Army Gen. Mark Milley pushed back on claims from Republicans that the military is “woke” and as a result not prepared to take on modern threats, saying he’s “not even sure what that word truly means.”

“What I see is a military that’s exceptionally strong. It’s powerful; it’s ready. In fact, our readiness rates, the way we measure readiness, is better now than they’ve been in years,” Milley said in a CNN interview Sunday.

Republican politicians and candidates have blasted the Pentagon for so-called woke policies, pointing to efforts to recruit a diverse group of military service members and be inclusive to transgender soldiers.

Those claims have also headlined efforts to reduce military spending.

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    Not that “based” makes sense here either, but yes, exactly: “woke” means whatever the speaker wants it to mean at the time, like “cromulent”.

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      That’s not entirely true. To pass the “stop WOKE act”, the bill had to have a definition of"wokeness". You know what the definition is? Awareness of systemic injustice.

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      Jesus Christ, we all have the goddamn internet:

      Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more woke verb past of wake1.

      This isn’t hard!