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| US Navy Steaming Toward Diversity Before Preparedness |
| 2010-08-02 |
| The Navy is listing dangerously in politically correct water The Navy wants to judge sailors by the color of their skin, not the content of their seamanship. The latest national security leak is a shocking e-mail from a Navy admiral on "Diversity Accountability." The message, sent to a list of other flag officers, notes that "a change in focus of this year's diversity brief is the desire to identify our key performers (by name) and provide insight on each of them." CDR Salamander claims to have a copy of the email Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead, who apparently originated this order, "is interested in who are the diverse officers with high potential and what is the plan for their career progression. He may ask what is being done within to ensure they are considered for key follow on billets within the Navy." How this dual-track system will be implemented is difficult to discern. Will officers doing fitness reports on those on the list be made aware of their subordinates' privileged status? Will the people on the list have knowledge that the system is looking out for them? If they get a poor fitness report, will they have special means of getting a second look? Will there be repercussions for reviewing officers who did not know they were supposed to just keep the list members on the fast track no matter what? Does the USN care about, oh say, military capability or, say, integrity of the officer ranks |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #17 CF - once DADT is finally repealed, watch for LGBT types to become just another protected group, subject to diversity quotas, protections, special privileges, etc. Glad I'm retired from the Navy. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-08-02 22:09 |
| #16 Can't be Lesbian - "Don't Ask - Don't Tell" and all that. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-08-02 21:41 |
| #15 I like the lesbian touch. Surgical, no doubt. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-08-02 21:38 |
| #14 You partially beat me to it, Nimble...I was going to suggest "one-legged lesbian Inuit female engineer..." |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2010-08-02 21:36 |
| #13 With a handicap. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-08-02 21:33 |
| #12 I was one of two jarheads in my last command (which was navy) - the diversity horse sh*t is alive and well - we had diversity reports due each month to CNO - it was pathetic. The running joke was about finding the Inuit female engineer in the mid-west... |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2010-08-02 21:21 |
| #11 I was privileged (spit) to sit through yearly diversity classes that earned the moniker 'Watermelon U' where we were fed the party line. Back in my day, we called it "Archie Bunker 'A' School," owing to its tendency to actually reinforce and increase mutual prejudice and animosity between racial groups. |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2010-08-02 19:26 |
| #10 Even in my navy days (during the adminstration of a certain Jew-hatin' Georgia peanut farmer), this nonsense was starting to rear its head. Couple of specific incidents: A YNSN from a certain Protected Ethnic Group reported aboard, and since he was below E4, was assigned to messcooking duty (that's squidspeak for KP). He was lucky enough to get assigned to softer duty as a wardroom messcook, but nonetheless complained to the XO that serving white officers offended his racial dignity. XO being a spineless weasel who made Harry Reid look like Clint Eastwood, he was released from messcooking. A deck-force E2 decided he wanted to strike for the HT (Hull Tech - they were called shipfitters in the old days) rating via on the job training. Only problem was, the HT shop didn't want him since he was what used to be called a "s**tbird" in a less PC time. But of course he was from the same Protected Racial Group as the YNSN described above, and of course he went to the same gutless turd of an XO crying "racism". He wound up finally getting thrown out of the navy, but not until he walked through the messdeck one afternoon smoking a joint. |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2010-08-02 17:31 |
