Diversity
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 […]
Service Branches Rudderless Without Top Officers
Irreplaceable? Army, Navy Will Be Latest Services Without Chiefs as Senator Maintains Block on Confirmations The Army and Navy are set to join the Marine Corps in being without a full-time top officer as the Senate leaves for a five-week break without finding a way to end Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s blockade on general […]
Uncomfortable Questions
Air Force Academy Superintendent LTG Clark Military academies’ diversity efforts draw GOP concerns, Dem support By Leo Shane III Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday took aim at the military service academies’ diversity and inclusion efforts as a potential distraction from war fighting prowess, and pledged to force changes in the future to end those practices. But […]
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