Too Many White Men in US Military Leadership

[Tarheel]

Uh-oh.  Time for more social experimenting with the Military.  Ladies, get ready for combat!

Sidebar: I wonder why this study didn't analyze how many gays were in leadership rolls?

Excerpt from an AP Report, all emphasis is my own:

Report says too many whites, men lead US military
March 07, 2011 8:28 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies and lift its ban on women in combat, an independent report for Congress said Monday.

Seventy-seven percent of senior officers in the active-duty military are white, while only 8 percent are black, 5 percent are Hispanic and 16 percent are women, the report by an independent panel said, quoting data from September 2008.

One barrier that keeps women from the highest ranks is their inability to serve in combat units. Promotion and job opportunities have favored those with battlefield leadership credentials.

The report ordered by Congress in 2009 demands greater diversity among the military's leaders so it the service will reflect better the racial, ethnic and gender mix in the armed forces and in American society.
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Having military brass that better mirrors the nation can inspire future recruits and help create trust among the general population, the commission said.

Among recommendations is that the military eliminate policies that exclude women from combat units, phasing in additional career fields and units that they can be assigned to as long as they are qualified. A 1994 combat exclusion policy bans women from being assigned to ground combat units below the brigade level even though women have for years served in combat situations.
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Lyles said the commission consulted a panel of enlisted women on the issue. "I didn't hear, 'Rah, rah, we want to be in combat,'" Lyles said. "But I also didn't hear, 'We don't want to be in combat.' What they want is an equal opportunity to serve where their skills allow them to serve."
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Full article:
http://my.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20110307/d9b7a14e-6dbd-4756-871d-27661cdbe91d

[AUTiger1]

Saw this article headline on Drudge yesterday and didn't take the time to look it over.  I will have to read it and then make a comment.  Thanks for posting as I had already forgot about it.

[CCTAU]

Lyles said the commission consulted a panel of enlisted women on the issue. "I didn't hear, 'Rah, rah, we want to be in combat,'" Lyles said. "But I also didn't hear, 'We don't want to be in combat.' What they want is an equal opportunity to serve where their skills allow them to serve."
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Bullspit. If they can help defeat the bugs, then they can help whip some muslim ass.

Only problem is, very few of them look like Diz.

[Tarheel]

Bullspit. If they can help defeat the bugs, then they can help whip some muslim ass.

Only problem is, very few of them look like Diz.

The one's that look like Diz are down at teh Cheetah making a few shekels on the side while earning their degrees in Quantum Mechanics...

[Tiger Six]

I'll be happy to retire and help out the ratio if they will go ahead and give me credit for 30 years.

[GH2001]

Another bullshit non issue to distract from real issues. It's becoming perpetual.

[Kaos]

Question. 

Is the goal of the military to "create trust among the general population" or is the mission to kick some ass? 

[ssgaufan]

Question. 

Is the goal of the military to "create trust among the general population" or is the mission to kick some ass?

I'm not really sure anymore.   

[GarMan]

I'm not really sure anymore.   

It's now open to political influence and popular interpretation.