US Naval Academy Graduation in Annapolis, MarylandAnnette John-Hall: Admiral Wants Hands Of All Colors On Bridge - Not Just On Deck -- Philadelphia Inquirer
If Adm. Gary Roughead has his way - and what chief of naval operations doesn't get his way? - more midshipmen like Osborne Bingham, Kadeem Gordon, and Christopher Dugan will graduate from the Naval Academy as fully commissioned officers.
Yes, the new face of Navy leadership would look more like America. It would include African Americans like Bingham, Gordon, and Dugan - and every other race, for that matter. These new officers would fly technologically advanced jet fighters, command thousands of sailors on aircraft carriers, and operate $2 billion submarines - "nuclear power plants under the sea," Roughead says.
They'd be among the best and the brightest and most sought after. At least, that is Roughead's vision for the officers.
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My Comment: I give "credit" to the reporter who covered this story .... she is not even hiding or rationalizing the Navy's new policy/priority for accepting students based on ethnicity and not on their marks and/or accomplishments.
Translated .... a white student whose marks are equal to a black student will always be put aside in favor of the non-white candidate in order to meet the Navy's policies on "diversity".
If this is the official policy, I can then only assume that the next step would be to promote officers based on race and "diversity" so that it would reflect what America is.
Sigh ..... expect the lawsuits to fly and white officers (who do not make the grade) to start looking for other jobs.
