Several active-duty women who spoke to CNN said they fear that the current culture shift and rhetoric could have an outsized impact on the recruitment of young women to the military well into the future.
“Women are going to feel that they don’t have a place in the military anymore,” Hunter said.
The messaging is “causing people to have question marks around women in the Army” and this could start to show up in declining recruitment numbers in the next six to 12 months, said former Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth, the first woman to hold the title.
Purely by the numbers, both Hunter and Wormuth said, the military needs women to function, particularly as the US braces for potential future conflicts and combat roles change with the rise of technological warfare.
DragonBallZinn [he/him, they/them] - 1mon
“They say the next ones will be sent by a man!”
“Really makes you feel like everything is going back to normal!”
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huf [he/him] - 1mon
a step back for human rights across the globe
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SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them] - 1mon
I'm a misogynist, I don't want women to be war criminals.
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CommunistCuddlefish [she/her] - 1mon
Critical Support to Pete Hegseth for
Dismantling the military of the Great Satan
Doing his best to keep minorities and the underprivileged from becoming war criminals.
I mean the reasons are wrong and the increased bigotry is a problem and concerning but I can't be bothered to care in the way that CNN cares
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ClassIsOver [he/him] - 1mon
Having the Department of "Defense" renamed to the Department of War for the sake of transparency
Normalizing makeup for men by installing a makeup department in the Pentagon
EDIT:
Continuing to not wash his hands, thus contaminating the ghouls he interacts with and destabilizing the military industrial apparatus, if only a little bit
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SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them] - 1mon
Normalizing makeup for men by installing a makeup department in the Pentagon
JD Vance loves this one trick!
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ClassIsOver [he/him] - 1mon
Did we ever learn whether he wears eyeliner or if his eyes just look like that? He always looks as if he's wearing a JD Vance mask.
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regul [any] - 1mon
Alright, we've banned trans people, we're halfway to banning cis women, only a matter of time until cis men are banned as well! You love to see it.
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FumpyAer [any, comrade/them] - 1mon
Hey, if it helps them to fall further behind in recruitment, I'm all for it.
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came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them] - 1mon
the US army and its bases should be BOYS ONLY.
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aebletrae [she/her] - 1mon
declining recruitment numbers in the next six to 12 months, said former Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth
So this whole article is based on idle gossip from a secretary? Why didn't these ‘journalists’ ask a real decision maker what he thinks?
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regul [any] - 1mon
Because he won't talk to anyone who hasn't signed his pledge.
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radio_free_asgarthr [he/him, comrade/them] - 1mon
We're bringing back traditional gender roles. War crimes are men's work.
Yuritopiaposadism in politics
No more women drone pilots. Who will do war crimes now? A man? No thanks.
https://archive.is/2025.11.11-154432/https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/hegseth-women-naval-commander-ousted
“They say the next ones will be sent by a man!”
“Really makes you feel like everything is going back to normal!”
a step back for human rights across the globe
I'm a misogynist, I don't want women to be war criminals.
Critical Support to Pete Hegseth for
Dismantling the military of the Great Satan
Doing his best to keep minorities and the underprivileged from becoming war criminals.
I mean the reasons are wrong and the increased bigotry is a problem and concerning but I can't be bothered to care in the way that CNN cares
Having the Department of "Defense" renamed to the Department of War for the sake of transparency
Normalizing makeup for men by installing a makeup department in the Pentagon
EDIT:
JD Vance loves this one trick!
Did we ever learn whether he wears eyeliner or if his eyes just look like that? He always looks as if he's wearing a JD Vance mask.
Alright, we've banned trans people, we're halfway to banning cis women, only a matter of time until cis men are banned as well! You love to see it.
Hey, if it helps them to fall further behind in recruitment, I'm all for it.
the US army and its bases should be BOYS ONLY.
So this whole article is based on idle gossip from a secretary? Why didn't these ‘journalists’ ask a real decision maker what he thinks?
Because he won't talk to anyone who hasn't signed his pledge.
We're bringing back traditional gender roles. War crimes are men's work.