Who wants to be part of this military anyway? You're just waiting to attack California or defend genocidal regimes.

MAGA policy at its finest. Ironically if this policy successfully discourages blacks from enlisting in the military, it might be a liberation of sorts for them.

Forcing people out of the military for a policy that wasn't around when they joined gives the service member some leeway. There's usually a period of voluntary separation where they can opt in to receive a severance pay and streamline the process. If the service member doesn't opt for voluntary separation, they are involuntarily separated. This involves a little more paperwork, a longer process, and half the severance pay of a voluntary separation. In both cases it's an honorable discharge (unless there's something else criminal at play) and they keep all benefits and entitlements.

I'm more familiar with Navy regulations, but here's an example from the DEI rollback from March (TW for the shitty title of the message).

Paragraph 5 stipulates the terms of voluntary separation. More specifically:

b. Any remaining military service obligation will be waived for members requesting voluntary separation; any bonus received prior to 26 February 2025 and subject to a service obligation will not be recouped. Absent any other basis for separation or disenrollment, USNA and NROTC midshipmen will not be subject to monetary repayment of education benefits.

d. Characterization of service will be honorable except where the member's record otherwise warrants a different characterization. The applicable separation program designator codes and associated narrative reasons for separation will be provided at a later date by an appropriate official of the Office of the ASN(M&RA) in coordination with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.

e. For military personnel requesting voluntary separation and eligible for voluntary separation pay in accordance with references (h) and (i), CNO and CMC will authorize voluntary separation pay at a rate that is twice the amount of involuntary separation pay for which the member would have been eligible in accordance with reference (j). Voluntary separation pay is not payable to those with less than six years or more than 20 years of service. No member receiving Voluntary Separation Pay in accordance with this ALNAV will be required to serve in the Ready Reserve.

f. CNO and CMC are authorized Temporary Early Retirement Authority for members with over 18 but less than 20 years of total active-duty service eligible per reference (k) and separated in accordance with this ALNAV.

If you have friends, family, or acquaintance who are US military members, please use this information and opportunity to educate, agitate, and organize. Some of these people are about to lose their stability and routine, and it's important to direct their frustration and blame at the racist policies of this administration, linking it to other intersectionalities, and building camaraderie.

I'm white AF and this happens to me. It sucks. Of course my beard hair is the shape of black hair and the texture of hog bristles so it's not really surprising.

Black men like myself have a fix for this. It’s expensive, but what’s daddy Trump gonna do? Sanction Germany?

The Braun 8 series is the $300 dollar fuck you to Trump.

Still the best take on this "freedom to join the military" debate after over 30 years.

https://youtu.be/BTFUI6kp8qQ

Uncle Sam not providing the bootstraps for underserved youth anymore.

First the racists said that Black people were born for physical labor. Then the racists said that Black people were not good enough to do physical labor to defend the country. Racist people are horrible.

Sounds like they are afraid black soldiers won't comply with their future plans.

Pshhh who needs 83% of black males in the military anyway /s had to look up what % of black males this affects and 83% was way higher than I expected

This will prevent the following from reoccurring:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FqJwD35wWhY

Seig!

Hegseth was complaining in March that 'good soldiers' were being kicked out because of tattoos. But I guess because he has tattoos, that's unfair?

Now, he says standards are falling so he's kicking people out because of beards.

Do pubes need to shaved as well?

Hey, I am all for the declawing of the US army.

Another policy written in Moscow. The US armed forces cannot meet their recruitment targets as it is.