[USAF80]

It’s my understanding that white males still comprise the majority of the “sharp end” of the military. Minorities are mostly in the support areas. Can you enlighten me about this?

Nah, You have a lot of minority leadership these days. The leadership ranks mirrors the population.

[mrsmel]

I meant “sharp end” as in actual frontline combat troops, the ones who “shoot and get shot at”. I know there is an over-representation of minorities in officer and non-com positions, if “fair representation” were to be based on percentage of population or even general troop levels. I’ve noticed that “fair representation” is never based on that. It seems to mean rather “50% or more”.