The comments are about misplaced procurements to favor a pet project or a big employer are right in line. Those in the military would rather have weapons that WORK instead of an expensive weapon that DOESN’T WORK.
It’s not "calling everything and everyone you don’t like “woke”–it’s simply using “woke” as a metaphor for something that requires convoluted reasoning to rationalize.
“Woke” is the new “Politically correct”–going along with a dubious proposition instead of saying what you really think.
When lives and outcomes are at stake–like the military–those of us who served would much prefer that those in command do what is RIGHT rather than what is “IN” at the moment–and will call these projects what we really think of them.