How has Equal Opportunity helped or hindered the military's drive for equality of the sexes, races and creeds? Does it need to be modernized?

Equal Opportunity helps because it keeps our military a force in readiness. Plus, it ensures people are fairly treated when enforced and encouraged. Also, it gives incentive for those who have rightly earned their rank, medal, MOS, billet, and respect to receive those things. In other words, it makes people feel of value. Plus, promoting equality increases comradery among troops which is much needed out there in the sticks. Yes, it does need to be modernized.

I started out by having Zumwalt's "Project Upward Seminar" forced on all commands which did more to bring hatred to the front without the means to deal with it. Lot's of fights broke out aboard ship and overall performance tanked everywhere. Since that's my starting point and I've been a Title VII trained EEO counselor and conducted a number of Admin Investigations, I've come to a conclusion that some probably won't like. That is, we're hitting diminishing returns on tinkering with policies, processes, and systems. The bigger opportunity relates to changing a culture's heart and soul. So the EEO stuff, once it got on track, did/does help but it has its limitations; and we're reaching them.

The problem is there's a fatal flaw in any Government trying to force people how to think, feel, and act. Good parenting does more than Government programs. So my take is more focus on stuff that will move the needle significantly further is a better investment than stuff published in the Federal Register.

Funny thing, performance did pick up again after all that fighting and people got it out of their system. But that 3-4 months in between sucked.

Equal opportunity is a good thing.