight," one commenter said, while another predicted, "We're gonna lose the next war."

"Man the Russians and Chinese must be shaking in their boots cause their [opposing force] decides he/she wants to be called the opposite sex or no gender at all," another added.

Others, however, expressed appreciation for the update.

One former active duty armed services member said, “This is SO helpful. My first name is Parker so when I was (active duty) I was ALWAYS getting 'Sir.' So this is great!”

The Air Force was careful to note in an internal memo that "the use of pronouns (he/him, she/her, or they/them) in an email signature block is authorized but not required.”

The memo also stated: “Do not add slogans, quotes or other personalization to an official e-mail/social media signature block."