Overview
- Press secretary Kingsley Wilson told Entertainment Weekly the military will not bend standards to an “ideological agenda,” labeling Netflix leadership as feeding “woke garbage.”
- The comments reference a “warrior ethos” under President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, with officials stressing uniform, sex-neutral standards.
- Released October 9, Boots has ranked among Netflix’s most-watched shows, though the streamer has not announced a renewal.
- The show is inspired by Marine veteran Greg Cope White’s memoir The Pink Marine, stars Miles Heizer and Liam Oh, and is set in the 1990s when openly gay service was prohibited.
- The statement drew online criticism for the Pentagon weighing in on entertainment, and arrives after 2025 moves restricting transgender service and removing the Harvey Milk ship name.