U.S. Army Rangers drill in 2011.
Posted on 08/06/2015 8:44:12 PM PDT by Perseverando
U.S. Army Rangers drill in 2011.
A Pentagon spokesman said the military’s elite forces need more diversity, and without, the nation’s security could very well be compromised.
“We don’t know where we will find ourselves in the future,” said Army Col. Michael Copenhaver, who’s published a paper on diversity among the special operating forces, USA Today reported. “One thing is for sure: We will find ourselves around the globe. And around the globe you have different cultural backgrounds everywhere. Having that kind of a diverse force can only increase your operational capability.”
The comments came as USA Today requested and received information on the diversity of special operations divisions that showed only eight of 753 Navy SEAL officers are black – one percent.
The newspaper also reported SEALs and the Green Berets in the Army are often the forces sent to the world’s hot spots for terrorist camp raids and hostage rescues, and as such, troops of all ethnic backgrounds could prove necessary for mission success. U.S. Special Operations Command declined to give USA Today data about ethnic makeup, and Gen. Joseph Votel, SOCOM commander, refused to speak for the news story.
But a month earlier, while speaking at the Aspen Security Conference, Votel stressed the need for diversity.
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Semper Fi!
Don’t forget LGBTs!
Diversity. Code name for faggots and non=whites.
Can someone please put up the pic of the black and white photo of a man who says “ Oh Jeez, not this $shit again”.
Special forces is 100% voluntary. If people of color wanted to be there, they’d volunteer and pass the stringent training. Same goes for homosexuals, transgenders, left-handed accordion players and space aliens.
People who worship diversity are fools.
I read that as “SODOM chief”. I’m probably not that far off, though.
And I thought these guys were supposed to kill and break things.
Don’t forget midgets and mentally handicapped.
Its offensive when a leftist states that white people can’t have cultural literacy because of the color of their skin.
Plenty of diversity in the movies.
Senior career officers today are promoted first and foremost if the display the proper political correctness. Their ability as warriors hardly matters. The Joint Chiefs of Staff has devolved into just another Federal bureaucracy staffed by pole climbing careerists. Can anyone imagine what it would be like to serve under this man? There are too many like him.
They are indeed sir. Don't you just hate PC?
That the elite units are mostly all white has been known for a long time. The reason has also been known for a long time.
How about taking the most qualified men?
A point lost on this PC loser Col. Michael Copenhaver.
There was a time and quite recently, that Filipinos and Hispanics quite filled any gap. What has changed.
Who gives a rats behind!? Talent skills and ability rule the day! Who cares what color they are!?
I six words or less, I think you nailed it.
Either that or they think we are.
I used to believe that growing up, problem is it divides and does not promote unity, and also the words e pluribus unum “one out of many”.
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