Posted on 09/06/2024 8:47:49 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
Direct evidence linking DEI to declining recruitment is hard to come by, though whistleblower complaints and polling make a connection hard to dismiss. DEI was quietly introduced government-wide by executive order in 2011, but only after the military explicitly embraced DEI in the wake of the BLM riots and presidential elections of 2020 did recruitment collapse—at least for the services that most visibly embraced it. The Marine Corps, which did not aggressively push DEI, has not suffered the same steep drop in recruitment as the other services.
The results? After persistent recruiting challenges since 2020, the Coast Guard—which is facing a 10% shortage in crews—last year took the remarkable step of sidelining 10 cutters and shuttering 29 boat stations. The Navy, meanwhile, missed its recruiting goals last year by 7,000 and has shrunk by 21,000 sailors since 2021. Then there’s the Army, which reduced its goals rather than acknowledge even larger recruitment gaps.
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Everyone laughed at the state of Russian Navy when massive debt and communism collapsed their society.....
White males are going Galt.
A culture war against yourself.
Paint the ships pink and fly the rainbow flag. Gays can fight for us. I knew this would happen when they named a destroyer after Harvey Milk.
Regardless of how those programs are packaged and presented, they are designed to weaken us. Anyone who endorses or tolerates them could be thought of as a traitor.
Our last tac evaluation in Spring 1981 resulted in a C-1 Combat Ready. Getting rid of the dead weight contributed to our success.
Add to that, the parents who served in the military are discouraging their children from joining. I call that an unanticipated negative consequence. And it has crippled the Navy and CG.
I'm one of them. Two healthy boys, good grades, no tattoos, no arrests, non-smoking, no drug use.
If they started a draft, I would do everything possible to get them out of the U.S. to a location with no extradition treaty to the U.S.
Given the progressiveness in the upper ranks, and the DIE programs permeating the military, I fear that the number of body bags coming back from the next conflict will go into overdrive.
My sons are beyond draft age now, but I would discourage anyone from joining with the present dogmatic structure. Feelings over merit doesn't cut it when the missiles start flying.
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He literally decimated it. The Romans were much more direct in their methods, but the results were the same.
Why would any white male sign up to defend a country that despises them?
My two sons and many nephews have heard at least one of my stories of my active duty Army days, all positive. Those days are gone, as I attempt to dissuade these young men from military service. My 14 YO grandson will be similarly discouraged from the military. His stepfather (a former Marine) and I are in 100% agreement.
It is better for the world that they are not in fighting trim.
It is better for the world that they are not in fighting trim.
Good point, I never thought of it in that context. There were two in my section that were discharged in that fashion. I was the Battalion S-4 (Supply Officer) my last 18 months in Germany. I had excellent NCOs that ran the day to day operations. Freed me up to work on budgets and financial stuff. I was trained well for that, armed with my degree in Public Accounting.
When one of my sons reached enlistment age I accompanied him to the Navy Recruiter. The recruiter tried to talk my son in to just enlisting and didn't offer any school. He told him that after he was in he could decide what he wanted to strike for by seeing what others do. I told the recruiter that he knows my son would be working 16 hours a day 7 days a week on a ship and wouldn't have much time for anything else. The recruiter got visibly upset. No sale. We went home.
Another son got a degree and talked to the Air Force recruiter. She told him that with a degree he should apply for officer. She took down his information and said that the recruiter who handled officer matters would be in touch. No one ever called, so again no sale.
Both of my sons would have been a credit to the services.
There was small crash last week and you should have gotten n a look at the NTSB REP......long flowing dreadlocks and all.
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