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

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
>>>
>>> pipsqueak
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