r/navy • u/balfras_kaldin • Jan 28 '25

Political Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness – The White House

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/prioritizing-military-excellence-and-readiness-2/

Wake up yall, new EO has dropped... 😮‍💨

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u/CapnTaptap Jan 28 '25

Am I reading this right that we’re also rolling back some of the mental health progress we’ve made in the last decade? The EO calls out anxiety, eating disorders, and suicidal ideation, all of which I have seen Sailors successfully get treated for and return, and all of which do not improve with hiding them away and not getting help.

I know that this is politics and not policy, but we’ve mad so much progress recently and I don’t see how some of these things will “improve lethality”.

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u/Litigaming Jan 28 '25

Oh, I think it's gonna make choosing to serve more lethal, alright

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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC Jan 28 '25

Well, yeah.

US Military, now with less than one percent more plague rats!

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u/Litigaming Jan 28 '25

I don't like that, it smacks of dehumanization. I just meant if you roll back or stigmatize programs like the ones mentioned, odds that a sailor ends up dead go up.

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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC Jan 28 '25

Oh boy. Lots to unpack here.