As they slog through the South Carolina backwoods in the pouring rain, United States Marine Corps recruit Jones gives his bunk mate Cope a few words of advice:

“It’s simple, no matter where you are, act like you belong,” he tells him.

It’s a poignant moment from the hit Netflix series, “Boots,” as both soldiers — gay and deep in the closet — try to make it through boot camp.

The show, rumored to be lacing up for another season, has The Pentagon’s attention. 

In a statement provided to Entertainment Weekly, Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson dismissed “Boots” while noting the military is restoring a “warrior ethos” under President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.  

“Our standards across the board are elite, uniform and gender neutral, because the weight of a rucksack or a human being doesn’t care if you’re a man, woman, gay or straight,” Wilson wrote. 

The eight episode series follows a gay teenager who runs away from home to join the Marines. Based off the 2015 memoir, “The Pink Marine by Greg Cope White,” “Boots” takes place in the early 1990s — before the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy — when being openly homosexual in the military was strictly prohibited and grounds for a dishonorable discharge. 

That chapter of American history is one of the current administration would rather not talk about. 

“We will not compromise our standards to satisfy an ideological agenda, unlike Netflix, whose leadership consistently produces and feeds woke garbage to their audience and children,” the statement from the Pentagon reads.

Florida Representative Fabian Basabe (R-Miami Beach) disagreed with the Pentagon’s assessment and advised critics to watch an episode or read the book before offering a canned response. 

“This is not a woke production, it’s a story about courage, redemption and brotherhood,” Basabe said. “If we want to bring America together we need more stories like this.”