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Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute Command Master Chief Logan Johnson leads Sailors in reaffirming the oath of enlistment during a stand-down for countering extremism in the ranks, March 2, 2021.
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Recommending that sailors read books that trash the Constitution and denounce the country as irredeemably racist is not just absurd it’s downright dangerous.
Why recommend books staking out extremist positions when the Navy is newly embarked on an effort to drive political extremism from its ranks?
American sailors swear an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, “foreign and domestic.” We ask them to put their lives on the line to protect their country. Recommending that sailors read books that trash the Constitution and denounce the country as irredeemably racist is not just absurd it’s downright dangerous.
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Navy Refuses to Remove ‘Anti-American’ Books From Reading List for Sailors
The U.S. Navy has said it will not remove certain books from its recommended reading list after Republican lawmakers raised concerns about their “anti-American” content.
On Feb. 23, the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday released the latest version of the Professional Reading Program (CNO-PRP), which provides a regularly updated list of recommended books as part of the Navy’s effort to help develop the professionalism of all sailors.
Most of the current 48 CNO-PRP titles cover topics relevant to the Navy’s mission of building a fighting force capable of winning wars, including leadership development, fleet tactics, history and geopolitics of the world’s maritime powers, and technologies of future naval warfare.