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Army is worried too many white men lead combat units; racial diversity lacking
The Washington Times ^ | 9/11/14 | Douglas Ernst

Posted on 09/12/2014 5:26:54 AM PDT by Enlightened1

U.S. Army sociologists are worried that a lack of black officers leading its combat troops will have detrimental effect on minorities and lead to fewer black officers in top leadership posts.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: army; diversity; men; white
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To: The Sons of Liberty
To hell with leadership, accomplishing the mission, or rewarding performance, WE MUST BE PC! in today's "Action Army".

Affirmative Action on the battlefield should work out almost as well as it does when influencing our choice of elected officials.

61 posted on 09/12/2014 7:24:47 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: snoringbear
Don’t know why blacks don’t volunteer for combat units in proportional numbers. I’ll leave that to others to answer....

When I was an assistant OSO (Officer Selection Officer) in Phoenix, while awaiting my Fleet Replacement Squadron class to begin, I was given the task of getting a foothold in the black lawyers association aboard ASU. The head of the department was very honest when he discussed with me the difficulties in recruiting young blacks for officer slots in the military. He said that with all of the corporations that are actively recruiting young black professionals, it is no wonder that the majority take high-dollar jobs as opposed to the promise of long nights, excessive heat, sand fleas and the idea of nasty people shooting at you to join the Corps. He was very pro-military and I enjoyed speaking with him and giving me that insight so as to better tailor our approach to recruiting.

It takes a special breed of man and woman to join the military, especially the officer corps. The first requirement is selflessness and many blacks are simply not brought up to embrace that philosophy. Some are and do quite well, but today's youth are simply too narcissistic to join.

62 posted on 09/12/2014 7:28:23 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Charles Martel; tbpiper

The REAL problem with the Army and ALL of the services is that we have a bunch of cowardly, a$$ kissing, lapdogs at the top, and I can guarantee that it is getting our people killed. If we ever get a legitimate president again, they need to fix that immediately - 12:01 on Inauguration Day would not be soon enough!


63 posted on 09/12/2014 7:30:25 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (I want a Speaker who'll stick that pen and phone where no one but Reggie Love can find it!)
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To: Enlightened1

I was discussing the notion of diversity with a progressive the other day. I asked him: “When you go in for your back surgery, do you want the smartest guy in the class cutting within millimeters of your spinal cord or the guy they let in to make the class diverse?” He said I was racially insensitive in response, so guess I won that one.


64 posted on 09/12/2014 7:34:25 AM PDT by IamConservative (If fighting fire with fire is a good idea, why do the pros use water?)
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To: IamConservative

No guessing at all. . .you DID win that one. Hands down.


65 posted on 09/12/2014 7:49:50 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Enlightened1
U.S. Army sociologists...

We need a diversity of Army sociologists, then. If they all agree then there is no diversity.

66 posted on 09/12/2014 8:03:48 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (The next DNC convention will be spoken in Spanish; Press 1 for English)
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To: VRW Conspirator
What Army diversity should look like:

Rifle Squad

Squad Leader- M4
Team Leader x2- M4
Rifleman x4- M4
Grenadier x2- M203
Machine Gunner- M249

That should be the basis for Army diversity, not this social engineering petri dish crap.

67 posted on 09/12/2014 8:13:17 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Enlightened1

If you really want to destroy a military then debase the junior officer corps and the senior enlisted ranks. These folks are the key to an effective military.

Good, well trained soldiers will always fail with indecisive and stupid leadership. Bad senior leadership (e.g. on the order of Hitler and his gang) will cost you greatly but the middle ranks can make that loss very hard on an enemy. Damaging the middle ranks means a walkover for your enemy.


68 posted on 09/12/2014 9:19:30 AM PDT by wjr123
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To: Enlightened1

I’d bet that Sun Tzu never had sociologists in his army.


69 posted on 09/12/2014 10:03:55 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Bomb ISIS; bomb them again; bomb them again; kill all survivors; take no prisoners.)
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To: Enlightened1
“Army is worried too many white men lead combat units; racial diversity lacking”

The only color that should matter is GREEN. We need to have only the BEST leading, regardless of color, B.S. like this is going to get a lot of brave men KILLED!

70 posted on 09/12/2014 11:41:59 AM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: Enlightened1

Dream on.


71 posted on 09/12/2014 3:01:34 PM PDT by OldNewYork
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To: Enlightened1

Official Army demographics data doesn’t give a direct numbers, but has enough data calculate on a spreadsheet:

Combat Units - Enlisted

White: 73%
Black: 12%
Hispanic: 13%
Asian and Other: 2%

The Army presents the data as 49% of all whites are in combat roles, 22% of the blacks, 39% of the Hispanics, and 33% of the Asians.


72 posted on 09/12/2014 7:43:12 PM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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