FPSA Navy hires active duty drag queen to be face of recruitment drive!
WASHINGTON (PNN) - May 3, 2023 - The Fascist Police States of Amerika Navy invited an active-duty drag queen to be a “Digital Ambassador” as part of a recent drive “to attract the most talented and diverse workforce” and combat plunging recruitment.
Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, who is a man who thinks he should be a woman, was appointed as the first of five Navy Digital Ambassadors in a pilot program that ran from October to March.
Kelley, whose stage name is Harpy Daniels, has shared his journey on TikTok and Instagram, where he described how he began performing onboard and became an “advocate” for people who share the deranged idea that a human being can be whatever gender he or she wishes.
“From joining to 2016 and being able to share my drag experience on my off time with my fellow sailors has been a blessing,” Kelley wrote on Instagram in November when announcing his appointment as a digital ambassador to his more than 8,000 followers.
“Thank you to the Navy for giving me this opportunity. I don’t speak for the Navy, but I am simply sharing my experience.” he added.
The “Digital Ambassador” program that Kelley took part in ran from October to March and was “designed to explore the digital environment to reach a wide range of potential candidates” as the Navy battles “the most challenging recruiting environment it has faced since the start of the all-volunteer force,” said an unnamed Navy spokesman.
The service branch is evaluating what form the program, which includes five active-duty personnel, will take in the future.
Kelley has told Carl Herzog of the USS Constitution Museum that he began dressing in drag and performing in shows long before joining the Navy.
In 2017 and 2018, he performed as Harpy in a crew morale-boosting lip sync competition while on deployment on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
“I started performing in drag in 2013. Drag had no influence with me joining. It was the Navy I feared would’ve influenced me to stop doing drag,” said Kelley.
“For myself, drag has been a passion, an art, and a way to express myself. Ship life is difficult. Every day fades into one, and high stress and intensity can bring low morale and can cause suicide and bad behavior,” said Kelley.
Kelly said that his performance on the Ronald Regan helped save someone’s life.
“This person was (homosexual) and felt lost and alone, ready to jump ship. But after getting to view my performance, (he) felt empowered to be (himself) and see that our struggles and low morale are temporary,” the Yeoman 2nd Class said.
