tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post4076639778141534261..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Diversity ThursdayCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-12016182324735132992021-08-12T11:33:24.358-04:002021-08-12T11:33:24.358-04:00We are quickly heading to a true third world Navy ...We are quickly heading to a true third world Navy with the likes of Oregon HS graduates (no comprehensive literacy and math requirements for graduation) or Baltimore where iReady testing 3 times a year is showing a large percentage are performing 10 grade levels under their age! Or better yet, 50% "graduate" with less than a 0.99 GPA. Read. That Again. <br /><br />This is what our future recruiting pools will contain. Can't spell MAFF but hey they're POCs. Can't count the stripes on a PO1 sleeve but hey they're trans-/cis-/a-/multi-/binary-/quaternary gender. <br /><br />Think those 17 dead sailors cared a whit about the color, race, or gender of that OOD when their ship was under extreme risk? I'll bet not but they depended on those SWOs being able to function under stress, make the right decision, call for help when needed, and get them home to their families. <br /><br />With PERS going back to photos for promo boards the obvious answer is not WHAT you are in actuality but what you IDENTIFY as. How they gonna grapple with a white male labeling himself an Inuit female trans-binary gender? That line in the PowerPoint "Diversity is fertile ground to cultivate a Culture of Excellence - Combat Ready ships with Battle Minded Crews" is just farcical. How long have we had "diversity"? at least 30 years. And heretofore we've NOT been Combat Ready? Just because our officer corps racial makeup does not = the general population stats? <br /><br />As a good retired friend keeps saying "Not my Navy, not my problem". China is going to take Taiwan and point blank ask "what you gonna do? Throw a Diversity Officer race/gender quota select at us?"Gman79noreply@blogger.com