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How about woke initiatives like painting their bullets the colors of the gay rights movement rather than improve barracks? :whistle:
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How the Marine Corps’ barracks got to be so bad, according to 2 generals
By Irene Loewenson
 May 1, 02:57 PM

 
WASHINGTON — Now that the Marine Corps is engaged in a sweeping effort to fix problems in its barracks buildings, Marine leaders have offered some explanations for how the barracks got to be substandard in the first place.

As the Marine Corps’ budget chief sees it, one reason was years of spending more on weapons systems than on quality of life.


“For too long, because we were taking risk in those types of initiatives in order to buy the weapons systems, they became more and more in disrepair,” Lt. Gen. James Adams, the deputy Marine commandant for programs and resources, said about the barracks at a panel discussion Wednesday at the Modern Day Marine conference in Washington.

As the land wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were ending, the Marine Corps began to prepare for the next big conflict, which it anticipated might be a faceoff with the powerful Chinese military in the Indo-Pacific. In 2020, then-Commandant Gen. David Berger launched the Force Design initiative to update the Corps’ structure, training and platforms for that potential fight.

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2024/05/01/how-the-marine-corps-barracks-got-to-be-so-bad-according-to-2-generals/
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Military/Defense News / The Coast Guard Academy’s Newest DEI Push
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 01:56:56 pm »
 
The Coast Guard Academy’s Newest DEI Push
By Michael R. Shevock
May 03, 2024
 
DEI is a bad idea. It is divisive, racist, and anti-meritocratic. Coleman Hughes, Ayaan Hirsi Ali , Elon Musk, and a host of other first-rate minds have vigorously come out against it.  Yet, our Coast Guard leadership continues to promote it without discussion or debate. For an objective observer, that should be the first clue that something is very, very wrong.

Supporters of this ideology are fond of the term ‘cultural competence,’ which they seem to believe is obtainable in a seminar or a classroom, but there are other paths to knowledge. For example, I enjoyed twenty-eight years in federal law enforcement, which, among other things, afforded me familiarity with the inside of a crack-house. Here are are some things I learned first-hand:


(1) Underclass black America is indeed suffering unacceptable levels of violence and generational poverty;

(2) Malcolm X was absolutely correct when he identified white liberals as an impediment to the progress of black America;

(3) the most pernicious condition afflicting underclass black America, yielding drug use, poverty and crime, is the lack of fathers in the home; and

(4) the dominance of the progressive/postmodern agenda, of which DEI is a cornerstone, is almost solely to blame for the pitiful state of our urban poor.

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2024/05/03/the_coast_guard_academys_newest_dei_push_1029175.html
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FLASHBACK: Biden confidante made revealing admission about Obama DOJ in unearthed interview
Former Delaware Sen. Ted Kaufman boasted about the Obama DOJ being 'full of Biden people' in 2012 interview
By Andrew Mark Miller , Cameron Cawthorne Fox News
Published May 3, 2024 4:00am EDT


FIRST ON FOX: A former U.S. senator and longtime political confidante of President Biden openly acknowledged that the Department of Justice was "full of Biden people" during the Obama presidency, sparking criticism from skeptics as Biden's DOJ continues to fight questions about its impartiality in high-profile investigations.

"The Justice Department is full of Biden people!" Former Delaware Democratic Sen. Ted Kaufman said in a 2012 "Oral History" Senate interview reviewed by Fox News Digital in response to a question about Biden's input on cabinet positions.

"I mean full of Biden people. If you want a list of where Biden people are, there are a whole bunch of people in the Justice Department, and a whole bunch of them in our foreign policy establishment, and a whole bunch of them in the White House, OMB, and places like that."

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-biden-confidante-revealing-admission-obama-doj-unearthed-interview
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30 sailors and Marines injured in at-sea training mishap off Florida
By Geoff Ziezulewicz
 May 2, 05:37 PM
 
Thirty Marines and sailors were injured Wednesday night during a training incident involving two ship-to-shore vessels. One of the hovercrafts, assigned to the amphibious transport dock New York, is shown here during a pre-deployment exercise on April 8. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse Turner/Navy)
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to note a comment by U.S. 2nd Fleet.

Dozens of sailors and Marines were injured Wednesday evening after an at-sea mishap during a training event off the coast of Florida, the Navy said Thursday.


Thirty Marines and sailors suffered injuries, with five sailors medically evacuated to Savannah Memorial University Medical Center for further care, according to the Navy.

“Four of the five Sailors have been released from the hospital after treatment,” the Navy said Thursday afternoon. “One Sailor remains under medical care and is being assessed for further treatment.”

https://www.navytimes.com/breaking-news/2024/05/02/30-sailors-and-marines-injured-in-at-sea-training-mishap-off-florida/
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Catholics' support swings for Trump over Biden by significant margin: poll
Hispanic Catholics saw the most drastic shift towards the GOP compared to a similar poll from Pew in 2020
By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi Fox News
Published May 3, 2024 8:02am EDT

Catholics in the United States have swung dramatically against President Biden in recent years, now boasting a significant statistical break towards his GOP challenger.

Pew Research released on Apr. 30 a report exploring support for presidential candidates sorted by religious affiliation.

The poll found that 55% of Catholics support or lean towards supporting former President Donald Trump in a head-to-head against Biden.

Conversely, only 45% of Catholics support Biden in the same one-on-one pairing.

The 12% margin of support in favor of Trump marks a significant shift from 2020, when he held an extremely narrow lead — 50% to 49%.

Biden currently leads among Hispanic Catholics with a narrow 49%-47% split, but the close contest marks a major shift rightward for the demographic. In 2020, a similar poll from Pew Research found Hispanic Catholics preferred Biden to Trump with a staggering 67%-26% split.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/catholics-support-swings-trump-biden-significant-margin-poll
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