https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pentagon-s-recruitment-boast-unravels-as-strikingly-beautiful-soldiers-revealed-as-ai/ar-AA1KBh2J?1/2 The Department of Defense claimed on social media that its recruitment of women into the armed forces is going great. The problem, however, is that when they bragged about it in an interview, artificial intelligence photos were used.AI-generated images were part of an effort to "make it seem like the government’s recruitment efforts are actually working," The New Republic reported Friday.Edith Olmsted wrote that a "propaganda segment" appeared on Matt Gaetz's show on Thursday, where DOD press secretary Kingsly Wilson cheered "incredible success" bringing women to the DOD.Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story.“These numbers are fantastic. Under the previous administration, we had about 16,000 female recruits last year. Now we’ve got upwards of 24,000,” Wilson said.Images showed "photographs" of what Olmsted called "strikingly beautiful and notably diverse female officers." However, a watermark appeared in the corner of each image showing that they were images created by Elon Musk's AI named Grok. The writer called the recruits "nothing but ghosts in the machine."
2/2The DOD distanced itself from the photos, saying that they didn't make them. Later in the show, Gaetz issued a statement, confessing, “The DOD didn’t give us these images; Grok did. And we’ll use better judgment going forward.The new numbers from DOD are curious, as a 2024 report said that the government saw a "surge" of female recruitment of nearly 10,000. It was an 18% increase at the time. There has been a recruitment slump among male enlistment over the years, Military.com remarked in January. The Trump DOD appears to be editing those numbers to 16,000.The data has not been fully released publicly, so it cannot be fact-checked for accuracy.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attacked the idea of "diversity, equity, and inclusion" in the military, alleging standards have declined and, as a result, men have been driven away from the military,The Associated Press reported in January."I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn’t made us more effective. Hasn’t made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated," he told podcaster Shawn Ryan on Nov. 7, 2024, the AP recalled.In his book, Hegseth wrote, “women cannot physically meet the same standards as men.”
>>1426893>didn't get caught for some subtle issue>got caught because you forgot to remove the fucking watermarkThis admin is literally beyond parody.
>>1426897On the bright side at least Hegseth got rid of Army directives to kick people out for swearing too much and banning drill instructors from throwing shit around.>"I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn’t made us more effective. Hasn’t made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated," he told podcaster Shawn Ryan on Nov. 7, 2024, the AP recalled.>In his book, Hegseth wrote, “women cannot physically meet the same standards as men.”He's right, which is why to this day we still have separate PT standards for women.
>>1426904>banning drill instructors from throwing shit around.Too many Drill Instructors thought they were supposed to be fuckin Hartman from Full Metal Jacket, ignoring how Hartman was deliberately played by R. Lee Ermey to be terrible at his job.
Imagine going to MSN.com for news.
>>1426893Even shitposters here know to remove the watermark. My god, how can you be this incompetent?
>>1426908And them swearing is too much for normal humans to handle? So they can't handle harsh language but we expect new recruits to handle bullets? And then you wonder why Hegseth went after DEI bullshit with a woodchipper.
>>1426911The "DEI bullshit" has nothing to do with swearing in boot camp.
>>1426912Riiiight... Anywho, glad that bullshit is gone and the Army won't be kicking out people for using too many naughty words that offend certain people (who totally aren't on the left, trust me).
>>1426911Drill sergeants are supposed to be tough, not abusive. Again, Sgt. Hartman was supposed to be the exact opposite of a good drill sergeant; someone who didn't know when to lay off the people he is supposed to be training and unable to recognize people who weren't cut out for it.
>>1426921>swearing is abusiveOh my God, stop.
>>1426923Anon DI's were instructed to stop swearing at recruits in 2006. The fucking Bush years.The problem with it is the whole point of a drill instructor is someone you should respect. Constant swearing is not only unprofessional, but it makes you come across as an angry little piss baby to the troops. It hurts their ability to actually instill professionalism to their trainees and it hurts the army's image because it makes their trainers look like angry children. Obviously they still swear sometimes, but getting into shouting matches with recruits where you call them every curse and slur in the book is a good way to lose your job and has been for decades.
