Hawley To General On Pronouns: 'I'm Curious As Heck How Not Using He/She Can Help With Lethality' 

If you can't handle someone calling you the "wrong pronoun" maybe the military isn't the best career option for you.

Aren’t these the same people in military leadership who told servicemembers to apply for welfare etc. if they couldn’t afford food? How disrespectful can they be to those willing to stand in defense of the American People? These people should hang their heads in shame.

Sen. Josh Hawley is so respectful. He doesn't fluff his questions, nor does he let folks on the other side gaslight, lie or bs when answering questions!

My wife and I use to live in military housing and we would constantly get sick at least once a month and when we put in a maintenance ticket to get the house checked a guy came over looked at the interior then left and that was it. My wife and I moved out and got our own place, and we haven't gotten sick since.

As a veteran he lied right off the bat when he said the army takes the care of its individuals seriously

I retired from the Army. The higher the rank the more politics starts taking over. So at the very top it is all political.

So let me get this straight: An instructor yelling in your face that you're a maggot and ain't worth crap while you're giving him 120 pushups is acceptable. Showing highest levels of discipline and obeying every word they say isn't an issue, but calling you a woman/man is crossing the line... and yet the same people are pushing the US army into every possible battlefield they create themselves

Can you imagine what would happen if a high-ranking officer called a subordinate the wrong pro-noun and the subordinate complained.

This is why the military is facing a recruiting crisis. Who on earth would want to join when THIS is how their leadership acts?!

These people NEVER ANSWER QUESTIONS. It’s infuriating. It’s always the same -dribble- drivel.

Sens Hawley THANK YOU!!! your are restoring my faith in the system, your are courageous and honest in your approach , my sincere gratitude to speaking out 👍👍

Senator Hawley makes me proud to be a Missourian! 😊❤

When I was in the Army, I got called a lot worse things than "he, young, or man."

23 years of military I am so embarrassed for these people I’m embarrassed for the soldiers and the subordinates how can you respect leadership when they do this to you? How can you have any faith that these people will take care of you?

"The army takes the care & quality of life of all our service members & their families very seriously" ...direct quote! ... Then why are there so many service members (ex & current) with serious disabilities & mental health problems, caused by things that have happened to them while serving, hat are now living on the streets, that are addicts/alcoholics (due to self medicating) & so so many of these selfless service members, that take their own lives, trying to stop the pain they feel, both physically & mentally. They end up have crippling healthcare fees & long wait times, for any operations they might need to help fix an injury, or for the physiotherapy they might need, or the psychology & psychiatry therapies they need. I understand that in UK we have our NHS & in the US, there is the V.A., but these services are so overwhelmed, here are enormous backlogs. In the US, it can take 2+yrs to get a decision on a claim for disability or help of any kind. How would those 'in power' feel, if they had to wait for a decision, to see whether are not they are eligible for help, FROM THEIR EMPLOYERS, to get those prosthetic limbs & the physio to help them use the prosthetics and/or gain the ability to walk again, after they had their limbs blown off by a landine, whilst they were on duty, serving the army & country, to help keep it safe! I bet they dont have to wait any length of time, to even have a tooth filled! Also HOW can u justify that around 30% of veterans claims for this help are DENIED?! If someone has been posted to 'the frontlines' & more than likely completed multiple tours of duty, how can you deny them help?! All service members, in all types of the military, that have been to a warfront, will AT LEAST need some form of mental health care, regardless of any physical issues they have! There needs to be more done for all service members, all veterans, to make sure they get whatever they need. That help needs to be lined up & in place, BEFORE they are discharged from duty. That way, no one falls through the cracks or gets lost in the system. These selfless souls have sacrificed their very own wellbeing & lives, to help complete strangers to be safe from attacks by foreign forces, they MORE THAN deserve our respect & given the dignity to hold their heads up & feel useful to society & their own communities! Its disgusting & disgraceful! I'm not just talking about US military, I'm talking about all militaries, right across the world! No, im not an ex-service member either, I'm just a person that feels it should be a normal, everyday thing to treat everyone around us, with dignity, respect & empathy. Veterans across the world, are not given the respect, nor treated with the dignity, they so truly deserve!

