The U.S. Navy has embarrassed itself again with news that is difficult to believe. On May 1, Micaela Burrow of The Daily Caller broke the news that the Navy chose a drag queen, Navy Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, to be a recruiting “digital ambassador” in a six-month pilot program that ended in March.
The sailor’s Instagram page displays photos and TikTok videos of Kelley flashing between his uniform and glitzy drag outfits, multi-colored wigs, stage makeup, and burlesque poses. This is the same sailor that Navy Times photographed in 2018 performing a drag queen strip tease to entertain fellow crewmembers on the carrier Ronald Reagan.
This story is bigger than just the sailor/performer, stage name “Harpy Daniels.” It’s about the judgment of unnamed officials who chose a male drag queen as a Navy digital ambassador to potential recruits. Whoever came up with the idea should be held accountable and precluded from evaluating the results of the pilot program.
Congress Needs to Ask More Questions
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have some explaining to do. At a recent hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., asked Milley and Austin about drag queen performances on military bases and critical race theory (CRT) programs in Defense Department schools.
Milley claimed it was the first he’d heard about “that kind of stuff,” adding that he didn’t agree and “It shouldn’t be happening.” Gaetz thanked Milley for his admission and gave him a folder
