{"id":104845,"date":"2020-09-09T10:45:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T14:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=104845"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:13","slug":"the-few-the-proud-the-white-the-marine-corps-balks-at-promoting-generals-of-color-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=104845","title":{"rendered":"The Few, the Proud, the White: The Marine Corps Balks at Promoting Generals of Color – The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A respected, combat-tested Black colonel has been passed over three times for promotion to brigadier general. What does his fate say about the Corps?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It says many things about the Corps.\u00a0 Most of which the pansy assed civilians that sop up this kind of nonsense will never understand.<\/p>\n

Chesty Puller was awarded the Navy Cross 5 times…never became Commandant.\u00a0 Like Puller… Henderson just doesn’t know when to STFU.<\/p>\n

Henderson was not promoted because he does not fit the politically correct model demanded by the left.\u00a0 The caustic left, like the author of this article,\u00a0 and their ilk are the reason Henderson didn’t climb the General ranks.<\/p>\n

I hope they make him a 4 Star now… the joy I will get when he stands before the hoards of politically left and calls them useless pantywaists.<\/p>\n

What this shows about the Corps is that you will not be promoted simply because of your race and rantings of racist civilians who\u00a0 seem to be little more than the Klan with a Tan.<\/p>\n

Not even the likes of little \u00a0Helene Cooper<\/span><\/a> who know nothing of the Corps, can get someone promoted just because of their race.\u00a0 Shame on her for allowing the Politically Left to turn her into the Racist she is today.<\/p>\n

Writing Click Bait should not be the goal of any creditable Journalist.<\/p>\n

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All things being equal, Col. Anthony Henderson has the military background that the Marine Corps says it prizes in a general: multiple combat tours, leadership experience and the respect of those he commanded and most who commanded him.<\/p>\n

Yet three times he has been passed over for brigadier general, a prominent one-star rank that would put Colonel Henderson on the path to the top tier of Marine Corps leadership. Last year, the Navy secretary, Richard V. Spencer, even added a handwritten recommendation to Colonel Henderson\u2019s candidacy: \u201cEminently qualified Marine we need now as BG,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

But never in its history has the Marine Corps had anyone other than a white man in its most senior leadership posts. Colonel Henderson is Black.<\/p>\n

\u201cTony Henderson has done everything you could do in the Marines except get a hand salute from Jesus Christ himself,\u201d said Milton D. Whitfield Sr., a former Marine gunnery sergeant who served for 21 years.<\/p>\n

Proud and fierce in their identity, the Marines have a singular race problem that critics say is rooted in decades of resistance to change. As the nation reels this summer from protests challenging centuries-long perceptions of race, the Marines \u2014 who have long cultivated a reputation as the United States\u2019 strongest fighting force \u2014 remain an institution where a handful of white men rule over 185,000 white, African-American, Hispanic and Asian men and women.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took an act of Congress last year to get them to integrate by gender at the platoon level,\u201d said Representative Anthony G. Brown, Democrat of Maryland and a former Army helicopter pilot. \u201cAnd now they continue to hold onto that 1950s vision of who Marines are.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ahh… They still haven’t done that.\u00a0 The Corps “allows” limited training, mostly classroom training to gender-integrated classes.\u00a0 \u00a0Race Pimps like Brown are not qualified to render decisions about promotions in the Corps.<\/p>\n

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Current and former Marine Corps officials point to Colonel Henderson\u2019s personality as an explanation for why he has been passed over, including what they call his tendency to speak his mind \u2014 traits that have not disqualified white Marine colonels.<\/p>\n

Since the Marines first admitted African-American troops in 1942, the last military service to do so, only 25 have obtained the rank of general in any form. Not one has made it to the top four-star rank, an honor the Marines have bestowed on 72 white men. Six African-Americans reached lieutenant general, or three stars. The rest have received one or two stars, the majority in areas like logistics, aviation and transport, areas from which the Marine Corps does not choose its senior leadership.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So sad…\u00a0 how sorry I feel for people that see Racism where none exists.\u00a0 Their whole lives seem to be steeped in hate.<\/p>\n

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I have had the honor of meeting SgtMaj Green on several occasions.\u00a0 He was the highest-ranking enlisted Marine in the Corps.\u00a0 He does not have a Combat Action Ribbon or a single award for Valor.\u00a0 Greene was promoted to Sgt Maj of the Marine Corps because he has exceptional communication skills for an enlisted man.\u00a0 He simply knows when to STFU.<\/p>\n

Promoting someone because of their Race… is Racist.\u00a0 I would think that kind of thing would be a bit more self-evident.<\/p>\n

You can read the rest of the Race-Baiting nonsense at the link below.<\/p>\n

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Source: The Few, the Proud, the White: The Marine Corps Balks at Promoting Generals of Color – The New York Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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