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Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley asks, 'Where are the black generals?'


Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley asks, ‘Where are the black generals?’
Jamie McIntyre
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‘WE MUST GET BETTER’: Before the nation’s top military officer swore in 21 new second lieutenants to the Army at a commissioning ceremony at Howard University, one of the nation’s premier Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Washington, D.C., he paused to reflect on the U.S. military’s egalitarian ethos, as well as its failure to become a “truly inclusive” force.
“Our force is almost 20% African American. It s over 40% people of color. But only two of 41 four-star generals are black,” said ....

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Reducing the Burden of Military Bases on Okinawa: Implications of the New Security Environment


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Members of Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki s advisory group, the Bankoku Shinryō Council on U.S. Military Base Issues, discussed the findings and recommendations contained in their March 2021 report.  After initial remarks by Governor Tamaki (English translation here), members of the Council addressed the following issues (PowerPoints available here): (1) the need to reconsider the Futenma Replacement Facility project at Henoko and eliminate the dangers from Futenma Air Station, (2) implications of US-China strategic competition for Okinawa, (3) new operational concepts of the US military and their implications for US bases in Okinawa,  (4) Indo-Pacific diplomacy and Okinawa, and (5) the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement and the impact of US military training on local communities in Okinawa and the rest of Japan. ....

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US military drill relocation costs covertly covered by Japan's 1990s 'sympathy budgets'


US military drill relocation costs covertly covered by Japan s 1990s sympathy budgets
April 23, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Papers documenting U.S. military history including an account of the relocation of FCLP drills from the Naval Air Facility Atsugi to Iwo Jima is seen in this file photo taken on Jan. 25, 2021. (Mainichi/Hiroya Miyagi)
Between 1993 and 1995, the Japanese government surreptitiously used budgets for U.S. military base hosting contributions to cover expenses for relocating drills in Japan, official United States Forces documents have revealed.
U.S military drill relocation costs were not originally designated expenses covered by what s commonly referred to as the sympathy budget, or Japan s contribution to the cost of stationing U.S. troops in the country. The sympathy budget referral was carried out in response to a U.S. military request on the pretext of increasing expenses for maintaining Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefectur ....

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