Defense secretary’s latest interposition resulted in all-male, overwhelmingly white picks for promotion to admiralty
The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, stripped nine navy officers including women and Black service members from a promotion list last month, according to a person familiar with the matter, resulting in an all-male, overwhelmingly white slate of 22 advancing as nominees to become one-star admirals.
Hegseth’s unusual intervention violated promotion rules designed to be merit-based and apolitical, the New York Times said on Tuesday, and extended the Trump administration’s push to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the military.
The original promotion list included three women and two Black officers in addition to the two who remained, the newspaper said.
If you’re wondering why the navy can’t figure out how to serve a hot meal on a boat anymore, this is why.
A large number of women officers were relegated to the logistics divisions. Because promotions were heavily favored towards combat veterans, and women were regularly prevented from participating in combat roles, logistics and back-office administration became the de facto “women’s branches”. Famously, the first woman 4-star general came up through Army Logistics. You’ll find women officers all through inventory, engineering, comms, and medical roles.
When Hegseth starts purging women from these officers’ corps, what he is effectively doing is Male-centric DEI in woman-dominated fields. And the end result is a much lower quality of officer with lackluster experience and more skills at kissing ass than doing the fucking job.
FAFO I guess.
Deja vu except I’m sure this is not old news / a repost, just today’s news about (yet another) fucking prominent Nazi
Sounds like he only wants to be surrounded by men. Hmmm
Seamen
This feels like Pure Original Internet (TM-like copyleft symbol here)
It’s from the Dreamcast game, “Seaman” where you use a microphone to talk to a half-fish, half Japanese salaryman named “Seaman”.
Yes, it’s real lol
You know, not all white people voted republican, also, not all women and black people voted democrat. They are definitely going to hurt.
America voted for this.
One third of elegible vorerst voted for this. One third didn’t bother to show up.
So you admit white men are disadvantaged and need help to reach higher rank, yes?
Smells like DEI
Hegseth’s unusual intervention violated promotion rules designed to be merit-based and apolitical, the New York Times said on Tuesday, and extended the Trump administration’s push to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the military.
Literally doing DEI for white men.
De-diversity, Exclusivity and Incels
Drunken extremists and idiots
Incel in Chief.
My opinion remains unchanged: The Regime is throwing away pearls, and raising rot-ridden swine in their place. If a civil war comes, Hegseth and company will be ended by the people they cast aside.
Grow up. People who decide to die/murder for nationalism are far from pearls.
“The sooner we have the right people, the sooner we can advance the right policies.”
Hegseth is not shy about his goals. The right people are white male MAGA, and the right policies are Trump’s agenda. This is blatant racism and i will celebrate the day he is in jail or dead.
I assume all instances of the word “right” should be “white”
Well he doesn’t wash his hands so inshallah that will be sooner rather than later.
Yeah because the fascists want an army comprised only of soldiers and sailors who agree with fascists.
And they wonder why people keep shooting at Republican politicians?
Wow imagine you decide to die and/or murder for a racist, patriarchical, genocidal empire… And then this happens! Bummer. \s
This is likely to cause a large exodus that they just cannot refill with MAGAts. They’re brain draining the military itself now while planning to use it more. Talk about stupid is as stupid does.
Right-wingers: they were only on the list because they’re women/minorities!
No, that’s the reason they were taken off the list.
