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"James is a terrific reporter, and this account of the effort to shape our military to reflect left-wing social values rather than the priorities of readiness and capability is vital." —BEN SHAPIRO, bestselling author of The Right Side of History and host of The Ben Shapiro Show

"Stand Down is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how progressives have forced radical changes on our military—no matter how much harm it does to combat readiness." — MOLLIE HEMINGWAY, bestselling coauthor of Justice on Trial

"Stand Down exposes one of the greatest but least-discussed scandals of our era. Time and time again, the Obama administration undermined the military to advance left-wing political goals — and Hasson brings the goods to prove it. Every patriotic American who cares about the military needs to read this book." — BUCK SEXTON, Former CIA Counterterrorism Officer, Host of The Buck Sexton Show

"James Hasson makes a powerful and convincing case in this exceptionally well-written book. Stand Down is a scathing indictment of the Obama administration’s misuse of the military as a vehicle for progressive social change at the expense of men and women in uniform." —SEAN PARNELL, Army combat veteran and New York Times bestselling author of Outlaw Platoon

“Safe space” stickers on office doors at the Naval Academy. Officers apologizing for “microaggressions” against Air Force cadets. An Army “gender integration study” urging an end to “hyper-masculinity” in combat-arms units. Power Point presentations teaching commanders about “male pregnancy.” A cover-up, as senior officials placed their thumbs on the scales to ensure the success of the first female candidates at the Army’s legendary Ranger School. These are just a few of the examples documented in this explosive book, Stand Down: How Social Justice Warriors are Sabotaging the U.S. Military by former Army Captain, Afghanistan veteran, and attorney James Hasson.

Hasson exposes the relentless campaign by powerful Obama administration ideologues to remake the culture and policies of the U.S. military, even over the explicit objections of military leaders. He presents evidence—drawn from government documents and exclusive interviews with more than forty sources, including high-ranking officers and Pentagon insiders—that progressive activists in the Obama Administration used the U.S. Military as their preferred vehicle to advance the progressive agenda. The stories paint a troubling picture of what happens when leftwing political operatives impose a political agenda on our nation’s military: they render our forces less effective, place our military men and women in greater danger, and compromise the military’s sole objective: to protect America by winning the nation’s wars.

“Military readiness” is a term politicians and pundits often use in the abstract to describe our military’s ability to defeat its adversaries. But it ultimately describes how well we have prepared and equipped a young soldier or sailor to prevail over an enemy determined to do them harm. Hasson makes a compelling case that our nation has a moral obligation to ensure that the sons and daughters it sends to war have the best possible chance of victory—which means we must embrace only the policies that help us win wars and reject those that don’t. Political agendas of any kind invite corruption, jeopardize lives, and undermine the mission. They have no place in military policy—a principle that the Obama administration either disdained or failed to understand.

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"Stand Down is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how progressives have forced radical changes on our military—no matter how much harm it does to combat readiness." — MOLLIE HEMINGWAY, bestselling coauthor of Justice on Trial

"Stand Down exposes one of the greatest but least-discussed scandals of our era. Time and time again, the Obama administration undermined the military to advance left-wing political goals — and Hasson brings the goods to prove it. Every patriotic American who cares about the military needs to read this book." — BUCK SEXTON, Former CIA Counterterrorism Officer, Host of The Buck Sexton Show

"James Hasson makes a powerful and convincing case in this exceptionally well-written book. Stand Down is a scathing indictment of the Obama administration’s misuse of the military as a vehicle for progressive social change at the expense of men and women in uniform." —SEAN PARNELL, Army combat veteran and New York Times bestselling author of Outlaw Platoon

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James Hasson, a former captain in the U.S. Army, is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Virginia School of Law. He graduated from U.S. Army Ranger School and received the Bronze Star Medal in Afghanistan. He has worked with members of Congress on military issues, appeared on media programs from Tucker Carlson Tonight to National Public Radio, and is a frequent contributor to The Washington Examiner, The Federalist, and other publications.

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Robert Enzenauer

the corrosive impact of social-justice orthodoxy on military culture and effectiveness

