Congratulations, America, on your "historic" election of President Ubama.
Posted on 03/07/2011 11:22:39 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Edited on 03/07/2011 1:13:59 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies and lift its ban on women in combat, an independent report for Congress said Monday.
Seventy-seven percent of senior officers in the active-duty military are white, while only 8 percent are black, 5 percent are Hispanic and 16 percent are women, the report by an independent panel said, quoting data from September 2008.
One barrier that keeps women from the highest ranks is their inability to serve in combat units. Promotion and job opportunities have favored those with battlefield leadership credentials.
The report ordered by Congress in 2009 calls for greater diversity in the military's leadership so it will better reflect the racial, ethnic and gender mix in the armed forces and in American society.
Efforts over the years to develop a more equal opportunity military have increased the number of women and racial and ethnic minorities in the ranks of leadership. But, the report said, "despite undeniable successes ... the armed forces have not yet succeeded in developing a continuing stream of leaders who are as diverse as the nation they serve."
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BS&W!
These guys can BITE ME.
Ah,my people! sorry,I didn’t mean to steal that,Mr.Holder!
Sounds racist to me. Being anti-white is as bad as any other xenophobic phobia.
We don’t have a single white leading the military. The commander-in-thief is as black as the ace of spades.
Hmmmm... Who was in charge of congress back in 2009? (cough! Nancy Pelosi!) Funny, we won a revolution and two world wars with “too many” white males in charge of our military.
Lol...the one institution of government that works well most of the time. Let’s CHANGE it.
Soon it will be that there aren’t enough gay, bi and transgender General and Admirals either.
Looks like it really IS going to be up to us INDIVIDUALLY...
Congratulations, America, on your "historic" election of President Ubama.
Yep, this is why 0h0m0llah inserted homosexuals, no pun intended!
that’s what we need; more affirmative actions generals like the spineless colon powell
I guess the military is not about fighting and winning wars anymore...
The New Confederate Army will not be PC.
Blacks are ~8% of the population, and ~8% of the officers. Hard to see a problem here.
Thank idiots who watch TV cause ALL of TV supports him including Fox. The public is so stupid.
Yes, we need some Muslims there, soldiers, psychiatrists, and so on...
Don’t be thilly
We have too many blacks in sports.
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