The Military Needs More Diversity in its Legal Community, Expert Says

[rangerrebew]

The Military Needs More Diversity in its Legal Community, Expert Says
 
17 Jun 2020
Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk

As the services grapple with how best to address disparities in military punishment, they should create a more racially diverse Judge Advocate General Corps, according to a former military prosecutor.

Speaking to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Don Christensen, president of Protect Our Defenders and a retired Air Force colonel, said he is concerned with the lack of African American representation in top JAG positions.

When he retired in 2014, Christensen, who was also the Air Force's chief prosecutor, said he knew of one African American out of 124 colonels in the branch's JAG Corps.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/17/military-needs-more-diversity-its-legal-community-expert-says.html

[rangerrebew]

Does greater diversity make the law better, or something?   

[FeelNoPain]

Does greater diversity make the law better, or something?   

It shouldn't.
But, the reality is that appearances and perception matter. The military is now along the lines of 43-45% minority.
Even higher percentage of young troops.
BTW, something for folks to keep in mind when they clamor for calling in the military to restore order in our nation's cities. 

[Fishrrman]

Feelnopain wrote:
"The military is now along the lines of 43-45% minority.
Even higher percentage of young troops."

Not so good when the civil war starts.
A minority army is not going to be overly reticent to fire on whites if and when they're ordered to do so.

And if it comes down to brass tacks, they ARE going to be ordered to do so.

Perhaps that's all "a part of the plan"...