What *is* a protective dike anyway?
Posted on 03/06/2015 5:19:28 PM PST by Snickering Hound
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah James has decided to celebrate Women’s History Month by announcing a set of nine initiatives to increase diversity and inclusiveness in the service. The most notable is a new requirement that unless those aspiring to leadership roles can demonstrate their commitment to diversity and inclusion, they will not be considered for promotion.
James first declared the changes on Wednesday during a “Women and Leadership in National Security” conference at the Center for a New American Security, and justified the new initiatives by proclaiming, “There’s simply no country in the world as widely diverse as the U.S.”
According to James, while there’s been some movement toward diversity in the past, it hasn’t been enough. This new strategy will ensure that the service is able to continue to attract the most talented and able minds. Career-field-development team chairs are now required to conduct analyses to figure out what is blocking “airmen from reaching their highest levels of performance,” as James put it, according to Air Force Times.
Out of all services in the military, the Air Force has the highest percentage of women at 18.9 percent, but the female attrition rate is twice that of the male attrition rate during “mid-career phase.”
One of the initiatives coming to the forefront will allow “top performers” to take up to three years off without risking prospects for future promotion. Additionally, James wants to see more women take up the role of pilot, as this job category is usually dominated by men. But because the exclusion occurs as a result of height requirements — that is, a standing height of 64 to 77 inches and a sitting height of 34 to 40 inches — James has elected to modify the waiver process. Previously, the waiver could only be offered to Air Force Academy Cadets, but James will expand the process to include Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets, meaning that 900 women will now be eligible to become pilots.
For James, women should constitute more than the 25 percent of the applicant pool thy already are. Instead, that rate should be boosted to 30 percent.
“This is not just about how we look. It’s about our readiness. It’s about our capabilities today and for the future. It’s about how we are going to perform as an Air Force… in this very uncertain geopolitical environment,” James stated at the conference.
Still wondering how they are going to purge the military?
The most notable is a new requirement that unless those aspiring to leadership roles can demonstrate their commitment to diversity and inclusion, they will not be considered for promotion.
echoes of the Soviet Union. One couldn’t succeed unless one was a member of the Communist Party.
Every day, multiple posts documenting in one place the demise of a formerly strong country. This is one more.
Obama is building a military that is hostile to traditional, patriotic, America and will fire upon any who rise up to resist Emperor Zero.
why anyone buys into the idea that it is impossible to reverse what’s been done, is just buying into the liberal threat/hype.
Yup.....the self-loathing leading the blind.
Madness. Pure, unadulterated madness.
Monday, 9 March 2015 is the 70th anniversary of Lemay’s B-29 firebombing of Tokyo. 317 B-29’s flown by MEN, not a girl or queer anywhere on those flightdecks..a heritage to be proud of..what would those gallant MEN think of today’s Air Force?..Un..believable.
Active Duty ping.
Make up your own rules and turn the Military into a Summer camp for Hippies
Dennis Prager too. He’s sort of a straight thinker.
I hope all of the Freeper lawyers get a copy of the height waiver - particularly the sitting height.
The sitting height is the critical measurement. If your sitting height is under 34 inches or more than 40 inches you will face serious medical issues if you have to eject from your aircraft. You can NOT achieve safe ejection posture. As many combat pilots will tell you an ejection is not the most enjoyable experience (injuries range from black eyes to dislocated arms, broken arms, legs and backs, plus skull injuries). It is, however, better than the alternative.
Any pilot who fails to meet the sitting height requirements is gambling with his/her life every time they taxi out of parking. In fact, they could even suffer injuries from ejection seat ground training.
Some time there is a reason for physical requirements.
To all the flyers and ex-flyers - this requirement is at least a CAUTION if not a WARNING.
This is liberal speak for increasing the number of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders in the Air Force to 30% of the force. This James gal is a lesbian democRAT, whose marching orders from Obama are to turn the Air Force into a gay bathhouse environment. Promotion consideration withheld from those who won't go along with this bullshit. Rif everyone who doesn't follow in lockstep.
Why do you think we’ve lost all of our recent engagements?
Not a summer camp for hippies; a jobs programs for those unable to fit in a modern economy. Actual war is no longer in the equation; it has become a wealth transfer vehicle.
“I believe Obama wants to change the military from a bastion of the right, to a bastion of the left.”
See #54; already been done (it started under BJ Clinton).
Each and every day there’s a new sign showing America’s rapid decline. I see why America is not mentioned in the Bible. With exception to “The New Babylon”.
Just in case anyone doubts the intensity of the contempt that the Community Organzer-In-Chief has for the United States Armed Forces.
What *is* a protective dike anyway?
If His Majesty keeps it up, that is exactly what is going to happen. They will be surprised when they get return fire - effective return fire. The trannys and feminists aren't going to know how to handle it.
In the Clinton years, Debbie Lee, now James, was an Asst Secy of the AF for Reserve Affairs.
She was a political hack, the then wife of a hack Maryland Democrat politician. She had zero military experience and spent her days charming Reserve AF generals who knew who buttered their bread.
Her priorities back then weren’t readiness affairs, but women affairs like diversity. Now she is in charge of the entire Air Force, and it will suffer irreversible damage.
BTW, the minimum height restriction has a purpose - you have to reach the rudder pedals/brakes. Maybe Debbie Lee James will spend a $ billion to modify all the planes for that 5 foot transgender from Emily!s List.
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