As a veteran I can speak from experience that within our military there are warrior officers and political officers. Depending on the administration which group rises to command positions. We clearly see the political officers are now running things. To the detriment of our military readiness.

Pretty sad when this government is taking better care of these people crossing the border than they are our military service members - especially homeless vets.

Good on you Forbes for covering this. This means something to us. I love our service members

Love this senator! He’s a breath of fresh air!🇬🇧

This is awesome, fresh air

Any normal person would address the issue described, apologize, and promise to fix it. These high ranking officers are political creatures. So pathetic.

It is not official policy, they do not leave a paper trail it is a verbal policy for plausible deniability purposes.

I am growing tired of being an American that supports our troups, as well as members of my community who are spouses of military spouses, while many of the supports these people have been promised by those in charge have been neglected. No American family should be treated like they are invisable. Have a heart!

This man is what America needs

It's about power. Control the language and you can control what people think & do

Is anyone else tired of watching a Senator in a Hearing, ask a direct question that can only be answered directly, but get a response that never touches the actual question as they tap dance around it? What's the point? I suspect if any one of us ever ends up in court, subject to examination, we would never be allowed to dodge a question in the same manner. It's mind boggling and disgusting.

Fellow Missourian here and we love Sen Hawley. Proud of his commitment to the people and his refusal to back down. Hoping to see Sen Hawley in the White House one day.

So fed up with all this where did it come from pley tell me

Exactly. The more 'powerful' a person is today the closer their answers are to little kids who are in trouble with their school. They suddenly don't know, don't care, weren't there, didn't see anything, made no decisions, not responsible, not interested.

I'm a Canadian but I have to say that your Senator Josh Hawley is just epic, no-nonsense and admirable!!

I don't know him, but I wish we had more like him over here in Europe, too. He's no bs'er.

Sen.Hawley is brilliant, love watching and listening to his logic..and I’m from UK...😃x

Can you imagine being on the battlefield and arguing with your sargent about which pronoun to use when giving an order.

The Army cared so much for their personnel that the Wound Warrior Project had to be created to take care of the soldiers that the Army was neglecting.

Thank you, Thank you for Someone like Josh Hawley, and other people who are like him Brave, 👏👏👏 It gives me hope that The world has not gone completely Do-Lally,

As a USAF Vet I say to young folks "DO NOT GO INTO THE MILITARY"! Its a joke now.

I was stationed at Ft Leonard Wood as an instructor for the Marines and the house that I used was a condemned house. I was told directly to my face that the Army, Navy and Air Force did not accept those homes because they were that condemned. The other branches did not allow their Enlisted, but the Marines accepted them because they were up to our standards for living. From day 1, I was sick the entire time I lived in those homes. The homes were falling apart and had mold throughout the entire house. When I asked for a better barracks room I was laughed at by the Army and told that as a Marine, I should just accept it. The week I moved out, I was no longer sick. The brass in the Military DO NOT CARE AT ALL ABOUT THE LIVING CONDITIONS FLR ENLISTED. They never have and never will.

I taught my Children to say Yes Sir or Yes Ma'am! If YOU GET offended, that's a Reflection on YOU, not US!

This Senator has more integrity than 90% of our officer corps, especially the flag ranks...

I've been in for 18 years, currently Active Duty, this 3 star has 2 more service stripes than I do. We need to push forward, there's a lot of distractors and if we get in a war with all the political and ethical debates going on nowadays, we are gonna be in a world of hurt.

"We take this issue very seriously" = "We want you to _think_ we're doing something about it" "We are committed to spending" = "We're shopping around to find the cheapest possible solution we can find." I'm with Lawley, I too am sick and tired of hearing about how "committed" the government is to "finding solutions" to the problems they've created. Whether we're military personnel living in substandard base housing or regular civilians struggling with escalating inflation and stagnant wages, or communities dealing with massive influxes of illegal immigrants, the time for "finding" solutions has long past, we need action today, right now to start addressing these problems.

