> the various social programs the military has now been implementing
Social programs? You mean the policy of not discriminating based on gender or sexual preference?
> they started scrutinizing the basic, popular political beliefs of many of the recruits
It seems prudent to scrutinize political beliefs that might be incompatible with treating a non-cishet male colleague as an equal (or a superior, as the case may be) or regarding such colleagues with dignity and respect.
Social programs? You mean the policy of not discriminating based on gender or sexual preference?
> they started scrutinizing the basic, popular political beliefs of many of the recruits
It seems prudent to scrutinize political beliefs that might be incompatible with treating a non-cishet male colleague as an equal (or a superior, as the case may be) or regarding such colleagues with dignity and respect.