'Haters only hate when you are winning,' Kelley wrote in the caption to the TikTok post. The video showed supportive comments that read 'LGBTQ+ people can serve' and 'LOUD & PROUD.' In a TikTok video released last week by the Harpy Daniels account, Kelley displayed a tweet responding to their content in which conservative podcaster Graham Allen wrote: 'This is not the same military I served under. And now they're just putting all this useless stuff out.' In response, O'Neill said: 'They should be: Get up in the morning, get your workout in, go to the range, learn your tactics, rehearse them, and then go back to the range. Kelley has a large following on TikTok where they have been sharing videos of drag performances on-board Navy ships for yearsĪ Navy spokesman told the digital ambassador program was a pilot that ended in March 2023. While the campaign was active, Kelley (pictured) was one of five digital ambassadors. 'I always tell them, if you can do anything, get accepted to the academy and fly something because that's still cool. 'I talk to thousands of people personally a week, and we have really good young men and women out there that still want to join,' O'Neill added. 'I'm all about freedom, you do what you want behind closed doors, you're on your own time, but we need to have submarines with nuclear capability, aircraft carriers, men and women who fly jets and the best infantry in the world, which is the United States Marine Corps,' he said. O'Neill said during an appearance on Monday night that emphasis should be placed on more traditional aspects of the military. The program ran from October 2022 to March 2023 and was designed to 'explore the digital environment to reach a wide range of potential candidates' for military recruitment. Kelley was tasked with highlighting their journey from performing on board beginning in 2018 and growing to become an 'advocate' for those who 'were oppressed for years in the service.' And a deterrent is a way you avoid conflict by projecting strength.' 'All we have in common is that we're all afraid, that we get our heads shaved, then we're part of a team, and our job as a military is alliance, solidarity, forward defense and deterrence. 'We don't join the military to express ourselves,' O'Neill added. 'This is not going to boost recruitment, this is going to do the opposite,' said O'Neill when asked if he thought the Navy's digital ambassador scheme would be effective. Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, who goes by the stage name Harpy Daniels, has caused a stir by posting drag videos to TikTok
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