Are we doing everything we can to train our soldiers the value of diversity?

2015-01-18T16:05:50-05:00

As an Equal Opportunity Leader, I am quite concerned by some of the ideologies expressed by individuals throughout society regarding religious, cultural, and various other differences. What is even more bothersome is seeing some of these thoughts being expressed by members within the military. I firmly believe that the military is an opportunity for everyone to be viewed on an equal playing field if they are capable of meeting the standards and performing their duties. Is this not an assumption we should have? We are constantly talking SHARP, but rarely do we truly explore differences regarding Equal Opportunity until an issue arises or if a unit has significant diversity. Should there be more emphasis on cultural differences to prevent prejudice and slander? I believe so. Thoughts?

Response by Capt Richard I P. made Jan 18 at 2015 4:11 PM

2015-01-18T16:11:17-05:00

CPT Private RallyPoint Member I think we need to spend more time on studying how to make war.

Response by Maj Walter Kilar made Jan 18 at 2015 4:17 PM

2015-01-18T16:17:48-05:00

Actually, I think we spend too much time on social issues and not enough on warfare. I get it. We should all be equal opportunity leaders, but let us not forget that in our duties to protect and defend the Constitution that we also need to afford adversaries equal opportunity to die for their beliefs. We should be spending more time training our adversaries on equal opportunity and less on our own troops.

Let us stop coddling grown adults. We all volunteered to serve our nation. We all grew up in varying levels of diversity. We all went through some form of basic training where we learned to get along with members with different gender, race, ethnicity, etc. We do not need to be browbeaten over EO at the detriment of valuable training time for other things in our duty days.