Pentagon rolls out ‘equity’ plan

| April 18, 2022

Poetrooper sends in this bit of great news. From Fox News;

The Department of Defense issued an equity report, aiming to equalize outcomes for employees and partners across racial, sexual and gender lines.

The DOD released its equity report alongside all other departments of President Biden’s administration this week. In the text, the DOD explained a series of procedural changes to better align with the White House’s demands for “equity.”

“While the Department has historically focused on increasing equity within the DOD community, the collective actions described in this plan represent a shift in the Department’s approach and focus to better ensure that we leverage our capabilities to create opportunities for all Americans,” the Department of Defense wrote in its report.

The DOD report offers a series of plans moving forward that “will identify potential barriers that underserved communities and individuals face regarding Federal programs.”

First, the DOD announced it will seek to rearrange its supply chain in order to open up opportunities for underserved communities. It will also bolster a variety of programs aimed at assisting those same communities in the area of military bases, such as American Indian initiatives and environmental efforts.

In February 2021, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered military leaders at all levels of command to facilitate “discussion of the principle that all those who support DOD’s mission deserve an environment free of discrimination, hate and harassment.”

The report continued, “This included a focus on how extremist or dissident ideologies violate the fundamental principles of the Department.”

The DOD went on to note its increased tolerance for military service by transgender soldiers.

“DOD took steps to ensure transgender individuals who wished to serve in the military and could meet the appropriate standards were able to do so openly and free from discrimination,” the report stated.

The DOD also announced it will be making targeted investments into minority communities, committing to “invest in underserved communities and expand access to DoD programs and opportunities by increasing investments in Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and investments in K-12 and K-20 programs.”

More at the source. Glad we’re working on this bullshit instead of preparing for the coming wars with Russia and China.

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Wireman611

Wraps self in DD-214.

ChipNASA

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  1. I do that early and often.

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And 2. Is it just me or does that photo remind me of anything else…Hmmmm (and not just James Earl Jones…) *Austin you giant lump of shit!*

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Ret_25X

In other words, democrats are running the grift in the DoD now. “Underserved” people 0…grifter profits..infinity and beyond!

Green Thumb

More contacts for our fake Native American friend “Phony” Phil Monkress down at All-Points Logistics.

Sapper3307

It worked for SGT Lincoln Osiris.
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HT3

Equity = standards are lowered so the undeserving are rewarded & the deserving are by-passed
Equity = condition of readiness deteriorates because the undeserving & incapable are in authority
Example: the current administration is filled to the brim with “equity hires”
Bungled withdrawal for Afghanistan…
Record inflation growth…
Highest energy prices since the last equity administration…
Skyrocketing crime rate…

tshe

Transgenders – I don’t understand how less than 1% (0.6%) of the population, and probably a much lower percentage in the armed forces – seemingly drives everything these days. You know that when someone is a misfit and can’t get promoted – the thought of identifying as the opposite sex may become appealing to them. Now it sounds like you may get on the fast track to promotion. The world has gone ahead and turned itself upside down.

Sapper3307

Giggle / spew alert
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tshe

After watching that – it’s all so clear to me now.

rgr769

Thanks for the link. The acting in that clip was superb. Everyone here should watch the whole thing. It really puts this trannie horseshit in its place, but with humor.

Anonymous

Equality of outcome based on racial/gender/idiocy preferences, comrade!

26Limabeans

I thought equity was earned then worn on one’s sleeve.

Green Thumb

Number of recycles.

A Proud Infidel®™️

Re-up rates among the competent and those who work will plummet as promotions are handed out just because of ethnicity and gender whether it’s real or imaginary.

Anonymous

Nothin’ like progressivism, eh?
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Green Thumb

And the impact towards recruitment / retention will be ZERO.

Sparks

^THIS^

David

“No Irish need apply” updated to “no white/normal need apply”.

LC

Speaking of ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’, here’s a funny story out of Arizona, where some activists righteously ranted about a DJ in blackface at a local school district:

https://nypost.com/2022/04/17/woke-ariz-dei-advocates-falsely-accuse-black-dj-of-wearing-blackface/

Minor problem? The DJ is indeed actually black. Oops!

