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Thu May 18 15:15:47
US Navy platformed ‘drag queen influencer’ to attract youth to the military in hiring crisis

Only 13% of 18 to 29-year-olds are 'highly willing' to join the military, according to a 2022 survey


The U.S. Navy has revealed that it approached a "drag queen influencer" to help persuade new recruits to join the military.

Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, who goes by the stage name "Harpy Daniels," announced back in November 2022 that he was the Navy’s "Digital Ambassador." Kelley has over 1,300,000 likes on TikTok.

While Kelley’s Instagram bio shows that the performer’s opinions "are not endorsed by DoD or DoN," the drag queen claims to have danced in drag for service officers on a number of different occasions, sharing one video from 2018

The Digital Ambassador initiative that Kelley participated in ran from October 2022 to March 2023 and was "designed to explore the digital environment to reach a wide range of potential candidates," a Navy spokesperson told Fox News Digital. The reason, the spokesperson added, was that the Navy is navigating "the most challenging recruiting environment it has faced since the start of the all-volunteer force."

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I think it is a good idea. The US navy should be a place for everyone. Since so few people actually want to join navy I don’t see a problem to recruit among the LGBTQ+ crowd. What else can the navy do? If you are tranny or not should not matter. Everyone is equal.
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