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To: USAF80

Your “guess that special ops mirrors ...” is incorrect.

The breakdowns are available. A simple Google of “racial breakdown of special forces” yields a first link to a >100 page Rand report from 1999 detaling everything you would need to know to answer this question intelligently. Link follows:

http://mldc.whs.mil/download/documents/RAND%20Publications%20and%20Graphics/Publications/Barriers%20to%20Minority%20Participation%20in%20Special%20Op%20Forces.pdf

Blacks are 2-4% of officers and enlisted in SEALS, Special Forces, and Rangers. POINT of the spear - UNDER represented by factor of 3. I believe - numbers have increased to where they are more 6%-2% now. Under - by 2.5X.

Test results etc are part of the report.

There is no need to guess, or argue, over a fact that can be looked up.


179 posted on 04/10/2012 6:40:26 AM PDT by Eldon Tyrell
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To: Eldon Tyrell

That report was in 1999, it’s 2012 now. It really does not matter, special forces are just one component of the military services. It takes a whole lot of support to even put a special forces unit into action.

Almost all minorities are under represented in special forces.


180 posted on 04/10/2012 12:32:10 PM PDT by USAF80
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