This Space Force Commander Challenged Wokeness

Production started final week on “Against All Enemies,” a documentary about former Space Force Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, who confronted retaliation for exposing claims of “institutional racism” within the army.  

In 2021, the Space Force relieved Lohmeier of command of the eleventh Space Warning Squadron in Colorado in retaliation for his feedback. He stated he was compelled to talk up after listening to issues from these serving below his command. 

He stated that these serving in his command from “diverse backgrounds, racially and certainly probably politically, religiously, economically” got here to him expressing issues. 

“They were concerned about the training we were having that talked to them about [the] falseness of the American idea, that the country wasn’t really what it purported to be,” Lohmeier instructed The Daily Signal in an interview Monday.

The Heritage Foundation supplied seed cash for a forthcoming documentary about Lohmeier. (The Daily Signal is the information outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)

The documentary relies on his guide, “Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military,” launched in May 2021.

“When they were being exposed to these alternative narratives, [such as the idea] the country was rooted in white supremacy, that was off-putting to them, regardless of their race, regardless of their political upbringing, regardless of what motivated them to join the service,” he added. “They would sit down with me and say, I’m a black male or I’m a black female and I’m offended by what I’m hearing. Or I’m a white male and I’m offended by what I’m hearing, or I’m an Asian male and offended by what I’m hearing.”

He stated race focus “toyed with the psyche” of servicemembers, main them to doubt each other. Further, he stated that critical race theory is rooted in Marxism, which is harmful for the army. 

“Marxism as an ideology is intended to divide and breed sufficient hostility for the other, which is sufficient enough to present a violent impulse,” he stated. “So I thought that’s worth speaking up about. We need to push back on this because I know the outcome is something that is totally unacceptable for military culture that needs to be unified.”

The manufacturing firm Root Causes started filming final week, and is anticipated to wrap up within the first quarter of 2024. The firm is aiming for a mid-to-late 2024 launch.

Production started in Lohmeier’s hometown of Tucson, Arizona, with on-camera interviews that includes individuals who knew him early in life. He performed basketball at Sahuaro High School, becoming a member of a group that gained the state championship. From there, the Air Force Academy recruited him to play basketball.

Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., the chairman of the House Anti-Woke Caucus, and Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., a member of the House Armed Services Committee, additionally make appearances within the documentary.

“We need new leadership in the White House, we need new political appointees in the Pentagon that will have our military exclusively focused on lethality, readiness, being the best of the best, and infusing in our service members that it’s about standards, not race, religion, socio-economic background, you leave all that stuff at the door,” Waltz instructed The Daily Signal in an interview. 

“Congress is stepping in. We are banning CRT. We are defunding a lot of this DEI training,” Waltz continued, referring to important race concept and variety, fairness, and inclusion coaching. “I am all for equal opportunity. I want every American to have the opportunity to serve and to hit those standards. But you can’t start artificially turning the dials on different percentages of race, religion. The Pentagon has yet to show me data that a more diverse submarine crew—or a less diverse submarine crew—is more or less ready.”

The documentary can even characteristic interviews filmed at The Heritage Foundation, that includes Heritage staffers Robert Greenway, director of the Center for National Defense, and Michael Gonzalez, senior fellow for worldwide engagement.

In an announcement to The Daily Signal earlier than the interview, Lohmeier stated: 

I’m extremely grateful to be working with The Heritage Foundation on this well timed challenge revealing the troubling developments which were spreading all through army communities. It is with a powerful sense of responsibility and dedication to preserving and defending what’s most particular about our armed forces that I’m working to assist inform this story and use my very own profession as a strategy to illustrate what’s at stake in our nation. 

Alongside a bunch of proficient filmmakers, I’m honored to share with The Heritage Foundation within the mission that they struggle for each day—that neither America’s exceptionalism nor our future is assured, and every have to be defended by each reclaiming our first ideas whereas combating the insidious concepts of in the present day of their extra trendy expressions. I couldn’t ask for higher companions on this journey and I’m certain our army communities will likely be pleased with the work we accomplish with this movie.

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