Guess that drag queen recruiter didn’t help much

The Navy announced Tuesday that it missed officer and enlistment recruiting goals for the second time in two years, despite taking drastic measures in its recruiting efforts.

The sea service said it managed to recruit 30,236 active-duty enlisted sailors this year — 7,464 short of its goal of 37,700. It also fell short of its officer goal by 452, recruiting 2,080 sailors despite aiming for 2,532.

In all, the Navy missed every single active-duty and reserve recruiting goal it set for itself. . . . .

. . . . The Navy has tried to get creative to get sailors to sign up:

It has taken to offering some of the largest bonuses in recent memory to get recruits through the door. The Navy’s recruitment website had offered recruits $35,000 just to ship out to basic training before the fall.

The website currently boasts that recruits “who leave for boot camp before December 2023 can earn up to $140K.”

The service had also recently

• • raised the maximum enlistment age to 41,
  • loosened entry exam rules, and
  • spent millions on high-profile advertisements at events like the Super Bowl.

The Navy also duplicated an Army program that takes would-be recruits and gives them additional training in physical fitness and academic skills ahead of shipping them off to boot camp.

“By carefully evaluating individual circumstances and granting waivers where appropriate, such as

• • for tattoos,
  • single parents or
  • positive drug and alcohol tests,

the Navy was able to consider individuals who may have previously been disqualified,” the service also noted in its statement. . . . (read more on Military.com)

If you were a young man thinking about joining the Navy, went to their webpage and clicked on “Who We Are” to find out who are the people in the Navy that you’d be joining and saw this, what would your reaction be?