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So, the US Army thinks that too many white men are in charge?
“It certainly is a problem for several reasons,” Col. Irving Smith, director of sociology at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, told USA Today. “First we are a public institution. And as a public institution we certainly have more of a responsibility to our nation than a private company to reflect it. In order to maintain their trust and confidence, the people of America need to know that the Army is not only effective but representative of them.”
USA Today’s research found that 25 relevant brigades it looked at did not have a single black commander in 2014. For 2015, the paper reported that there will be two black commanders of combat brigades.
Capt. Grancis Santana, 33, spoke to the paper and asserted that it wasn’t discrimination that was causing a lack of minority officers in key posts — the supply of desired soldiers in his military occupational specialty simply wasn’t there.
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When the SHTF, I don't care what color you are if you can lead. Officers and NCOs earn promotion on merit and nothing else. To promote, by almost affirmative action and a quota is asking for a sorry officer and NCO corps. We've done a great job with what we have obviously. If it's not broke, don't try to fix it until it is broke. I've had good and bad officers and NCOs of all colors. My best LT in the Corps was a Samoan(sp?). My best SNCO was an African American. Neither got their jobs by color. Neither had an issue getting respect and keeping it either. This is a PLAN that will create even more people to LEAVE the military until you get a force full of incompetents who are there because of their race and not their ability.
What about the AA who join the military to get technical skills and not command infantry? Is that not going to be allowed now?
If there has ever been a system that has treated minorities fairly, it has been the military. In the Corps there were two colors....light green and dark green.
So, the US Army thinks that too many white men are in charge?
“It certainly is a problem for several reasons,” Col. Irving Smith, director of sociology at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, told USA Today. “First we are a public institution. And as a public institution we certainly have more of a responsibility to our nation than a private company to reflect it. In order to maintain their trust and confidence, the people of America need to know that the Army is not only effective but representative of them.”
USA Today’s research found that 25 relevant brigades it looked at did not have a single black commander in 2014. For 2015, the paper reported that there will be two black commanders of combat brigades.
Capt. Grancis Santana, 33, spoke to the paper and asserted that it wasn’t discrimination that was causing a lack of minority officers in key posts — the supply of desired soldiers in his military occupational specialty simply wasn’t there.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/11/army-concerned-with-number-of-white-men-leading-co/#ixzz3D4PWq249
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
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When the SHTF, I don't care what color you are if you can lead. Officers and NCOs earn promotion on merit and nothing else. To promote, by almost affirmative action and a quota is asking for a sorry officer and NCO corps. We've done a great job with what we have obviously. If it's not broke, don't try to fix it until it is broke. I've had good and bad officers and NCOs of all colors. My best LT in the Corps was a Samoan(sp?). My best SNCO was an African American. Neither got their jobs by color. Neither had an issue getting respect and keeping it either. This is a PLAN that will create even more people to LEAVE the military until you get a force full of incompetents who are there because of their race and not their ability.
What about the AA who join the military to get technical skills and not command infantry? Is that not going to be allowed now?
If there has ever been a system that has treated minorities fairly, it has been the military. In the Corps there were two colors....light green and dark green.
