The US Navy under the Biden regime is threatening to punish sailors who purposely abuse pronouns to define transgender service members, viewing it as an offense of the solution’s harassment policy.
Sailors that contravene the policy can encounter administrative or judicial punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Navy Capt. Dave Hecht, a public affairs officer, told American Military News.
“Intentional misuse of transgender service member pronouns is inappropriate and inconsistent with the Navy zero tolerance policy on harassment,” Hecht told the news site.
“The UCMJ prohibits provoking speeches or gestures, conduct that is of a nature to bring discredit upon the Armed Forces or is prejudicial to good order and discipline, maltreatment, and failure to obey lawful orders and regulations,” he added.
Hecht claimed the Navy “appreciates that pronouns are a part of individual identity” which both civilian and uniformed Navy members are expected to make use of ideal rank or title, pronounce names correctly as well as use “an individual’s pronouns consistent with their gender marker” in the Navy database of service members called DEERS.
The new warning comes as numerous conservatives are slamming the armed services under Joe Biden for seeking to implement woke ideology, such as a critical race theory lessons for Army officers at West Point academy. A Navy training video additionally shows that sailors are receiving instruction on gender pronouns and “inclusive language.”
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), a member of the US Senate Armed Services Board, informed Just the News recently she intends to utilize appropriations bikers for the following government spending plan to get rid of such training.
“Our adversaries, they don’t give a ripping flip about classes on choosing pronouns, or how woke the U.S. military is,” Blackburn said.
“The U.S. military is there to protect this country,” she added. “It is there to learn how to fight, to fight wars and to win. That is their job.”
The Navy video that surfaced last month showcases sailors discussing a “safe space for everybody” by using “inclusive language,” like saying “Hey everyone” or “Hey team” instead of “Hey guys.”
When asked whether using “Hey guys” could be punished, Hecht told American Armed force Information that the Navy “does not mandate formulaic language for its members” but insists on “respect and dignity” to fellow service members and civilians.
Hecht informed the news site that the emphasis on correct pronouns belongs to a larger effort by the Navy to cultivate “a culture of respect for all of its members, both civilian and uniformed.”
H/T Just The News
