"Women have been performing in every combat mission; we owe it to them to have gear that fits," said then-Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein in March 2018.,
Cheating scandal during COVID lockdown ensnares 249 Air Force Academy cadets January 29 Academy basic cadets participate in the first phase of basic cadet training with marching drills on July 8 on the Terrazzo at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. The academy has investigated 249 cadets for alleged cheating last spring, after three-quarters of the academy s students were sent home in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. (Trevor Cokley/Air Force) In a Friday release, the academy said those cadets are suspected of violating the school’s honor code in a variety of ways from failing to properly cite sources and looking up answers on unauthorized tutoring websites while taking exams to completing final exams in small groups.
From the WaPo
Black members of the Air Force are treated differently than their White counterparts when it comes to job placement, leadership opportunities, educational options, criminal investigations and administrative discipline, according to the findings of a months-long investigation by the service’s independent watchdog.
In a 150-page report released Monday, the Air Force Inspector General’s Office recommended that leaders develop action plans and schedule additional reviews to ensure that changes are made.
The report stopped short of declaring that systemic racism existed in the Air Force but found that 2 out of 5 Black members of the service do not trust their leaders to address racism, bias and unequal opportunities, and 3 out of 5 believe they will not receive the same benefit of the doubt as their White colleagues if they get in trouble.
Air Force investigation shows Black and white members treated differently
Black members of the Air Force are offered fewer opportunities for growth and development, according to a new report.
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An investigation into racial disparities in the United States Air Force revealed that Blacks are treated differently than their white counterparts.
The
Washington Postreports the investigation was called for in June as many industries across the country attempted to account for racial bias and insensitivity following global protests sparked by the death of
George Floyd. Before the inquiry began, the nonprofit Protect Our Defenders had just released data that detailed how the service had mostly failed to follow through on its promise to address racial disparities made in 2016.
On Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced additional House committee assignments.
Congresswoman-elect Sara Jacobs (D-CA) was the only incoming House freshman named to the Foreign Affairs Committee. “I look forward to bringing my experience in U.S. foreign policy and international organizations and my voice as a millennial who has never known a day in my adult life that the United States has not been at war to the committee as we work to rebuild America’s standing in the world,” Jacobs told
Jewish Insider in a statement.
Congresswoman-elect Kathy Manning (D-NC) told JI last month that she was hoping to join Foreign Affairs. Instead, Manning was tapped for the Education and Labor Committee. Additional committee assignments are likely to be announced in January.