| #9 #7 the USN has been doing this for years, with different names for cover; Not just the Navy. I recall some years ago when we were trying to hire a new engineering faculty member. We had a meeting with the diversity people and were told we had to give priority to African-Americans in the search process. The department head at the time asked if that included African-Africans. We were told yes. African-Africans had to be given preference over citizens according to this diversity person. This diversity person seemed to be just making it up and she went along. He hit the roof and called various university administrators and all of our Congressmen and Senators. Minorities tends to mean African-Americans and then other minorities. It is difficult to find African-American engineering faculty. First, there are not that many and second, every public university is competing for them. A faculty spends considerable scarce money advertising for, searching for, and interviewing minorities for faculty positions. This is money that could be used for raises, student and scholarships, equipment, labs, etc. Your pool of candidates has to constituted correctly or you might have to start over in this costly process all in the name of political correctness and diversity. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-02 16:28 |
| #8 Sad that our military, which was one of the first American institutions to desegregate, is now brought down to something this petty again. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-08-02 15:27 |
| #7 the USN has been doing this for years, with different names for cover; most obvious is the ill fated attempts to force pilots with sub standard skills upon the fleet; gender is unimprotant if you can't bring the bird back home. I was privileged (spit) to sit through yearly diversity classes that earned the moniker 'Watermelon U' where we were fed the party line. Actions, not color/gender/religion matter. (funny, not one of the W.U. instructors was a white male) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2010-08-02 14:27 |
| #6 Pursuing diversity over preparedness is indeed a problem. It's not just the Navy that has been following this course. Our entire government and private sector is steeped in this nonsense. As if one could dictate/legislate diversity in a meaningful way. Nonsense. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-02 10:13 |
| #5 They are just doing what the Lairds have told them to. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-08-02 07:28 |
| #4 FOLLOWS IS UNCONFIRMED REPORTING: From: XXXX, XXDM, N00 Sent: XXXday, July XX, 2010 To: XX RADM, N00; XXX, RDML, N00; XXX, RADM 00; XXX, RDML USN; XXX, RADM, N00; XXX RDML N00; XXX, RDML, XXX, RDML, N00; XXX, RADM, XXX, RDML, N00; XXX, RDML, XXX, RADM ' Cc: CAPT XXXX, Executive Assistant to ASN (XXX); XXX, N00; XXX, SES, N00; XXX, CAPT, N1 Subject: Diversity Accountability XXXXXms, In preparation for the annual Diversity Accountability Brief that I will be giving CNO next month, my N1 has put together the attached slides. The data, pulled from TWMS earlier this week, represents what is in the system but actual assignment of personnel in your XXXXXX may vary. Please review and submit changes as necessary. A change in focus of this year's diversity brief is the desire to identify our key performers (by name) and provide insight on each of them. CNO is interested in who are the diverse officers with high potential and what is the plan for their career progression. He may ask what is being done within to ensure they are considered for key follow on billets within the Navy. This list must be held very closely but will provide ready reference to ensure we are carefully monitoring and supporting the careers of the best and the brightest the Navy has to offer. Please review the data provided and report your concurrence or identify specific anomalies. Your insight to the diverse composition of your command will assist in my discussion with CNO. Additionally, provide your by name list including career insight for your top performers (03 and above) in those key positions. This reporting requirement will not be put into TV4 taskers due to the sensitive nature of the by name list. Input is due to me by 2 August 2010. NOTHING FOLLOW. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-02 06:27 |
| #3 This kind of insane bullsh!t is what you'd expect in Nero's Rome. I know similar things happen elsewhere and have done for years, but seriously - this is sowing rot into the timbers of the US Navy. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2010-08-02 03:28 |
| #2 GATORS + the GATOR NAVY do like the color GREEN, as does the SUN + TROPICAL AURORA BOREALIS + ASIA-PACIFIC QUAKES. * ION NEWS KERALA > GRUNTS, NOT TECHNOLOGY, WIN WARS: HISTORIAN [John C. McManus in new Book]. 1944 Battle/Campaign to rcapture Guam named as one of TEN DECISIVE BATTLES for study. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-08-02 00:38 |
| #1 Multi-Mission, All-Purpose, BATTLESPACE "MOTHER SHIPS" whom are also ENVIRO-CORECT to roam the seas. HYBRID SHIPS FOR HYBRID THREATS. For some reason, images of the OFF-SHAPED, CONVERTED BULK/CONTAINER SHIPS Madge Thatcher sent ala the UK-Argentine FALKLANDS WAR comes into mind. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-08-02 00:31 |