Re: Diversity military not ready to fight, even among themselves.

% wrote:
> Chips Loral wrote:
>> % wrote:
>>> Chips Loral wrote:
>>>> Skeeter wrote:
>>>>> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
>>>>> says...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                            DEI = DIE
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...if they ever have to see actual combat to defend our nation...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> THIS is what Demotarded race warriors do to OUR real warriors:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/combat-readiness-suffers-while-biden-harris-administration-pursues/ 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> According to documents shared exclusively with The Daily Wire, ?the
>>>>>> Biden-Harris Defense Department paid outside organizations 
>>>>>> millions of
>>>>>> taxpayer dollars to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion
>>>>>> initiatives, including race-based career advancement programs, in the
>>>>>> U.S. military.?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Daily Wire reported that the University of Missouri Kansas 
>>>>>> City was
>>>>>> awarded $760,000 by the Department of the Navy to ?design a 
>>>>>> program that
>>>>>> would give preferential treatment to non-white students and women in
>>>>>> STEM applying for Defense Department jobs.?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In a second example, Cornell University was awarded approximately
>>>>>> $202,000 to ?provide Diversity training that is mission imperative to
>>>>>> ensure readiness and addressing discriminatory behavior from a 
>>>>>> cognitive
>>>>>> perspective.? Between 2022 and 2024, nearly $270 million was 
>>>>>> requested
>>>>>> by the Pentagon to fund the DEI agenda of the current presidential
>>>>>> administration.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Gateway Pundit spoke to recent Army retiree Col. Nicholas 
>>>>>> Braun (a
>>>>>> pseudonym) on the condition of anonymity who admitted being somewhat
>>>>>> surprised that nearly $270 million was requested for the promotion of
>>>>>> DEI in the military. For him, it was a gut punch to see such a 
>>>>>> massive
>>>>>> amount of taxpayer money being used for the leftist DEI agenda, while
>>>>>> combat readiness suffered.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> According to Heritage Foundation?s executive summary of the 2024 
>>>>>> index
>>>>>> of U.S. military strength, readiness across the Navy, Air Force, and
>>>>>> Marine Corps is suffering. Interestingly, the think tank reported one
>>>>>> exception, concluding that the Army is ?very strong? in the category.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But Braun offered a different assessment. For example, he pointed out
>>>>>> that for service members go into a Combat Training Center (CTC)
>>>>>> rotation, they have specific standards that must be met. And in 
>>>>>> recent
>>>>>> years, he said brigade level training has been slashed to focus on
>>>>>> training at the platoon and company level.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?We didn?t have the budget to conduct live training events to 
>>>>>> standard
>>>>>> at the battalion level and all brigade level live collective training
>>>>>> was cancelled at home station because it was too expensive,? he
>>>>>> explained. ?While we?re stepping back on our training standards 
>>>>>> because
>>>>>> of monetary constraints, an entire armored brigade combat team 
>>>>>> could be
>>>>>> getting a year?s worth of top-level training with the money they?re
>>>>>> using for this DEI crap,? he lamented.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?Every single brigade that deploys overseas has a minimum [percentage
>>>>>> of] personnel that?s required to be on the ground,? Braun shared.
>>>>>> However, he has firsthand knowledge of brigades that have deployed in
>>>>>> recent years, not able to meet the minimum personnel threshold for 
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> Department of the Army assigned mission.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?At the division level,? he said, ?they pull people from one 
>>>>>> brigade to
>>>>>> fill another right before they leave, or after they?ve left to get to
>>>>>> the minimum number required.? Describing this as ?a constant shell
>>>>>> game,? he pointed out, ?you now have other units with shortages 
>>>>>> and no
>>>>>> scheduled backfills of personnel.?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rather than addressing the problem, he said commanders lie. ?A unit
>>>>>> status report, a classified report, goes up to the Pentagon for every
>>>>>> unit in the Army, informing them of where they stand with regard to
>>>>>> readiness,? Braun said. ?Numbers are reported, but there?s also
>>>>>> something called the commander?s subjective upgrade that also gets
>>>>>> reported.?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?[In these reports], they?ll say they?re going to meet the required
>>>>>> threshold [for deployment] when, in fact, they?re not getting any 
>>>>>> more
>>>>>> people, because they have no inbound personnel,? he disclosed. ?This
>>>>>> kind of lying happens every month on unit status reports.?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?The problem is commanders that are honest don?t get top ratings and
>>>>>> their careers end, but those that just say ?everything is fine? 
>>>>>> are the
>>>>>> ones that get the top ratings,? Braun pointed out. ?Everyone
>>>>>> understands: to get ahead, you don?t report honestly.? According 
>>>>>> to him,
>>>>>> ?Candor?which is an Army value?is not appreciated by senior 
>>>>>> commanders.?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?If the balloon went up right now and every unit had to deploy,? 
>>>>>> Braun
>>>>>> said, ?we would get an Army at about 75 to 80 percent strength on 
>>>>>> a good
>>>>>> day.?  With that, he offered ?the ugly secret that no one wants to 
>>>>>> talk
>>>>>> about: We can?t get out the door with a 100 percent of our people, 
>>>>>> yet
>>>>>> we?re blowing hundreds of millions of dollars on DEI classes and
>>>>>> sensitivity training and a whole bunch of other stuff that?s not
>>>>>> necessary to fight and win a major conflict.?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?The precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan did nothing to bolster
>>>>>> confidence in U.S. military capabilities,? Braun admitted. ?On top of
>>>>>> leaving massive amounts of weaponry in their country, we?re now 
>>>>>> giving
>>>>>> arms and ammunition to the Ukrainians and the Israelis.?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?The expenditure of 155-millimeter ammunition in Ukraine is about 
>>>>>> 90,000
>>>>>> rounds per month,? Braun said, while disclosing ?the United States is
>>>>>> producing about 14,000 rounds a month.? From a strategic 
>>>>>> perspective, he
>>>>>> said, ?If I?m the Chinese or the Russians, I?m going to sit back 
>>>>>> until
>>>>>> the U.S. Army depletes itself, then I?ll make a move.?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?The U.S. better start paying attention to these things and nix 
>>>>>> the DEI
>>>>>> craziness before it?s too late,? he warned. ?$300 million dollars 
>>>>>> would
>>>>>> be better spent on training or backfilling ammunition expenditures,
>>>>>> rather than the divisive politics of the DEI agenda.?
>>>>>
>>>>> and the rest of the world is watching and waiting, Iran is pulling no
>>>>> punches. Thanks Joe.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> An empty magazine is no way to fight a war.
>>>
>>> neither is a bible any way
>>
>> non sequitur
>>
> pusillanimous

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