- At Monday’s press conference, Christine Wormuth (Army Secretary) warned leaders not to engage in social media.
- Her comments follow an investigation that found that Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe had inappropriately used Twitter.
- Donahoe criticised Tucker Carlson’s segment in 2021 about the efforts to accommodate female soldiers.
General officers were warned by Secretary of Army Christine Wormuth not to engage with social media. She advised them to “stay out of the culture wars.” Task & PurposeThe publication covers the United States Armed Forces.
Wormuth, the Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, and Wormuth spoke out at the annual Association of the US Army Meeting in Washington, DC.
“Because, frankly, we need to be able have a wide appeal. When only 9% of kids are interested in serving, we have got to make sure that we are careful about not alienating wide swaths of the American public to the Army,” Wormuth said.
Wormuth’s remarks come after an Army InspectorGeneral investigationon Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe found his use of Twitter inappropriate after he criticized a segment from Fox News’ Tucker Carlson in March 2021.
The segment Carlson was attackedThe Defense Department is trying to make the military more accommodating for women by creating maternity uniforms,For example.
Donahoe posted the following tweet on March 10, 2021. “This is me, yesterday. I am conducting a recruitment for one of our tens of thousand women who serve in our Army. This is just a reminder that @TuckerCarlson could not be more wrong.
—Patrick Donahoe (@PatDonahoeArmy) March 11, 2021
“While potentially admirable,” the Army IG report said, per Task&Purpose, “[Donahoe’s]Post caused a lot of negative publicity for the Army. [the Office of the Chief of Public Affairs]Warned [the Secretary of the Army]”The fallout”
The outlet reported that Wormuth, when asked Monday how female soldiers in the military would feel about the results of the investigation, said that she did not want them to feel “alienated”, whether they were soldiers from other cultures or women.
“We always want our soldiers’ backs,” she said. “I think there are ways to do that that are more effective than others … I think there is absolutely a way to stand up for our soldiers and have their back, but I think the key really is tone and looking at your audience.”
Insider did not receive any comment from representatives of Carlson or the United States Armed Forces.
