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:
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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
>>>
>>> immigrant
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>> troglodyte
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