A very valuable reminder of how far we've fallen from a warfightng mindset. It is a little terrifying how completely senior uniformed "leaders" have adopted the crap coming down from above. On second thought, delete "Little" above.
Good article. I never had a Sailor who cared about who led him, only that he was led well, and that his leadership cared for him and didn't lie to him.
The one time I had a CPO try to play the race card, I pointed out that he was 12 of 12 CPO's because a. he wasn't working in his rate but had volunteered for the mess decks b. was unanimously ranked that 12/12 by the E-8's and 9's...and 1-4 were black like him and 6 and 8 were also minorities. Basically 5&7 were whites.
So then I asked him which CPO I needed to drop in ranking and where he thought he should rank...no answer for 10 min. Slowly dawned on him that performance counts and he was outperformed by all his fellow CPO's.
IMHO, DC has become cancerous and we would be better off deemphasizing DC tours because of stuff like this.
Saw a headline / read article that 77% of the population that can join the Armed forces are not qualified. that is sobering, plus you read the lost learning progress for school aged children is measured in years due to closed school and the teacher unions - we are in for a hard time for several years, the DoD leadership needs to be changed out wholesale, to include top civilians that is the only way to right the ship
Things certainly have changed since I came back from Nam and was commissioned in 74. That was likely the changing of the guard as the WW2 and Korea generations retired.
I remember learning how to fold the corner of my calling card. And that an officer never discussed religion, politics, or sex in a professional or social setting.
Never forget that time and attention are also a zero-sum game. Every minute you are focused on DEI is a minute you are not focused on how to become better at killing the enemy. Every minute you spend in listening sessions and unconscious bias training, Xi gets stronger and you get weaker. You can strive to become the most diverse force in the Army OR you can strive to become the force that can dominate and win on future battlefields. But for so long as generals and admirals are selected and promoted for conformity to ideological dogma rather than ability to win battles and wars, we are going to continue to lose battles and wars.
I am so glad I'm retired. In today's environment, my cynical mouth and jaundiced "lived experience" would have prevented me from making enough gates to get invited to leave prior to 20.
Cadet Argghhh would have been dropped from the commissioning pool after the Q&A for asking this question: "Without arguing the utility of a true diversity, that of outlook and experience vice the superficials of pigment, plumbing, and preference, the General said, "...that we’re the most diverse force in the Army, and that will allow us to dominate and win on future battlefields.” Could the General expand on exactly how superficial visual diversity produces that battlefield effect?" Cue security removing Cadet Argghhh while his PMS breaks said cadet's saber and removes his uniform buttons and brands his very short service record with a large "B" and "Do not re-enlist" code.
I'm really thinking about just speaking my mind the next time this comes. Considering how desperate they are for bodies, I think I can get away with this, and I've been prepared to retire at my current paygrade since I left Active Duty for the reserves. I've done it before, and got away with it. More people just need to say it's all farce, and fiddling while Rome burns.
No one is going to get an institutional culture that can't make sense of something as simple as sanding and painting to consistently and sensibly manage something as complex as diversity......or steering a ship.
I pasted this line into my Health of the Force Survey:
"DEI as implemented by DOD is a socio-political, Cultural Marxist construct that derives power, profit, and position by keeping people divided in to competing sectarian groups. It is not about good order and discipline. It plays in to the worst instincts of fallen man for the benefit of those promoting division. It forces an artificial disconnect between objective societal metrics, qualifications, fairness to the individual, and combat effectiveness of the service."
I though the job of the US Military was to bring death and destruction to the enemies of our nation?
A very valuable reminder of how far we've fallen from a warfightng mindset. It is a little terrifying how completely senior uniformed "leaders" have adopted the crap coming down from above. On second thought, delete "Little" above.
Good article. I never had a Sailor who cared about who led him, only that he was led well, and that his leadership cared for him and didn't lie to him.
The one time I had a CPO try to play the race card, I pointed out that he was 12 of 12 CPO's because a. he wasn't working in his rate but had volunteered for the mess decks b. was unanimously ranked that 12/12 by the E-8's and 9's...and 1-4 were black like him and 6 and 8 were also minorities. Basically 5&7 were whites.
