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 Today's D Brief: Milley on inequality; Space Guardsmen?; What Kabul wants; Defense CEO pay; And a bit more.
By Tara Copp, Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
May 5, 2021 10:39 AM ET

    The D Brief

CJCS Milley: Dedication to equality is “why I wear the uniform.” That’s the message today from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley who spoke to 21 graduating ROTC cadets at Howard University Wednesday morning.

As he commissioned some of the military’s newest officers, Milley noted the deep institutional change underway at the Pentagon to address inequality in its ranks, and told the cadets they are a key part of that change, Defense One’s Tara Copp reports.

“It is your generation that can and will bring the joint force to be truly inclusive of all peoples” by swearing an oath to an idea that unifies the country, Milley said. “What matters is that in this country, in these United States, under these colors of red, white and blue, each and every one of us is born free and equal...And that must always be our North Star, and our goal to form a more perfect union. That is why I wear the uniform. That is why you are wearing the uniform. That is why you are taking an oath, and that is why you will fight.”

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/05/the-d-brief-may-05-2021/173821/