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2019

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STAND DOWN is a must read for anybody - conservative, liberal, libertarian, who wants to understand how progressive policies have resulted in diminished US military readiness. I myself am a 40-year veteran, 20 years active duty and 20 years army national guard, and was very ready to retire in 2015 because of the PC policies that permeated the military. His perspective is consistent with my experience. The author , a US Army Ranger turned attorney, describes first the glaring plan of President Obama to transform the country, with many sight focused on the military.The biggest and most glaring decision that doesn’t pass the common-sense test is the policy change in the mandate to allow transgender individuals to serve during transition. As a physician, this simply doesn’t pass common sense. There is not a “right” to serve in the US military. Individual with asthma , seizures, cancer, . are not allowed to join the military. Even kids with ADHD (attention Deficit hyperactivity disorder) can join the military if they have been on meds within the past year. Yet, we are expected to believe that transgender individuals should be allowed to serve, recognizing the much higher incidence of anxiety and depression. This author describes “the corrosive impact of the social-justice orthodoxy on military culture and effectiveness” (the author’s words). The author starts with a very informative chapter about the not necessarily improvements at the service academies (West Point, Annapolis, Air Force). The author has a well referenced chapter about “the real ranger school” story after women were authorized to attend. He also well annotated the absurdities of expectations and training for active duty in an effort to become “social justice warriors” and “climate warriors.” The author describes an all-too-common situation. A progressive political decision is made, and then the generals and admirals are expected to prove the soundness of the policy. Hasson confirms what most of us serving always suspected – decision like gender-neutral infantry unit, army and marines, was done without the consent of the leadership. Prior to the progressive agenda, most often policy changes were viewed through the lens . . . “will this make the military a better fighting force,” or will this make our military more combat effective. In a 1963 address to the West Point Corps of Cadets, General of the Armies Douglas MacArthur said “through all this welter of change and development your mission remains fixed, determined, inviolable. It is wo win our wars. Everything else in your professional career is but corollary to this vital dedication.” This a great book, but I think I am going to have to double my blood pressure medication for at least a week. Congratulation James Hasson on a very important contribution to the average American's understanding military readiness (or lack there of).

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Vicki Thayer

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Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2019

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“Stand Down,” by James Hasson, details damage done to the United States military during the Obama administration, damage that continues to this day and must be reversed before another social justice warrior takes the White House and makes the damaging changes to our military irreversible.

A copy of this book should be on the desk of every Republican and military-minded Democrat in Congress, in addition to generals in the Pentagon.

I was with a group that visited the Ranger “Swamp School” immediately after the first females graduated from Ranger School. Having been around Rangers most of my life, I had never seen them act so oddly, so tight-lipped, as if walking on eggshells, as if they were being watched. They were being watched. The female “Observer-advisors” were still there and observing the Ranger Instructors. They observed the group I was with, as well. One moved among us without invitation and stood in the back of the room when Colonel Fivecoat addressed my group.

Although the purpose of our visit had nothing to do with females graduating Ranger School, Colonel Fivecoat’s talk addressed it at length, extolling the strength and virtue of the female soldiers, and more than once making the point that the females were shown no special consideration, went through the exact training as the men, and not only succeeded, but excelled. A Ranger Instructor I visited with in private told me otherwise: while the females, in his opinion, were tough and tenacious and should be lauded, they were given more chances than the men. Obviously, he put it lightly, but the overall feeling at the Swamp School was “something is wrong here.”

I was not too familiar with what happened at Twentynine Palms that Hasson wrote about in the “Marines Overruled” chapter—that make the book a tragedy, and those are only two of the nine chapters. If you love our military, read the book, give it to a friend, and write your representatives in Congress to demand they overturn the Obama era changes.

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Melanie Collins

Lowered standards covered up again

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2019

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Very detailed and well researched. I was especially impressed with the account of what happened to the first group of women who went to Army Ranger school. The level of scrutiny for this training program shows that many soldiers and veterans care about integrity being preserved, despite pressures from above to “get with the program”. I’m a female navy veteran who served as a lieutenant on a ship during the early 1980s when women were first being integrated onto surface ships. To this day, I ask, where was the scrutiny for the navy during that time? Where were the investigative journalists and whistleblowers back then? The Surface Warfare qualifications were dubious then, the standards nebulous, politics and sexual misconduct did affect the integrity of the program. Yet indifference remained high as standards were lowered right up to 2017 after 17 sailors were killed in 2 separate collisions. Anyone who did speak out was quickly discredited, careers cut short. Company men & women spouted the PC agenda as if any of it was realistic. Kinda makes me wish more people gave a damn about integrity in the navy. Better late than never, I guess.
I highly recommend this book, which does a very fair job to the women in question, without attacking their character and intentions. I’m actually still reading, looking forward to the navy accounts.

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William F. Daly

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Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2019

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Excellent book. Loved the way it goes after Ray Mabus. IMHO he almost destroyed Navy. Also DIRECTLY responsible for Fitzgerald, McCain collisions, resultant deaths. His policies placed UNQUALIFIED EEO, "diversity" promotions in positions as critical watchstanders on BOTH ships. One XO also EEO promotion. Am sure other branches have similar situations as part of Obama "legacy".

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For a comprehensive review of biological evidence and statistical data of the fundamental disparities between women and men, see: Brian Mitchell: Women in the Military - Flirting with Disaster.
https://www.amazon.com/Women-Military-Flirting-Brian-Mitchell/dp/0895263769

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