MILITARY IS NOW STRUGGLING TO ME
RECRUITING GOALS.
WITH BOTH A RECORD LOW
PERCENTAGE OF YOUNG AMERICANS
ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AND AN EVEN
KIND YOUR FACTION WILLING TO
CONSIDER IT.
JOIN ME NOW IS A DRAIN PORT
LIEUTENANT COLONEL DISCHARGED
AFTER CRITICIZING THE MILITARY’S
AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL.
HE IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF CRISIS
OF COMMAND.
STUART, THIS REALLY IS THE
CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST.
YOU PREDICTED IT.
I PREDICTED IT.
THEY WANT TO MILITARY TO BE
LIKE, I DUNNO, HARVARD LAW
SCHOOL LIKE A THURSDAY NIGHT
SEMINAR.
NO DIFFERENT FROM ANY COLLEGE
CAMPUS.
>> Lieutenant Colonel Scheller:
ES, THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
THIS IS NOT A RECRUITMENT
PROBLEM.
THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH OUR
SENIOR LEADERS.
OUR SENIOR LEADERS INABILITY TO
HAVE ENCOURAGE.
DOUBLE COPPER SEE.
-- THEIR HYPOCRISY.
YOU THINK A YOUNG AMERICAN WOULD
WANT TO SUPPORT DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION.
AND A HALF TRUST IN OUR SENIOR
MILITARY LEADERS TAKE OUR SENIOR
MILITARY LEADERS HAVE
DEMONSTRATED THAT WE CAN’T TRUST
THEM.
WOULD BE NAÏVE THAT YOUNG
AMERICAN IS NOT GOING ON THE
INTERNET AND SING THE MISTAKES
THAT WE CAN SEE OF OUR SENIOR
MILITARY LEADERS.
>> Laura: I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO
BE AT THE MICHAEL MURPHY NAVY
SEAL MUSEUM OPENING AT LONG
ISLAND TODAY AND HAD A CHANCE TO
MEET SO MANY INCREDIBLE MEN AND
WOMEN AND IN UNIFORM AND LOOKING
THE WALL OF ALL THESE SPECIAL
OPERATORS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THIS COUNTRY AND I GOT
ANGRY.
I GOT ANGRY ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO THIS MILITARY AND
ALL THEIR SACRIFICE AND THE
FAMILIES STILL SACRIFICING
BECAUSE OF THIS DAY.
WE OWE THEM A LOT.
AND A LOT BETTER THAN THEM.
TRACK --DASH.
>> Lieutenant Colonel Scheller:
SPENT SOME TIME IN TEXAS.
I SAW SOME PICTURES AT THE
MUSEUM.
AND I WAS TALKING TO MARCUS AND
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR
GENERATION POINT IN THE ’70s
AND ’80s THAT HAS BEEN FORGED
AND FIRE THROUGH COMBAT RECORD
OUR SENIOR LEADERS HAVE MADE
CONSISTENT MISTAKES BUT I THINK
IT IS OUR TIME TO STEP UP AND
GET US BACK ON TRACK TO A
CONSTITUTIONAL WHEN SENT.
WE NEED LEADERSHIP.
WE NEED COURAGE.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE 22
ELECTION CYCLE IS GOING TO BE
ABOUT.
THAT IS WHAT I’M DEDICATED TO.
20 OH SENIOR LEADERS NEED TO
MAKE UP TO THE REAL PROBLEMS
RIGHT NOW.
>> Laura: WE WILL NEED A NEW
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE AFFECTING
EQUIPMENT.
SINCE THE MILITARY’S COVID-19
VAX MENDED, OVER 5,000 MILITARY
MEMBERS WERE DISCHARGED FOR
REFUSING TO COMPLY.
BOTH OF THESE PEOPLE ARE IN GOOD
HEALTH.
HOW DO WE EXPECT THE MILITARY TO
ME THEIR QUOTAS WHEN WE ARE
KICKING OUT PERFECTLY HEALTHY
MEN AND WOMEN?
>> Lieutenant Colonel Scheller:
WILL TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THAT
THOSE NUMBERS ARE MUCH LARGER
ESPECIALLY IF YOU START GOING TO
THE NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES.
TO GET INTO THE 40 TO 100,000.
STILL A BUNCH OF MEDICAL
WAIVERS.
THAT ARE MAKING IT HARD FOR THEM
TO DISCHARGE.
THE PROBLEM IS MUCH BIGGER THAN
THE 5,000 THAT YOU DESCRIBED.
EVEN IS EXACERBATED BY PEOPLE
COMING IN.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A SENATOR
CANDIDATE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE DON
BOZEK, A FORMER ONE STAR
GENERAL.
THEY WENT THROUGH ROTC AND WERE
TOLD THEY COULD NOT JOIN BECAUSE
THEY COULD NOT GET VACCINATED
AND HE NEEDED TO PAY BACK THE
ROTC SCHOLARSHIP.
ALL OF THESE SERVICE MEMBERS
THAT SERVED IN WAR, THEY MADE AN
INDIVIDUAL MEDICAL CHOICE NOT TO
GET NEXT NEEDED.
FOR A TO SAY THAT THEY DON’T
DESERVE AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE
ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR IS A
CRIMINAL AND IT IS INDICATIVE OF
OUR LACK OF COURAGE AND
HYPOCRISY IN OUR SENIOR MILITARY
LEADERSHIP.
>> Laura: AGAIN, THE MESSAGE
COMES FROM THE TOP AND
REPUBLICANS ARE THE ONES WHO
HELP FUND ALL OF THIS.
THE REPUBLICANS AT SOME POINT
THEY HAVE TO SAY, NOT A DIME IS
GOING TO GO-TOS DIVERSITY,
EQUITY, INCLUSION NONSENSE AND