Florida 2023 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1319 Compare Versions

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10	10	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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13	13	House Memorial 1
14	14	A memorial to the Congress of the United States, 2
15	15	urging Congress to restore the Department of Defense's 3
16	16	superior warfighting principles of recruiting, 4
17	17	assigning, training, promoting, and retaining 5
18	18	personnel solely based on merit and ensuring such 6
19	19	personnel maintain and display a warrior ethos. 7
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21	21	WHEREAS, the United States became the world's greatest 9
22	22	warfighting nation shortly after its founding, a fact clearly 10
23	23	demonstrated in the 1900s and early 2000s through its engagement 11
24	24	in two World Wars and several other military campaigns 12
25	25	throughout the globe, establishing a deterrent effect that has 13
26	26	prevented another World War for almost 80 years, and 14
27	27	WHEREAS, the United States military dominance in 15
28	28	warfighting came about through reliance on the concept of 16
29	29	meritocracy, in which personnel are recruited, assigned to 17
30	30	specialties, assigned to positions within a unit, retained, and 18
31	31	promoted based on their demonstrated aptitude and performance in 19
32	32	the roles they are assigned to perform, regardless of their 20
33	33	race, gender, sexual preference, or other person -centric 21
34	34	identifiers, and 22
35	35	WHEREAS, the United States military dominance in 23
36	36	warfighting also came about through the ability of p ersonnel to 24
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49	49	transition from being a kind, compassionate individual in 26
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51	51	battle with violence and lethality, and this includes supp ort 28
52	52	personnel who may not typically be called upon to engage the 29
53	53	enemy face-to-face but nonetheless may find themselves in 30
54	54	situations that require them to do so, and 31
55	55	WHEREAS, over the past several years, the Department of 32
56	56	Defense and its military services have engaged in various 33
57	57	practices eroding these warfighting principles to the point at 34
58	58	which United States Military dominance has been called into 35
59	59	serious question, which practices include, but are not limited 36
60	60	to: 37
61	61	(1) Overemphasizing and relying on dive rsity and inclusion 38
62	62	in all its forms, including gender, gender identity, race, and 39
63	63	sexual preference, as a primary determinant in how military 40
64	64	forces should be comprised without providing credible and 41
65	65	verifiable evidence that such a prescribed composition results 42
66	66	in higher job performance, unit effectiveness, and mission 43
67	67	accomplishment, as opposed to a model in which a meritocracy -44
68	68	based force composition is used; 45
69	69	(2) Making nonsensical "unconscious bias" training 46
70	70	mandatory for all military and civilian pe rsonnel; 47
71	71	(3) Instituting mandatory "emergency use only" COVID -19 48
72	72	vaccines with little regard to individual medical concerns in 49
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85	85	and denying almost all requests for exemptions based on 51
86	86	religious grounds, which is particularly troubling given the 52
87	87	recent decision by the Department of Defense to rescind the 53
88	88	COVID-19 vaccine mandate; and 54
89	89	(4) Requiring mandatory training at the United States Air 55
90	90	Force Academy to incorporate "person -centered" and gender-56
91	91	neutral language when describing individuals and to request 57
92	92	cadets to consider using the term "parent" or "caregiver" rather 58
93	93	than "mother" or "father" as to not offend those that may come 59
94	94	from a different parenting background, and 60
95	95	WHEREAS, such practices are having a detrimental effect on 61
96	96	recruitment, as the United States Army was 15,000 soldiers short 62
97	97	of its 2022 recruiting goals, the worst on record since the 63
98	98	Armed Forces switched to an all -volunteer force nearly 50 years 64
99	99	ago, and the remaining bra nches of the Armed Forces are well 65
100	100	behind their historic goal rates as they enter into the 2023 66
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102	102	WHEREAS, recent studies have found that most young 68
103	103	Americans are not fit for military service, with the Department 69
104	104	of Defense estimating that just 2 percent of 17 - to 21-year-olds 70
105	105	have the desired combination of strong academic credentials, 71
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107	107	WHEREAS, the combination of an incapable and uninterested 73
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121	121	has a sufficient number of members who hold a warrior ethos 76
122	122	needed to effectively engage an enemy, and 77
123	123	WHEREAS, those with the necessary warrior ethos currently 78
124	124	serving in the United States military are more likely to leave 79
125	125	service, and those with the necessary warrior ethos before 80
126	126	entering into service are more likely to refrain from enlisting 81
127	127	as they discover the composition and practices of the Armed 82
128	128	Services as outlined herein, NOW, THEREFORE, 83
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130	130	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 85
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132	132	That the United States Congress is urged, through the use 87
133	133	of its authorization and appropriation authorities, to prohibit 88
134	134	the use of such "woke" social engineering and experimentation 89
135	135	practices, which are eroding military effectiveness, and to 90
136	136	mandate a return to a merit -based system for military force 91
137	137	development and composition. 92
138	138	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State dispatch 93
139	139	copies of this memorial to the President of the United States, 94
140	140	to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of 95
141	141	the United States House of Representatives, and to each member 96
142	142	of the Florida delegation to the United States Congress. 97