The Pentagon has publicly criticised Netflix following the success of its new drama Boots , which tells the story of a gay Marine cadet’s bootcamp experience in the 1990s.

Pentagon criticises Netflix, calls streamer's content ‘woke garbage’

Responding to a query from Entertainment Weekly about the show, Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson did not directly attack the series itself but issued a sharp rebuke of Netflix’s programming overall. “Under President Trump and Secretary Hegseth , the U.S. military is getting back to restoring the warrior ethos,” Wilson said in a statement.

“Our standards across the board are elite, uniform and sex-neutral because the weight of a rucksack or a human being doesn’t care if you’re a man, a woman, gay, or straight. We will not compromise ou

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