News about Joshua Kelley

Ain't got no diploma! As military labor struggles with recruiting amid a woke policy push, the Navy lowers education standards for enlistment, no longer requiring high school graduation

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 28, 2024
Many joining the Navy will no longer have a General Educational Development Diploma, marking the second time in about a year that the service has welcomed lower-performing recruits as it seeks to achieve enlistment goals. The decision was made in December 2022 to admit a greater number of recruits who score poorly on the Armed Services Qualification Test. Both are relatively rare steps that other military services largely avoid or limit, although they are all finding it increasingly difficult to recruit the small number of young people who can meet the military's physical, mental, and moral requirements.

According to a GOP congressman, the US Navy declined to use TikTok drag queen as a 'digital ambassador.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 10, 2023
The Navy denied the existence of a recruiting assistance service that included an active-duty drag queen, according to a phone call from the House Armed Services Committee. Joshua Kelley, a drag performer named Harpy Daniels, was one of five digital ambassadors on the course, spanning from October to March. The Navy is currently facing a recruitment crisis and is likely to fall short of its target by 8,000 recruits for the year, as well as a campaign with Kelley, a non-binary drag queen influencer, in an attempt to foster diversity in their workforce. Representative Jim Banks (R-Indiana), Chairman of the HASC Subcommittee on Military Personnel, announced the denial.

According to a Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden, the military needs to be "ferocious, not spectacular."

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 9, 2023
The former Navy SEAL who appeared to have killed Osama bin Laden has slammed a Navy recruitment plan that involved an active service drag queen ambassador. During Varney & Co. on Monday, Rob O'Neill, 47, said that the US military "needs to be ferocious, not spectacular." The Navy is currently in the middle of a massive recruitment crisis, with estimates that it will lose 8,000 people this year compared to its recruitment targets for the year.

The Navy has been chastised for using the drag queen to increase recruitment

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 5, 2023
Matthew Lohmeier wondered who the Navy wished to reach with its new spokesperson, Yeoman 2nd Class and drag queen Joshua Kelley. Lohmeier was in charge of the 11th Space Warning Squadron in Colorado until he was barred from his position for criticizing critical race theories on a podcast. Senior Navy officials, he said, likely didn't approve the use of Kelley as a recruiting spokesperson, but that they were unable to articulate their true feelings.

ATHEY: Drag queens are NOT the answer to the Navy recruitment crisis!

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 4, 2023
TOP GUY: Eat your heart out, Top Gun. The US Navy has chosen a particularly surprising solution to the current military staffing crisis, which has culminated in an all-out war. Former Navy SEAL Robert J. O'Neill, who was a participant in the 2011 mission to kill Osama Bin Laden, took to Twitter to discuss the Navy's decision to recruit an active-duty drag queen in order to increase recruitment. 'China is going to kill us,' O'Neill raged over the addition of non-binary Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, who moonlights as cross-dressing performer 'Harpy Daniels.' And can you blame him? According to the Navy, the Digital Ambassador program, which has since ended, was a bid to recruit the most skilled and diverse workforce.' Excuse me - the most talented? O'Neill and his team managed well without wigs, fake breasts, and garish make-up. What an insult!

Drag queen who featured as Navy's 'digital ambassador' says she 'doesn't give a f**k' about haters

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 4, 2023
On Tuesday, Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley said he 'didn't care about haters after it emerged she was one of only five active sailors to participate in the Navy's 'digit ambassador' initiative in its attempts to attract a younger audience. On Instagram, she spoke out specifically at podcaster Graham Allen that she doesn't care if she has death threats.

Bin Laden's Navy SEAL who died was furious over the Pentagon's use of drag queens for recruiting purposes

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 4, 2023
A Navy SEAL who participated in the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden says he is outraged over the US Navy's use of a drag queen for a cancelled recruitment scheme. "I can't believe [he] fought for this bulls**t," Robert J. O'Neill, a decorated combat veteran who served for eight years as a member of SEAL Team Six, said on Twitter.' According to a Navy sailor Drag Queen, the US Navy is now using an enlisted sailor Drag Queen as a recruiter.' 'I'm done,' I'm done.' China is going to destroy us.' O'Neill was referring to Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, whose stage name is Harpy Daniels, who announced on TikTok in November that she would be the Navy's first "digital ambassador." Kelley was charged with describing her journey from being on board and growing to becoming a 'advocate' for those who'were oppressed for years.' According to a Navy spokesman, the digital ambassador program was a pilot that ended in March 2023.

Harpy Daniels, the Navy's first 'digital ambassador', has sparked controversy over the absence of a non-binary drag queen

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 3, 2023
Joshua Kelley, whose stage name is Harpy Daniels, announced on TikTok in November that she would be the Navy's first 'digital ambassador.' The video has attracted a lot of notice, as well as criticism. Many people have compared Dylan Mulvaney, the trans activist whose association with Bud Light sparked a PR crisis for the brand and sent revenue plummeting, to Dylan Mulvaney. Now, several veterans and centrists have slammed the Navy for attempting to solve a recruitment crisis by appointing a drag queen.

Harpy Daniels, the United States Navy's drag artist, is being deployed as a 'digital ambassador.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 3, 2023
In November, Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, whose stage name is Harpy Daniels, announced in that he would be the Navy's first 'digital ambassador.' The initiative was part of the Navy's efforts to'reach a large number of potential candidates' as it seeks to recruit more Gen Z sailors. However, officials predict that the Navy will fall 8,000 short of its recruiting goals for the year.