In January, the Air Force changed grooming standards for female troops to allow ponytails and braids rather than buns alone. The Army followed suit a few months later, announcing that it is also eliminating from policy guidance words like “eccentric” and “faddish,” which often targeted women of color.
“This really goes back to a larger thing – diversity and inclusion,” Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston said. “Are these microaggressions, those things that we were saying that maybe we didn’t know were offensive? Maybe we need to be aware of that.”
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What may seem like a superficial change in grooming standards signals a sea change in attitudes about military strength.
(Article by Doug Mainwaring republished from LifeSiteNews.com)
“History was made on Friday with the first ever all gay U.S. Navy helicopter crew,” tweeted veteran Navy Intelligence Officer and left-wing activist Travis Akers, along with pictures of the homosexual flyers.
History was made on Friday with the first ever all gay @USNavy helicopter crew. pic.twitter.com/3o1dYRn7Dw
During the previous week, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) announced that a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Initiative Team (LIT) had been formally established under the umbrella of its Barrier Analysis Working Group (BAWG).
“The LGBTQ Initiative Team focuses on the LGBTQ community and identifies and works to resolve the issues that disproportionately impede the success of LGBTQ Airmen and Guardians,” explained a USAF press release. “The creation of this team comes 10 years after the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the legislation that prohibited LGB service members from se
https://www.afinalwarning.com/516720.html (Natural News) The U.S. military exists for one purpose and one purpose only: To fight and win America’s wars.
Now, we haven’t really ‘won’ a war in a long time, granted. We fought to a draw in Korea; won many battles in Vietnam but ultimately lost the war to the Communist faction; and we have spent trillions fighting low-tech wars in Iraq and Afghanistan collectively for decades with literally nothing to show for it.
But the overarching objective of the military is to fight and win the macro wars wars that, were we to lose, our country would be invaded and taken over by a foreign power that would not be very hospitable to the conquered American nation.
Last week, the U.S. Air Force announced the launch of two new diversity and inclusion programs, including a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning initiative team (LIT) and the Indigenous Nations Equality Teams (INET).
The two panels are intended to identify barriers affecting the employment, advancement and retention of members of those two identity groups.
“The establishment of these two teams builds on the successes of the Department of the Air Force’s other teams and allows the Department of the Air Force to identify and address the issues impacting diversity and inclusion for Airmen and Guardians,” the Air Force said in an April 26 press release.
Air Force Creates LGBTQA, Indigenous Focus Groups to Address Diversity Issues
A rainbow flag is placed in the ground for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month during the Picnic in the Park at Nussbaumer Park, June 27, 2015, in Fairbanks, Alaska. More than 200 flags were handed out to members of the 354th Fighter Wing and members of the local community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ashley Nicole Taylor/Released)
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The U.S. Air Force has put together two new teams to address barriers and other issues affecting airmen and Space Force Guardians belonging to the LGBTQA or Native American communities.