Diversity and other madness

I really don't like what I'm seeing here...

I recently retired from the Army Reserve after 23 years. In the last ten years the infection of diversity and multicultural thinking has polluted the planning of the upper bureaucracy. I can't tell you how many times I would spend hours in “diversity” training which can be put down to two words...be professional. But this hydra has taken on a life of its own.

When a Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood last year the Army Chief of Staff showed what he was concerned about:

...Asked whether he thought the Army “dropped the ball” in not responding to warning signs that the major was increasingly radical, General Casey replied that he was encouraging soldiers to provide information to criminal investigators. But he added that the Army needs to be careful not to jump to conclusions based on early tidbits of information.



“The speculation could heighten the backlash,” he said on “This Week.” “What happened at Fort Hood is a tragedy and I believe it would be a greater tragedy if diversity became a casualty here.”...


General George Casey Jr., the Army chief of staff, said on Sunday that he was concerned that speculation about the religious beliefs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of killing 12 fellow soldiers and one civilian and wounding dozens of others in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, could “cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers.”


“I’ve asked our Army leaders to be on the lookout for that,” General Casey said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.


“It would be a shame — as great a tragedy as this was — it would be a shame if our diversity became a casualty as well.” General Casey, who was appeared on three Sunday news programs, used almost the same language during an interview on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” an indication of the Army’s effort to ward off bias against the more than 3,000 Muslims in its ranks.


“A diverse Army gives us strength,” General Casey, who visited Fort Hood Friday, said on “This Week.”

With respect General Casey, you are wrong. Diversity of thought, opinion, knowledge brings us strength. Diversity of skin colors for diversity's sake does not. And people are afraid of bringing up possible problems. For instance:

He (Maj. Hasan) vocally opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and seems to have moved toward more extreme religious beliefs in recent years, according to the investigators...


...The San Antonio Express-News has reported that classmates in a graduate military medical program heard Major Hasan justify suicide bombings and make radical and anti-American statements. But investigators have said that Major Hasan might have suffered from emotional problems that were aggravated by the strain of working with veterans of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan and by the knowledge that he might soon be deployed to those theaters as well.

People are afraid of raising a obvious issue will end their careers.  Now this push for political correctness on the ranks, err, excuse me, diversity in the ranks led us to this.  

Navy picks 4 submarines to carry female officers
WASHINGTON — The Navy selected four submarines on Thursday to carry the first women serving aboard what has been the last class of military vessels off-limits to them.


Twenty-four female officers are in training for submarine service and are expected to join their boats in December 2011.


The Navy selected the USS Wyoming and USS Georgia, based in Kings Bay, Ga., and the USS Maine and USS Ohio, with their home port in Bangor, Wash.


The Navy announced in the spring that it was lifting the ban on women serving aboard subs. They had been barred on the theory that the close quarters and long deployments common to these vessels were unsuitable for a coed crew.

No, they are unsuitable for a coed crew.  You put women in an extremely confined area for 90 plus days  among men and there will be problems.  Men will work at getting a piece of ass as certain as the sun rises in the east.  Oh question, if one month into the cruise LT Jane Smith comes up and says “I’m pregnant” what do you do?  By regulation she has to be on light duty because full physical training, duty etc is hazardous to the child.  You just made your crew short.  If this happens on a carrier you can get the woman off and get her replaced.  That is not an option with a sub.  What if she comes up two months into the cruise…chances are it happened while on board.  We know what causes this.  That will cause problems.

The 560-foot nuclear-powered ballistic- or cruise-missile submarines chosen Thursday are big by submarine standards, allowing the Navy greater flexibility in designing accommodations for the first women aboard.


The initial class of women will serve in teams of three, all sharing a stateroom, Navy spokeswoman Lt. Rebecca Rebarich said. The lone bathroom for officers will bear a reversible sign — letting men know that it's in use by women and vice versa.


They'll be divided up so that women are assigned to each sub's two rotating crews.


Limiting women to officer slots lets the Navy, for a time at least, sidestep the more vexing and cost-prohibitive problem of modifying subs to have separate bunks and bathrooms for enlisted men and women. Enlisted sailors make up about 90 percent of a sub's 160-member crew.

With deficits like we have right now we have the millions it will take to modify these boats.  With the country at war the biggest issue the Navy has is to improve career opportunities for females.  Talk about head-up-ass-idis.  But again, the people are afraid of raising an issue on this.  You go against the altar of diversity and your career is over.  Bring up the issue of an Army officer openly criticizing the US efforts in the Middle East and you are dead.  Say "maybe we should look again at injecting women in a sub with 150 men may not be the best for the service" and you will soon not be best for the service.  Also, where does this end?  Infantry open to females.  Armor and tube artillery? 

Having the service serve as a social science project can only be a disaster for this country.  The service has one purpose:  To win our wars.  And the people who are really pushing this will not suffer for the damage they did.  Hopefully this madness is stopped beginning on November 2nd.

PS:  Back to the subs, they have also banned smoking below decks.  I've never smoked (I tired a cigarette once when I was 11 and that ended my smoking time) but you should at least let someone who wants to smoke to have a place to do it below decks.  Do you really think smokers will stop for three months or are they going to just find another unofficial place.  Also, can we treat our sailers like adults for a change.