>>1426925>Anon DI's were instructed to stop swearing at recruits in 2006.Okay show me a memorandum where troops in 2006 were threatened with discharge if they swear to much, because for SOME ODD FUCKING REASON LMAO I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT!
>>1426926>https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2555758&page=1
>>1426927>ctrl + f>discharge>zero results foundJust curious, are you military (doubt)?
>>1426926>https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/trecms/pdf/AD1208484.pdf>Trainee abuse is any improper or unlawful physical, verbal, or sexual act against a trainee (however, this definition does not include acts involving a trainee against a trainee). Examples might include assault, extreme PT not IAW a POI, extreme profanity, sodomy, rape, sexual harassment, extortion of money, or any personal relationship that is not required by the training mission. A trainee's consent to the act in no way affects this definition. IAW this regulation, only a commander can determine that trainee abuse has occurred.
>>1426929See >>1426931, which is literally the policies for DI's from 2005.Oh, and see this article, which shows five DIs getting fired and discharged for doing shit like this (along with pushing and hitting trainees)>https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8381517
>>1426931Yeah, unlawful verbal against a trainee. You can't call them a fucking nigger. You CAN however call them a fucking idiot... and then you couldn't for a bit, and then Hegseth had to step in and say "no you can call trainees fucking idiots when they're fucking idiots again.">>1426933>(along with pushing and hitting trainees)>pushing and hittingRetard.
>>1426893Shit, you don't even need the logo to tell they are AI. Ignoring that they have that weird "passed through a beauty filter half a dozen time" look all AI images have, the flag patch in the first one looks like a barcode and the irises in the second are horribly mismatched.
>>1426933By the way I never got an answer. Are you a vet?
>>1426910Trump Seal of Quality
>>1426911Hegseth going after something is a sign that that thing is probably good.
>>1426934>Yeah, unlawful verbal against a trainee. You can't call them a fucking nigger. You CAN however call them a fucking idiot...Yeah no, also covered.>Degrading Soldiers by use of vulgar, sexually explicit, obscene, profane, humiliating, racially, sexually, or ethnically slanted language is prohibited.
>>1426939Yeah still not seeing the part where anyone in the Army can be kicked out for saying the word "fuck".BY THE WAY... SINCE YOU STILL HAVEN'T ANSWERED... ARE - YOU - A - VET?(The answer's no btw)
>>1426940>Yeah still not seeing the part where anyone in the Army can be kicked out for saying the word "fuck".I literally showed you two separate sections that specify not using profanity in their official policy. Violating army policy will get you kicked out retard.And no, I'm not a vet. However, that doesn't change the fact you're the one arguing against actual army policy, so clearly you aren't one either.
>>1426940>Yeah still not seeing the part where anyone in the Army can be kicked out for saying the word "fuck".Can you actually provide an example of this happening?
>>1426943>And no, I'm not a vet.No fucking shit. And this is the god damn fucking problem. Stupid left-wing fairy faggots like you who never had the fucking balls to join in the first place, who grew up with mommy and daddy covering your pwecious ears from mean words and bad vibes, want to fucking tell people WHO ACTUALLY DID THEIR TIME - how the fuck THEY think the military should be ran when they haven't got the FIRST FUCKING CLUE what serving is like. They think it's a regular 9 to 5 job, or a fucking college campus, and can't possibly fathom doing a job that needs to get done on their worst day possible. The same cocksucking fucks like you who can't handle the mean angwy dwill sweargeant saying bad words oooooooohhh can't imagine being in a miserable fucking desert in a foreign fucking nation and working a 16 fucking hour shift and getting it done after they just heard that their grandpa died, or their girlfriend is sucking someone elses cock, or they're getting sued because they missed payments on their 25% interest mustang. I fucking love /news/ and how it's filled by people like you who know jack-fucking-shit about something but want to argue with people who have actually done that shit.>tl;dr navy seal copypasta*phew* ... rant aside, back to your bullshit.>I literally showed you two separate sections that specify not using profanity in their official policy.Let me show you exactly what the fuck Hegseth had to shut down, and then maybe you can tell me the difference between the two:https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2025/05/19/army-battalion-bans-use-of-profanity/>d. Strike Four: Chapter 14-12 b separation for misconduct based on a pattern of behavior.
