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Pentagon Warns Scouts: Reform Values or Lose Military Ties

Is Scouting America still a vital pipeline for military recruitment or has it abandoned its core values through DEI policies?
Pentagon Warns Scouts: Reform Values or Lose Military Ties
Above: Cub Scouts salute as they take part in the 157th Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade in New York City on May 27, 2024. Image credit: Adam Gray/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Left narrative

Scouts produce exceptional military recruits and community leaders, with 30% of West Point students coming from the program. Cutting ties with an organization proven to combat youth obesity, depression and anxiety while building strong, independent young people makes zero sense during a recruitment crisis. This authoritarian attack threatens the very pipeline feeding America's armed forces.

Right narrative

Scouting America abandoned its core values over the past decade by embracing DEI and gender-fluid ideology that contradicts merit-based principles. The organization must rapidly return to God and country or lose federal partnerships entirely. Zero tolerance for radical social justice stances means holding every affiliated group to the same standard set by executive order.

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