It’s amazing how difficult it is to just be normal these days. Every day we have to battle uphill against utter lunacy.

Hawley is a valuable man in the senate. Hopefully we can keep him!

32 year retired veteran 1987-2019 (8 years Army, 24 Air Force). While our armed forces wrap their minds and time on F'n pronouns our enemies are laughing their asses off and spend their time training their soldiers to destroy ours regardless of pronouns.

It really is a breath of fresh air to see a good, hardworking, honest senator,it really is a sight to see. Helps restore my faith in the Americans

If you are in the army and the enemy starts using the wrong pronoun, just tell them that it is offensive and have them cancelled. Works every time 👍

As someone who has been in base housing in 3 different bases over the last 15 years, It is a disaster everywhere. And honestly, ever since it has been taken over by civilian management companies.

Thank you, Senator Hawley for asking the questions regarding housing for our service men & women. I appreciate the fact that you will be a thorn in the side. Thank you for asking General Miller about the insane directive that the pronouns he/she, male/female, and older/younger? I am relived to here that General Miller has stated that this is NOT policy and no directive has come down the from head of the Airforce stating so!!!!! Keep asking the tough questions Senator Hawley!

I am a UK Citizen (76) and Josh Hawley is a legend!!!

Too bad the MSM (corporate media) won't cover this. Thank you Forbe's. The daycare situations are ridiculous too!

"That is not an official policy from the Dept. of the Air Force." Very specific. I wonder if that's sort of like FBI directors blaming field offices for FBI shenanigans to cover the administration?

Josh Hawley is THE POLITICIAN and one of a kind! If in any government around the globe will be one Mr. Hawley sitting as your Senator or better as our President we would surely build, peaceful fellowship and responsible societies.

Did I just hear a general say they "take the care and quality of life of our service members seriously"? That's not true, at least, not in practice. So many soldiers arrive to their first base assignment and there are not enough housing units available for them. So, they give them a BAQ, basic allowance for quarters. The problem with that is, the BAQ is X, where the rent required to live in the area is often 1.5X to 2.5X, and that's for modest accommodations that are not in the safer areas of the city they are in. The base pay is likely adequate for single soldiers, but if they have a wife and children, it is woefully inadequate. Fortunately, the medical coverage is top notch - and that's a fairly decent trade-off. A shame that after the contract is up the medical coverage drops to crap because of our inability to fund the VA.

As a veteran I'm absolutely disgusted with the leadership of our armed forces.

This service man should be ashamed of himself. He is lieing through his teeth.

It was/is 100% official policy, but they will deny it ever was, even in the facing of damning evidence to the contrary, because they know they will never be held accountable for it.

Whenever you hear “We take this and that for so and so very seriously” from a bureaucrat you know it’s all crap.

Service people and Senior Citizens seem to be the last group of people who receive Government help...

Well, us older veterans can recall when the attitude was "If we wanted you have a family, we would issue you one."

Why don't we have a president like this man? Wake up people.😢

Maybe because the Senate gets paid way to much to ask questions that don’t even get answers. How about cut the senate salary in half and give to the vets.

Nice to see a politician actually do something good . This should be a great example of good works in senate . Job well done 👍

Whenever you hear "Senator, thank you for that question" you know what follows is a lie

Thank you always, Sen. Hawley! You always are such a hard worker. Keep charging and keeping this Beautiful Country Upright!

A 3 star General telling a senator they don't remember how something started. If this were a subordinate officer or enlisted telling this general the same thing they would be removed. It's no wonder retention is severely suffering.

Has been there, talked to the people, taken their problems and wishes to the committee and promised to be a pain in their "you know what" until something changes, so he proceeds to be just that. This man is not a politician, he's a leader and I hope we will get more of his caliber in all countries.

yet military families recently told to get on foodstamps... because of cost of living?!!!

Sen Josh Hawley please run for president one day. You got my vote!

