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

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> Chips Loral wrote:
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>>> Chips Loral wrote:
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>>>>> 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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