So then I asked him which CPO I needed to drop in ranking and where he thought he should rank...no answer for 10 min. Slowly dawned on him that performance counts and he was outperformed by all his fellow CPO's.
IMHO, DC has become cancerous and we would be better off deemphasizing DC tours because of stuff like this.
Saw a headline / read article that 77% of the population that can join the Armed forces are not qualified. that is sobering, plus you read the lost learning progress for school aged children is measured in years due to closed school and the teacher unions - we are in for a hard time for several years, the DoD leadership needs to be changed out wholesale, to include top civilians that is the only way to right the ship
Personnel is Policy
Things certainly have changed since I came back from Nam and was commissioned in 74. That was likely the changing of the guard as the WW2 and Korea generations retired.
I remember learning how to fold the corner of my calling card. And that an officer never discussed religion, politics, or sex in a professional or social setting.
Brown will make Milley seem like a pussycat.
As they bemoan a lack of diversity they overlook that the party they mimic has failed to produce the diverse feedstock they wish for.
The DoD-DEI Corps is so throughly indoctrinated they are willingly blind to the failings of the system they've hitched their wagon to.
In the meantime, those that do qualify for a commission are for the most part smart enough to look elsewhere for better opportunities.
Never forget that time and attention are also a zero-sum game. Every minute you are focused on DEI is a minute you are not focused on how to become better at killing the enemy. Every minute you spend in listening sessions and unconscious bias training, Xi gets stronger and you get weaker. You can strive to become the most diverse force in the Army OR you can strive to become the force that can dominate and win on future battlefields. But for so long as generals and admirals are selected and promoted for conformity to ideological dogma rather than ability to win battles and wars, we are going to continue to lose battles and wars.
I am so glad I'm retired. In today's environment, my cynical mouth and jaundiced "lived experience" would have prevented me from making enough gates to get invited to leave prior to 20.
Cadet Argghhh would have been dropped from the commissioning pool after the Q&A for asking this question: "Without arguing the utility of a true diversity, that of outlook and experience vice the superficials of pigment, plumbing, and preference, the General said, "...that we’re the most diverse force in the Army, and that will allow us to dominate and win on future battlefields.” Could the General expand on exactly how superficial visual diversity produces that battlefield effect?" Cue security removing Cadet Argghhh while his PMS breaks said cadet's saber and removes his uniform buttons and brands his very short service record with a large "B" and "Do not re-enlist" code.
I'm really thinking about just speaking my mind the next time this comes. Considering how desperate they are for bodies, I think I can get away with this, and I've been prepared to retire at my current paygrade since I left Active Duty for the reserves. I've done it before, and got away with it. More people just need to say it's all farce, and fiddling while Rome burns.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2023/07/03/dod-praises-transgender-army-major-who-inspires-us-all-n2625274
If that's a woman then we should all declare ourselves racially mixed ungendered and end the stupidity
Isn't coach tuberville doing this because of DoD's stance on abortion funding? I applaud DivThurs but let's not give credit where credit isn't due.
Until the Navy is cured of the idiocy portrayed in the images below, I'll continue to believe you all waste every Thursday barking up the wrong tree.
https://media.defense.gov/2023/Apr/28/2003210744/-1/-1/0/230420-N-XP477-1020.JPG
https://media.defense.gov/2023/Apr/28/2003210749/-1/-1/0/230424-N-IL330-1040.JPG
https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jun/15/2003242524/-1/-1/0/230609-N-EU502-2008.JPG
No one is going to get an institutional culture that can't make sense of something as simple as sanding and painting to consistently and sensibly manage something as complex as diversity......or steering a ship.
Pathetic and alarming. Woke taking over America.
I pasted this line into my Health of the Force Survey:
"DEI as implemented by DOD is a socio-political, Cultural Marxist construct that derives power, profit, and position by keeping people divided in to competing sectarian groups. It is not about good order and discipline. It plays in to the worst instincts of fallen man for the benefit of those promoting division. It forces an artificial disconnect between objective societal metrics, qualifications, fairness to the individual, and combat effectiveness of the service."