Bob Blazek

🚨Policy Obstruction in the Department of War🚨 Why do woke General Officers continue to get promoted while reinstatement of unlawfully discharged personnel continues to stagnate and go nowhere (despite President Trump's EO to expedite their reinstatement)? Meet Stephanie Miller, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Military Personnel Policy for the Department of War and architect of the military's previous Diversity and Inclusion program. Stephanie is an SES who oversees the "full spectrum of human resource policies for over two million military personnel serving in the Department of War." Stephanie is in charge of accession policy, personnel management, General and Flag Officer promotions and retention, and more. According to Stephanie's bio, she served in "a variety of executive positions throughout the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel Policy," to include leadership positions as the DoD Director of Diversity and Inclusion Management. In addition to serving as a special assistant to SECDEF Ashton Carter, under whose tenure, in January of 2016, announced that "the Department of Defense opened all military roles to women, overriding a request by the Marine Corps to continue to exempt women from certain positions. In June 2016, Carter announced that transgender individuals would be allowed to join and openly serve in the military," also served as Deputy Director for Navy Diversity and in a leadership position as the DOD Director of Diversity and Inclusion Management. Stephanie served as a special assistant to SECDEF Chuck Hagel, who oversaw sequestration and in 2013 during a visit to Asian countries, stated his "main doubt was American staying power in the region. Hagel called the decline of American military power a "good thing", because it forced American allies to share responsibilities. On July 31, 2013, Hagel announced the results of his Strategic Choices and Management Review, undertaken in response to the budget sequestration in 2013. One of the options he highlighted was to reduce the navy's aircraft carrier groups down from 11 to as little as eight. Under Stephanie's leadership, military recruiting dropped to an all time low in the entire history of the all volunteer force from 2022-2024. Multiple branches failed to achieve recruiting numbers for the first time since the draft ended in 1973. Stephanie has been an advisor to, and architect of, every decision in the military over the last decade and a half that has harmed military readiness and overall military strength. As the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy, all accession and General Officer promotions run directly through her. You need not ask yourself why woke Flag Officers continue to accelarate through promotions, and personnel seeking reinstatement for unlawful discharges continue to run into red tape and road blocks. The answer is clear. (Of note: I've include her previous bio and current bio. Her current bio is scrubbed of any mention of DEI.)