SFC D

It’s Scottsdale. We don’t count that as part of Arizona. I have to say though, with that 70’s afro wig he had on, he kinda looks like a black man portraying a white man portraying a black man. Like the inverse of SSG Lincoln Osiris.

5JC

I was working in USAREC when they decided to open up the supply chain to under served communities and businesses. He made about $60M buying cheap stuff in China and putting new labels “Made in the USA”.

KoB

And the destruction of the Warrior American Military AND America as we knew it continues. Don’t like the way the Military is? Don’t join. It’s not like you’re gonna be drafted and sent to the Viet of the Nam. Don’t like the equipment you were born with? Fine, add on or whack off as you see fit. Just don’t expect me, and other taxpayers, to pay for your state of confusion. And quit shoving it in my face when I turn on my Tee Vee set. Us hetrosexual white folks must be the minority these days, if commercial Tee Vee is supposed to be “inclusive”.

The Stranger

I still get a laugh when I tell people that my birth certificate has me classified as “White.” Of course, in those days, there was no “Hispanic/Latino” on the forms so it was either that or American Indian, and I don’t have those features so I’m a white man! Woo-hoo, white privilege!🤣

Prior Service

Nothing new here, except that it’s written down. When SEC Army Fanning (ugh) spoke to my class at Carlisle, he said “you send me a command select list that’s not diverse enough, I’m sending it back.” Sure enough, it was delayed in release and lily-white non-diverse me was definitely not on it. That’s a highly competitive 15-20% cut. Would I have made it, otherwise? I’ll never know. But I’ll always wonder.

The Stranger

That’s some ol’ bullshit. At that level, we should be looking at who’s best qualified not trying to reach some prescribed diversity goal. And I say this as a “minority.” If I don’t have what it takes to serve at that level, so be it. Good of the service and good for the Soldiers should be paramount.

Blaster

Remember the “old days” in the Army, when everyone was equally “Green”!

Wokeism is doing more to ruin our military and our readiness than anything I have ever seen in my lifetime

Anonymous

Especially if the wokesters get radical and disruptive…

Hack Stone

First, the DOD announced it will seek to rearrange its supply chain in order to open up opportunities for underserved communities. It will also bolster a variety of programs aimed at assisting those same communities in the area of military bases, such as American Indian initiatives and environmental efforts.

They already have policies in place giving preference to woman owned, minority owned, and economic disadvantaged enterprise zones that are set aside contracts for anyone claiming any of the aforementioned categories. This is why the DoD spends $450 for an item they could purchase from CDW for $275. Hell, there was even a software company claiming to a proud (but humble) woman owned business that sold some software to a Marine unit down on Quantico.

SgtBob

“American Indian initiatives.” Hey, White Wolf! We got the bow and arrow contract and the mushroom deal. Whadda we do now?

Hack Stone

Back in the day, Hack Stone received an email from a company “owned/operated” by Native American (what used to be called an Alaskan Eskimo). They had some scam contract teaching “motorcycle safety” on Quantico. Did a bid of sleuthing on Al Gore’s Amazing Internet, and Hack found some comments saying that all of major investors are white guys, and they throw a few hundred bucks a month to some Eskimos to qualify as minority owned. Fraud in Federal Contracting. Yeah, it’s hard to believe.

Green Thumb

Curious if The False Commander “Phony” Phil Monkress was involved in this issue? He is the CEO of All-Points Logistics and has been confirmed to use false claims to secure taxpayer-funded, government set-aside contracts based upon his fake Native American claims.

BennSue

It seems that there is great confusion between the terms equitable and equal, as well as the terms opportunity and outcome. TGFMDD214.

Trent

Were I a more of a thinking man, I would almost believe that the White House, the SECDEF, and the cabal of toxic morons, er, the Joint Chiefs have set about to destroy the US military and its combat readiness. But then I’m just a dime a dozen retired LTC so what do I know.

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paratrooper

Trent, Roddy Stinson, a very popular daily columnist for the San Antonio Express News from the 80’s into the early 2000’s, used to joke that, judging from the number of complaining responses he got from retired lieutenant colonels, they must be the most populous rank in the military… 😜 

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Trent

I can’t argue with that.