DOD Withdraws Nomination of Admiral Who Allowed Drag Queen Performances
11th July 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has withdrawn the nomination of Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly as vice admiral and command of the Navy’s strategically important 7th Fleet over drag queen shows he permitted on board the USS Ronald Reagan nearly 10 years ago, reports the Daily Wire.
The Senate approved Donnelly’s nomination on June 29, but Hegseth withdrew his name without any explanation.
“The Secretary is thankful for his continued service and wishes him luck in his next position,” an email from a spokesperson with the DOD told Stars & Stripes.
Uniform Code of Military Justice, Art. 133. Conduct unbecoming an officer
Any commissioned officer, cadet, or midshipman who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
It used to be ‘conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman’, but we don’t have gentlemen in the officer corps any more.