When I was in the Marines 1975 to 1987 for the first 3 years me, my wife and child live in a mobile home in base housing area at Camp Pendleton, California. When she became pregnant again we were finely moved into an 3 bedroom apartment on base. But the buildings were built in the 40s.

Can we finally get a bill that makes it illegal for a person to say “Thank you Senator for the question”? 🤦‍♂️

Thank you Senator for looking out for those who are serving. Please don’t stop, we the American people back you up.

We need Hawley in the uk calling out our politicians.

She's the reason respect is earned. Not demanded by some military rank

The US Air Force Academy is under fire for holding diversity and inclusion training that urges cadets to use non-gendered language, scrapping words like 'mom,' and 'dad', as well as 'girlfriend' and 'boyfriend.' 'As part of the Diversity & Inclusion Cadet Leadership Program, this conversation was developed by cadet leaders and USAFA staff to introduce all cadets to Department of the Air Force definitions of diversity and inclusion, as well as how these concepts enhance our warfighting effectiveness,' the spokesperson said. If this isn't official Air Force policy why are so many commands pushing this garbage?

"it may or may not be happening, I don't know anything, I'm not accountable" love it

Love you Congressman Hawley! Thank you for that burn in your belly in an effort to set America to rights.

and they wonder why retention rates in all branches are doing so bad 🙄🙄

The forts and bases housing and other buildings need to meet acceptable and safe standards! Mr. Hawley is correct!

Haha, what the General is saying is; since you called us out we plan to plan on doing something. Please stop asking us questions 😅

Young, smart, well spoken. Why are politicians like Sen. Hawley not running for president?

The whole point is to forget yourself and become part of a greater whole. Country, Navy, Fleet, Command, Division, Shop, Shift, Shipmate, Self in that order without exception.

Look people we can only afford so much.Sex changes for personel and brochures on using pronouns are very important right now. Holy crap God save this country Thank you MR. HAWLEY

So let me get this straight. Allegedly, our education system is held accountable for everything down to a kid missing one of their berets in their hair from playing outside at recess. And yet, it seems that our Armed Service is held with ZERO accountability when it comes to living conditions. If my boss is like "So when will this plan be in action?" I have to give them a legit time frame within that ONE year. I would have been fired right on spot if a decade went by and nothing had change.

Leonardwood has the same housing as when I was there in the mid 70's. I visited my daughter and son in law that are assigned to senior housing there.

If you understand or if you don’t, if you believe or if you doubt there’s a Universal Justice and the eyes of TRUTH are always watching you 👀

Truly when you Say ''what is going on? " You know something is definately wrong.

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Regarding Fort Leonard Wood housing questions, how in the world can we accept BS non-answers such as that from a general in the army. I think it’s embarrassing and disgusting.

Same problem in Canadian militairy..members received a letter saying stop using he or she and use names instead

They'll spend the next 10 years putting their "committee" together while their people live in squalor. They will then fix up the Officers Club.

From the UK , the opening statement I totally agree, same thing over hear in our service personnel do not get the housing they deserve or the pay and conditions. This man is 100% right to talk about this.

As usual, whenever a witness starts every response with, "Senator..." you know they're lying. Never fails.

Not answering questions by obfuscation and evasive responsive is tantamount to lying.

The senator was very cool and well informed in comparison, the 2 service personnel look nervous and very unsure.

The whole thing is just so insane. The world has gone nuts!

I had 15 years of service and the state of family housing is pathetic.

I’m 12 feet tall. _”...You’re not 12 feet tall.”_ This is an existential threat to democracy.

We have allowed this craziness to go on too long😢

As a WW2 American General once said, “Nuts!”

The gov’t programs in Minnesota only gives housing to those who have at least 90 days of active duty service. All National Guard and Reserves members who haven’t been cherry picked to be chosen to deploy are not eligible for housing. In order to get housing you need to go overseas. Leaving tens of thousands to depend on VA Home loans. We are being turned away and said there’s only help for those with at least 90 days of active duty service. I’m tired of seeing homeless vets and vets wearing uniforms at bars. Please help us.