>>1426944>Can you actually provide an example of this happening?I already posted it, but fuck it let's do it live.https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2025/05/19/army-battalion-bans-use-of-profanity/>The first strike will yield a verbal counseling. Strike two will lead to a written counseling placed in the soldier’s file. Strike three will result in the “removal of favorable actions.” And the final strike will lead to “separation for misconduct based on a pattern of behavior.”The actual memo itself:>2. The usage of profanity, vulgar language, rude gestures or remarks are strictly prohibited while operating in official capabilities during duty hours.>...>d. Strike Four: Chapter 14-12 b separation for misconduct based on a pattern of behavior.
>>1426897They forgot to remove the EXIF metadata from the Epstein murder video.
>>1426945>>1426946So one single base giving a memo. So not even a policy update....And this happened THIS YEAR. UNDER HEGSETH. LMAO. Nice job fake vet.
>>1426945>>1426946>Let me show you exactly what the fuck Hegseth had to shut down>Notice was given this year, months after Hegseth was put in chargelmao you just blew up your own argument. If anything this means Hegseth is even more of a pussy.
>>1426955>So one single base giving a memo. So not even a policy update.That forbids any kind of swear words under penalty of discharge.>...And this happened THIS YEAR. UNDER HEGSETH. LMAO. And promptly ended under Hegseth.See let me help you out, since you've never enlisted and have no idea what the fuck you're talking about. The 2006 policy wasn't a complete ban on all swearing throughout the entire military, but rather a common-sense, reasonable standard that even the most hardcore within the military could get behind. "Yeah we probably shouldn't drag new recruits out of a bus, call them a racial slur, and then drop-kick them in the chest." - that makes sense.What DOESN'T make sense is discharging soldiers for saying "fuck" four times in a row, because never-served faggots like you who wish the military was more like the Starbucks you work at think it's "unprofessional" and "hurts the army's image" (the Army's image you know FUCK about). Even the fucking Chairforce swears on flightlines when they're fixing planes and shit, and that's as close to a corporation as the military can get.
>>1426956>Hegseth stopped a bad memorandum in a week? lmao what a loser!>I'm a retard that can't understand Hegseth slapping down a bad order immediately is far superior to letting it continue for four years under Biden
>>1426957>And promptly ended under Hegseth.Bro it started under him. Sounds more like he had a bad idea and then promptly undid his own bad idea.>The 2006 policy wasn't a complete ban on all swearing throughout the entire militaryAnd neither is this lol. It's a memo at a single base. You can't even bring up someone who got so much as written up because of it.
>>1426957>What DOESN'T make sense is discharging soldiers for saying "fuck" four times in a row, because never-served faggots like you who wish the military was more like the Starbucks you work at think it's "unprofessional" and "hurts the army's image" (the Army's image you know FUCK about). Even the fucking Chairforce swears on flightlines when they're fixing planes and shit, and that's as close to a corporation as the military can get.nice larp lmao.
>>1426960the shills here have a distinguished career as larpers
>>1426959>Bro it started under him.And ended almost immediately when he found out about it.>Sounds more like he had a bad ideaOh, he's the one who signed off the memorandum? Can you show me where his name is on that piece of shit?>You can't even bring up someone who got so much as written up because of it.Because it's not even a year old and Hegseth is already saying "fuck this". >>1426960>i'm a collossal faggot whose never worked a high-stress job (military, police, firefighters, etc.) and can't understand why threatening to kick out these people for having a potty mouth might be a dumb idea
>>1426958Hegseth gave the bad order lmao. If anything this just makes him look more incompetent by putting forth a terrible idea and then immediately retracting it. Which isn't surprising considering he's been out of military for 10 years and never got above captain.
>>1426962>And ended almost immediately when he found out about it.Actually, I can't even find any info about this being retracted lmao.>Oh, he's the one who signed off the memorandum? Can you show me where his name is on that piece of shit?If he did retract it, can you show me where he signed off on that? You can't make him responsible for only the things that happen under him that you approve of and go "well it wasn't him" for the ones you don't.> high-stress job (military, police, firefighters, etc.) sitting around at base is the least stressful part of those lmao.
>>1426957>>1426958>>1426962>>1426964Hey FYI; Hegseth never "shut this shit down". It's still policy lol.
