[clintonh8r]

Gosh, I would have thought turning out fully trained Navy and Marine Corps officers would have been the “number one priority.” Stupid squids....

[Russ]

"The writer is an English professor at the Academy"

Not for long...

[Nat Turner]

I am inferring by this article that we are talking about the old SAT score with the 800 max.

Note just signing your name and getting up from the exam will earn you a 250 so how the hell can you get into an ACADEMY with a 300?

[iowamark]

enlisted people are about 42 percent nonwhite, largely African American and Hispanic.

Hispanic is not a race, anymore than Irish or German or Kenyan is a race.

[yarddog]

One would think producing the finest Naval Officers would be the number one priority at the Naval Academy, but no it is diversity.

When we get into a war, Officers who were promoted and chosen for diversity will lose battles.

[j0hng4lt69]

im so sick of this affirmative action ruining the army

[BatGuano]

Sadly, this sounds like the dumbing down of the Naval Academy. My first thought,( I am an Air Force veteran) is that the FALSE reasoning here is because the make-up of the force is black, hispanic, whatever, leadership must be of the same.

WARNING.....STRESSING DIVERSITY WILL BRING US DOWN!

If this is true, we are on a losing track. From the top down, we are a nation of losers. Sad times for a once proud nation.

[wastedyears]

I guess I’m too old for the Academy.

[Altura Ct.]

Fowler insisted recently that we needed to have Annapolis graduates who "looked like" the Fleet, where enlisted people are about 42 percent nonwhite, largely African American and Hispanic. The stunning revelation last week was that the Naval Academy had an incoming class that was "more diverse" than ever before: 35 percent minority.

Of course what is not addressed here is the government is continuing this massive importation into our country of both legal and illegal aliens. As we continue this massive invasion into our country theses number will continue to change. At what point is it "diverse enough"? 50% 70% What about 100%?

[Maine Mariner]

The author of the article makes reference to the Naval Academy Preparatory School. I have hear only the most favorable comments about that school. I think McCain’s son went there for a year.

Many students attend high schools in small towns that don’t teach all of the courses necessary for success at the Naval Academy.
The Prep School offers such courses. If there are others who know more about this school, please comment.

[em2vn]

It’s past time for a couple of disgraceful admirals to have their half ass ideas and themselves thrown out of the Navy.

[originalbuckeye]

** Note: I’m am originalbuckeye’s son **

I just graduated from the Academy and this is definitely the trend I noticed while I was there. I got near-perfect SAT’s and had a high GPA while applying and was told by a senior person that the only thing stopping me would be the fact that I am white.

Luckily, it did not stop me and I succeeded at the Academy. However, while I was there I witnessed disproportionately high funding for the “Gospel Choir” to go to inner city neighborhoods to recruit for the Academy. In addition, the Brigade was constantly reminded of the need for the officer corps to “look like” the enlisted corps as the article notes. In addition, we had to sit through a mandatory lecture for “diversity training” in which the speaker said “if you are not promoting x number of black people to Admiral, something is wrong” arguing for a quota system to exist in the Navy.

As a newly commissioned Marine, the bottom line for me is “will the officer next to me hold up in combat?” It disgusts me to see political correctness brought into the officer ranks for the risks in our profession are anything up to and including our lives. I have no problem with any ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, etc. in a position of authority over me as long as they are competent. Competency should be the standard for promotion because in the military, the mission is everything.

[Pelham]

In one portion of “Sea of Thunder” Evan Thomas tells the story of Ernest Evans, Commander of the destroyer USS Johnston at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Cdr. Evans, born in Pawnee Oklahoma of American Indian extraction, repeatedly attacked a superior Japanese battleship and cruiser force until his ship was lost. Evans was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Evan Thomas speculates that Cdr Evans’ valor and fighting spirit was related to his Indian heritage. There is diversity, and then there is diversity.

[Don Corleone]

I’d be willing to bet that the other service academies are using the same criteria.

[bestintxas]

The real cost is DEATH for our boys and citizens