Diversity
F(riday) is for Follow-ups
Remember a bit back when an F-35 got all FODded up when a ground crew member left a tool, reportedly a flashlight, in the intake? Didn’t we set up a pool for how bad the damage was going to be? In March 2023, a maintenance team at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona was […]
DOJ: Diverse Army Officer Corps a National Security Imperative
Biden DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow race-based admissions at West Point By Kaelan Deese The Biden administration on Tuesday responded to a request by a student group seeking to block race-based admissions practices at the U.S. Military Academy, telling the Supreme Court not to block affirmative action policies at the school. U.S. Solicitor General […]
Largest Demographic Shuns Army Service
Not Answering Army Sees Sharp Decline in White Recruits By Steve Beynon The Army’s recruiting of white soldiers has dropped significantly in the last half decade, according to internal data reviewed by Military.com, a decline that accounts for much of the service’s historic recruitment slump that has become the subject of increasing concern for Army […]
Smallest Military in 80 Years Gets,
Problems “Institutionalized” Amid recruiting woes, active duty end strength to drop again in 2024 By Leo Shane III Smaller. The smallest U.S. military force in more than 80 years is about to get even smaller. Under end strength levels outlined in the annual defense authorization bill passed by the Senate Wednesday evening and expected to […]
They did/said WHAT?
here’s one of those fee-speech things you hate to see. The Palestinian flag was raised at city-owned Eaton Plaza in downtown Fresno on Friday. The ceremony came nearly two months after the raising of the Israeli flag in the same location, and followed weeks of complaints from community members who said the city was valuing […]
Holy Crap It’s Wednesday (formerly Tuesday Tidbits)
Gotta lead off with this one…Daily Wire is coming out with a movie about a former men’s basketball team that reunites – and says they identify as female to compete as a women’s team. Check out the trailer at Trailer Looks to be politically incorrect as all get-out…gonna have to watch. Will it have the same […]
Navy Recruiting Fails
AFQT Categories Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti Navy misses active duty, reserve recruiting goals for 2023 By Diana Stancy Correll The Navy missed its recruitment goals for active duty enlisted sailors by more than 7,450 accessions in fiscal year 2023, according to Navy Recruiting Command. The Navy is one of the service […]
Pentagon DEI Chief Out, No Replacement
Gilbert Cisneros Pentagon chief of personnel, diversity and inclusion to depart By Zamone Perez The Defense Department’s head of personnel and readiness announced his upcoming departure from the Pentagon on Monday, according to a statement from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert Cisneros, a Navy veteran and […]
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