{"id":114629,"date":"2021-06-16T11:37:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T15:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=114629"},"modified":"2021-06-16T11:42:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T15:42:32","slug":"military-elite-target-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=114629","title":{"rendered":"Military Elite Target Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. Navy SEAL Trainees at the Beach<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WSLS Channel 10 News claims that the U.S. military sees the key to combat extremism in the ranks – diversity.<\/p>\n

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US military’s elite commando forces look to expand diversity<\/a><\/h2>\n

WASHINGTON<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Navy never had to look too hard to fill its elite SEAL force. For years, eager recruits poured in to try out for naval special warfare teams \u2014 but they were overwhelmingly white.<\/p>\n

Now, Naval Special Warfare Command leaders are trying to turn that around, developing programs to seek out recruits from more diverse regions of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been passive in the way that we recruit, We\u2019re SEAL Team. Come find us,\u201d said Rear Adm. H. Wyman Howard III, top commander for Naval Special Warfare, in an interview with The Associated Press. Now, he said, \u201cwe have to go where diversity lives.”<\/p>\n

Army leaders have been doing some of the same things. Lt. Gen. Fran Beaudette, head of Army Special Operations Command, said they have loosened some restrictions on who can try out for special forces units \u2014 which included requirements on the amount of time in the service or in rank a soldier had done. And the Army has created new, specialized teams to better reach out to more diverse populations.<\/p>\n

The effort comes as the military \u2014 and the nation \u2014 struggles with racism, extremism and hate crimes. Leaders see greater diversity as a way to combat extremism in the ranks, even as they increase other training and education programs.<\/p>\n

Commando forces \u2014 particularly the officers \u2014 tend to be far less diverse than the military as a whole. While only a small percentage of those who try out eventually pass the grueling, years-long training for special operations, leaders hope that bringing in a wider array of recruits will lead to a more diverse force.<\/p>\n

As of March 2021, a full 95% of all SEAL and combatant-craft crew (SWCC) officers were white and just 2% were Black, according to Naval Special Warfare statistics provided to the AP. The officers corps of Army Special Forces is 87% white, and also 2% Black.<\/p>\n

The enlisted ranks are only slightly more diverse. About 84% of the Navy SEAL and SWCC enlisted troops are white, and 2% are Black. The greater diversity comes in the number of American Indian, Alaskan Native and those who say they are \u201cmultiple\u201d races. The Army\u2019s enlisted special forces are also 84% white, but the percentage of Blacks goes up to 4.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So it seems like the target is here is quotas.\u00a0 There could be two schools of thought when these numbers are looked at.<\/p>\n

First, that perhaps there tends to be a trend among those that have interest and the numbers merely fall out along these lines.\u00a0 Taken as a percentage of the population, or perhaps more accurately, the percentage that exist in the armed forces, the races may not be that disproportionate.<\/p>\n

Second, it assumes that people are not fine with these numbers.\u00a0 Outsiders count less than people that want to be in these programs.\u00a0 This article and these percentages assume that there are races being held back.\u00a0 What about Asians?\u00a0 They don’t mention Asians.\u00a0 What about all those Asian servicemen and women that want to be Delta or SEALs?\u00a0 What’s up with that?<\/p>\n

What about transgenders?\u00a0 \u00a0Are they equally represented within the military elite?\u00a0 If they were to reverse that trend at what percentage should they be represented?\u00a0 Equal to white males?\u00a0 Equal to blacks?\u00a0 Equal to the percentage of the military population of transgenders?\u00a0 Equal to the percentage of transgenders in the general population?<\/p>\n

So many questions when it comes to deciding on equality and equity.<\/p>\n

So here we go down the slippery slope.\u00a0 If Professional Basketball had complaints about lack of diversity would that get support?\u00a0 Rightfully so, the best player for a given position gets to start on the team.\u00a0 Would someone even want a position handed to them that they didn’t earn?\u00a0 Who would even watch basketball knowing your team is not fielding the best players for that position?\u00a0 Fans can always say that although their team lost, they had the most diverse team out there.<\/p>\n

Sort of like the Biden administration.<\/p>\n

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