A diverse Corps is necessary to implement future force design, top official says

[rangerrebew]

A diverse Corps is necessary to implement future force design, top official says
By Philip Athey
 Aug 10, 5:51 PM
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. A. T. Williamson,, director of manpower, plans and policy, argues that diversity is needed to create a force capable of fighting China and other powers. (MC2 Jonathan Clay/Navy) (Defense Media Activity - Navy Pr)

The Marine Corps needs increased diversity to fully implement the force design changes required to face off against China, Russia or other potential threats, said Marine Brig. Gen. A.T. Williamson, director of manpower, plans and policy, in early August.

“The commandant right now is focusing on force design … the Marine Corps is making a concerted effort right now in investing in several capabilities,” Williamson said at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Apace 2021 conference in National Harbor, Maryland. “But what the commandant has stated, and what we as Marines always know is, the primacy of that expeditionary force is the Marine.”
 
 https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2021/08/10/a-diverse-corps-is-necessary-to-implement-future-force-design-top-official-says/

[rangerrebew]

Conservative, white males are not part of the "diversity!"   

[Kamaji]

WTF does skin color have to do with military skill?  The only thing I can see where skin color would be even remotely beneficial to a military operation would be trying to infiltrate a foreign country, which might be marginally easier - all else being equal - if the troops doing the infiltrating were of the same general skin color as the local population.  Of course, without uniforms, the infiltrators would be subject to execution as spies, and wouldn't be treated as lawful combatants, so they'd probably wear at least the minimum required badging, which then makes skin color mostly irrelevant as a form of social camoflauge.

[sneakypete]

"Marine Corps Brig. Gen. A. T. Williamson,, director of manpower, plans and policy, argues that diversity is needed to create a force capable of fighting China and other powers."

ANY senior officer that babbles that sort of nonsene needs to be relieved of duty,discharged,and put in either a prison for corruption,or a Federal Farm for Fools.

The one asset we need the most are US Senators and Congresscritters that aren't on the Chinese payroll.

Let's hear a General Officer say THAT while standing in front of the teebee cameras,and see how lone HE remains in uniform.

[sneakypete]

WTF does skin color have to do with military skill?  The only thing I can see where skin color would be even remotely beneficial to a military operation would be trying to infiltrate a foreign country, which might be marginally easier - all else being equal - if the troops doing the infiltrating were of the same general skin color as the local population.  Of course, without uniforms, the infiltrators would be subject to execution as spies, and wouldn't be treated as lawful combatants, so they'd probably wear at least the minimum required badging, which then makes skin color mostly irrelevant as a form of social camoflauge.

@Kamaji

So what? What do you think those of us in SOG were doing during the VN war? We went into Laos,Cambodia,and North Vietnam with no dogtags,no ID cards,and oftentimes wearing NVA uniforms and carrying Soviet Block weapons to perform POW snatches,gather intel on enemy troop movements,kill specific NVA officers or politicians,set booby traps,etc,etc,etc.

We generally went into those places as members of 6 man recon teams with 3 Americans and 3 indiginous soldiers.

Operation Tailwind was an exception to the norm because it was a "Hatchet Force" platoon that went in,and it took another platoon to pull out the survivors and the bodies.

We also had the highest casuality rating of any US force since the Civil War,and the highest enemy kill ratio of any unit in US history.

Neither I nor anyone else involved in any of that mentioned it for almost 20 years after the war ended because it was Top Secret Code Word stuff. Now it is all out in the public,and there has beena BUNCH of books written about our operations.

Don't believe me,google "MACV-SOG".

[sneakypete]

......  Of course, without uniforms, the infiltrators would be subject to execution as spies, and wouldn't be treated as lawful combatants, so they'd probably wear at least the minimum required badging, which then makes skin color mostly irrelevant as a form of social camoflauge.

@Kamaji

So what? What do you think those of us in SOG were doing during the VN war? We went into Laos,Cambodia,and North Vietnam with no dogtags,no ID cards,and oftentimes wearing NVA uniforms and carrying Soviet Block weapons to perform POW snatches,gather intel on enemy troop movements,kill specific NVA officers or politicians,set booby traps,etc,etc,etc.

We generally went into those places as members of 6 man recon teams with 3 Americans and 3 indiginous soldiers. Of course,some of the SF guys were genetically Asian.

Some were black,but they would have had no better luck passing as a local or a NVA than the white guys did.

Operation Tailwind was an exception to the norm because it was a "Hatchet Force" platoon that went in,and it took another platoon to pull out the survivors and the bodies.

We also had the highest casuality rating of any US force since the Civil War,and the highest enemy kill ratio of any unit in US history.

Neither I nor anyone else involved in any of that mentioned it for almost 20 years after the war ended because it was Top Secret Code Word stuff. Now it is all out in the public,and there has beena BUNCH of books written about our operations.

Don't believe me,google "MACV-SOG".

[Kamaji]

@sneakypete

Settle down there, Chief.  I'm not attacking you.  And no need to double-post.