It's Official: The Army Is Getting Rid of Officer Promotion Photos to Help Eliminate Bias

[rangerrebew]

It's Official: The Army Is Getting Rid of Officer Promotion Photos to Help Eliminate Bias

25 Jun 2020
Military.com | By Hope Hodge Seck

Days after Defense Secretary Mark Esper proposed removing photos from officer promotion board packages as a way to eliminate unconscious bias in the process, the Army has moved to suspend its use of the photos.

In a memo dated Wednesday and signed by Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, the service announced that use of the photos would be suspended as of Aug. 1.

"The strength of our Army comes from our diversity," the leaders wrote in the memo, reviewed by Military.com. "Developing and maintaining qualified and demographically diverse leadership is critical for mission effectiveness and is essential to national security."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/25/its-official-army-getting-rid-of-officer-promotion-photos-help-eliminate-bias.html

[rangerrebew]

Then they need to get rid of names, any reference to sexual orientation, references to where candidates grew up, schools attended, religious affiliation, and reduce them to numbers tatooed on their wrists, just like the Nazis did to Jews.

[EdinVA]

So only officer are biased?

[Chosen Daughter]

 

On their own?  No blowback from Donald?  Commander In Chief.

[Smokin Joe]

Then they need to get rid of names, any reference to sexual orientation, references to where candidates grew up, schools attended, religious affiliation, and reduce them to numbers tatooed on their wrists, just like the Nazis did to Jews.

We had an attempt to remove professor bias from grading papers.
The numbers were on our papers, grades recorded by another professor under our name.
Our writing styles gave us away anyway.