>>1426963>Hegseth gave the bad order lmao.>his name and signature isn't on the order.>>1426964>>1426965............ well fuck.Okay. I'll man up and admit it. He rescinded the ban on DIs "bay tossing". He hasn't rescinded the ban on swearing... yet.https://justthenews.com/government/security/make-basic-great-again-hegseth-looks-return-drill-sergeant-shark-attacks-basic
>>1426966>https://justthenews.comIf John Solomon's blog says it's happening then it's probably not really happening.
>>1426967There's also the independent, fox news, and task and purpose. Whatever. Fuck it.
>>1426966Well at least you admit that you were wrong.
>shouting>HegsethWhy, it's enough to drive a man to drink.I wonder why Bob Ross essentially pioneered ASMR when he left the US Air Force?
>but AI imageWho cares?Also that image is the old camo pattern and isn't even the old camo pattern, it is some retarded AI interpretation of UCP.
>strikingly beautiful>scary hags and disgusting mutts>women barely join the army for a whole host of reasons>one of the worst demographics historically in the army>special treatment>get out of physically demanding roles>army literally lowered the standards for performance just to get more gross mutts into the army>they sleep with anything they can sink their buckteeth intoThe US army is a joke.
>>1427125Stereotypes, Anon.
>>1426911>>1426921>>1426908Usually, these laws exist because someone somewhere took things too far. I remember when I was going through basic in the 2010s, and even the "nicer" Air Force TIs were telling trainees to take a superman off the third floor, recommending blanket parties, turning off the AC (in black flag conditions), and forcing people to drink toilet water. That last one I thought was just a joke, but it actually happened and people got in trouble for it while I was in tech school (it was a SrA doing it to his flight, which in combination with the sexual assault stuff, led to the Air Force restricting TIs to tech sergeants for a while). Fuckups never improve because they're forced to skip meals (hydrate and leave) and stay up past lights out (less energy + more stressed from being under scrutiny = more fucking up). Often, the whipping boy was arbitrary, like when we got a "substitute" TI, and he signaled out a guy with huge ears as his Gomer. Said guy had never run afoul of our normal TI, but here, every step he made got the whole flight put on their faces or carrying mattresses in winter gear (in the middle of Texas summer, without AC). Meanwhile, the typical rouge's gallery of fuckups flew under the radar.My TIs liked to tell the younger, low confidence fuckups that they were genetic failures and their family would celebrate when they either died in a combat zone or offed themselves. One guy even went crazy, and we had to call the MPs on him. Ultimately, the difference between good training and abuse is that one produces a tougher, more resilient service member acclimated to military life, while the other weakens people and makes them more susceptible to discipline issues, physical injury, and mental breakdown. It's a fine line, similar to working out. You want to push yourself to the limit, but never over it, or you'll injure yourself.All that said, the laws against cursing are retarded. Instructors should be allowed to cuss.
>>1427137If that weakass shit gets people fucked in the head, maybe they shouldn't be in the military. The military is about making killing machines. To do that, you must beat out the weakness mothers force onto boys. You must make them thirst for blood. You must make them fear their superiors more than they fear the bullets of their enemies. The Germans and the Japanese produced the most hardcore soldiers during WW2, and they did it by taking the weakest members of their trainees and publicly executing them to encourage the others to train harder. The military is about results not woke nonsense. This kinder and gentler and woker military will be the death of America. Do you think the Chinese and Russians are going easy on their troops? No, they're beating the shit out of them. Iron must be beat into steel or it will break.
>>1427139>The Germans and the Japanese produced the most hardcore soldiers during WW2, and they did it by taking the weakest members of their trainees and publicly executing them to encourage the others to train harder.Hey who lost ww2 btw?
>>1427142I dunno, given the influx of brown immigrants I'd say the western world.
>>1427143>the west has fallen because of brown peopleIt's hilarious how you don't realize you're a bigger stereotype than the brown people you hate.
>>1427148Yeah, stereotypes exist for a reason, I agree.
>>1427143>I'd sayYeah, but you're a racist retard, so it's probably not that.
>>1427153They exist because retards like you are unable to separate your preconceptions from reality.
