The Blueprint for Preparing America's Armed Forces to Dominate the 21st Century
DEI is dying. Now is the time to push beyond woke and rethink America's military culture from top to bottom — instilling merit over "inclusivity," retooling equipment supply chains, and rewarding the warrior ethos from the enlisted ranks to our elite service academies.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is Congress' annual blueprint for setting military priorities, controlling how the U.S. Defense Department's funds are spent, and ensuring accountability in the Armed Forces. It's a critical tool for gutting the woke agenda and onshoring military equipment production to reduce overseas reliance.
As part of our effort to re-warriorize America's Armed Forces, we propose six pillars for the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act that together restore focus on our military's fighting culture.
America's military is the most diverse organization in the world, encouraging people of all backgrounds to be the best they can be. The recent emphasis on "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" (DEI) torpedoes that objective by pitting servicemen against one another based on race, sex, and sexuality — destroying unit cohesion, morale, trust, and military effectiveness.
- "No individual within the Department of Defense shall be evaluated, promoted, funded, or admitted based on race, sex, gender, ethnicity, or any other identity-based criteria."
- "Any policy, regulation, or personnel action violating Title VI standards shall constitute a punishable offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice."
Exceedingly low fitness standards mean our soldiers, Marines, sailors, airmen, and guardians aren't being challenged like they should. While China maintains sky-high requirements for its soldiers, the Pentagon has lowered requirements almost across the board — leaving us vulnerable in the next war. Gender-adjusted standards reduce combat readiness and promote divisions within the services.
Those who fail the LD Fitness Standard lose LD status for a year and are reassigned to a non-combat role. Return to all-male frontline units.
- "All military branches shall uniformly apply sex-neutral physical fitness standards aligned exclusively with validated operational requirements. The Secretary of Defense shall provide annual certification to Congress confirming all standards remain strictly sex-neutral and operationally validated."
- "The Department of Defense shall conduct an extensive assessment of the readiness, cohesion, and cultural impacts resulting from integrating women into combat roles, with comprehensive findings submitted to Congress."
Just as there's a clear dividing line between civilians and warfighters, there's a dividing line within the military between true warriors and warrior support. The Armed Forces looks too much like corporate America with different uniforms — that needs to change, and fast.
Those men who score in the top 25% quartile of the revised combat fitness standard deserve a 25% pay raise and special uniform designation. They should look, feel, and act like the elite warriors they are — because America relies on their discipline and devotion on the battlefield. The result will be a force unparalleled in its fighting spirit and an end to failed recruiting drives.
- "The Department of Defense shall implement significantly enhanced fitness standards for elite frontline operators, clearly defining and incentivizing an operational warrior class."
- "Elite combat veterans shall be formally recognized as a protected class, granting them priority access to federal employment, Veterans Affairs benefits, and educational opportunities."
Purpose: Congress finds that uniform grooming standards are essential for operational effectiveness, safety, and cohesion within the U.S. Armed Forces. In combat arms roles, adherence to these standards is critical for proper use of personal protective equipment, unit discipline, and mission success.
Key Provision: The Department of Defense shall not approve or maintain religious accommodations that result in a deviation from established grooming standards for any service member assigned to a combat arms role or any role involving direct engagement in combat operations.
Non-Applicability: This shall not apply to non-combat roles not engaged in direct combat or operational support, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
America's elite service academies are not Ivy League schools — and they should stop trying to be. While academic achievement remains rigorous, West Point and the other academies have lost sight of their founding purpose: To forge officers fit for command. Woke priorities have replaced good leadership while an overemphasis on scholarship has left physical fitness standards by the wayside, exacerbated by the glut of civilian educators without military experience.
- "The Department of Defense shall implement a pilot postgraduate commissioning program focused exclusively on advanced tactical proficiency, leadership, and superior physical fitness."
- "Service Academies shall staff instructional positions exclusively with uniformed or retired military personnel, allowing exceptions solely in critical specialized technical disciplines."
- "The Department of Social Sciences at West Point shall be disbanded, reallocating critical subjects into departments directly overseen by military leadership focused explicitly on strategic studies and leadership."
Purpose: To eliminate race-based admissions practices and restore strict adherence to meritocratic and constitutionally mandated equal protection principles, ensuring selection of the best-qualified candidates irrespective of race, ethnicity, or national origin.
Key Provision: The United States Military Service Academies shall not consider race, ethnicity, national origin, or any other identity-based criteria, directly or indirectly, when evaluating or selecting candidates for admission — including admission to preparatory schools (USMAPS, NAPS, and USAFA Prep School).
Enforcement: Within 30 days of enactment, the Secretary of Defense shall issue directives mandating full compliance. Annual certification to Congress shall confirm all admissions practices remain strictly merit-based and race-neutral.
The Joint Staff was organized to support the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in serving as the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council. In recent years it has become overly bureaucratic and bloated, compromising its essential function. It should be physically separated from the rest of the Pentagon, smaller, and focused on policy counsel.
- "The Joint Staff shall strictly adhere to statutory duties defined in 10 U.S.C. § 155, eliminating redundant functions overlapping with service branches and OSD."
- "The Defense Officer Personnel Management Act shall be amended to remove mandatory joint billet requirements for promotion eligibility to general or flag officer ranks."
- "Personnel performing non-operational roles on the Joint Staff shall be reassigned to OSD, and statutory personnel limits in 10 U.S.C. § 143 shall be adjusted accordingly."
- "Relocate the Joint Staff to an independent facility, ensuring strategic autonomy and operational effectiveness."
- "Establish a bipartisan congressional commission to comprehensively review and propose necessary updates to the Goldwater-Nichols Act."
America must be bristling with enough weapons, ammunition, and other equipment to fight two major wars simultaneously. Yet currently we don't have enough to fight just one. Overseas commitments have drained us of crucial supplies — long-range precision missiles, anti-tank missiles, and 155mm artillery shells — without the industrial capability to replace them.
In contrast, China has steadily expanded its wartime manufacturing base in preparation for conflict with the United States. Worse, we are dependent on countless overseas suppliers — many in China — to produce high-tech weapons systems, vehicles, and aircraft. America is also lagging behind our rivals in crucial technologies, such as deadly First Person View (FPV) drones that will dominate near-future battlefields.
- "The Department of Defense shall maintain strategic reserves sufficient for one year of sustained combat in two major simultaneous conflicts, including comprehensive stockpiles of FPV drones, loitering munitions, 155mm artillery shells, rocket artillery systems, cruise missiles, guided bombs, anti-tank missiles, surface-to-air missiles, precision-guided munitions, small arms ammunition, mortar rounds, naval strike missiles, torpedoes, aerial bombs, and additional critical munitions. Utilization from these reserves must be reported immediately to Congress."
Purpose: To strengthen national defense capabilities by expanding domestic manufacturing of critical components essential for defense systems, thereby reducing reliance on foreign suppliers and ensuring secure supply chains.
Key Provisions: The Department of Defense shall provide financial incentives — including grants or contracts — to U.S.-based manufacturers producing components such as semiconductors, composite materials, propulsion systems, and high-grade alloys. Certain components shall be designated as "critical defense materials" and required to be sourced exclusively from domestic producers unless a national security waiver is granted by the Secretary of Defense.
Reporting: The Secretary of Defense shall provide an annual report to congressional defense committees identifying progress in domestic sourcing and listing any waivers issued.
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