[RANGERAIRBORNE]

"One fact that stands out in my mind is the very small percentage of minorities in special forces."

When I was in SF, there were LOTS of minorities- Hawaiians, Samoans, Guamanians, Tennessee ridge-runners and bootleggers, some Eastern Europeans, even a veteran of the Foreign legion or two.

There were some black professional soldiers- who met the standards that everyone else had to meet.

Since then, there has been aggressive recruiting for "minorities"- now defined almost exclusively as "black".

[Pharmboy]

I should have been more precise. If I remember correctly, the percentage of African Americans in SF was about 5%. Whatever the actual percentage, it was significantly smaller than the overall AA representation in the armed services.