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Race-conscious 'diversity, equity, and inclusion' (DEI) policies are worsening the U.S. military's personnel shortages.

The Navy, as part of a move since summer 2020 to diversify its ranks, has reinstated its Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program, partly as a means of attracting officer candidates from minority communities.

Two Navy retirees, one black and one white, discuss the future and reflect on the past in tandem.

Navy Deletes Phrases Like 'Faddish' and 'Complement the Skin Tone' from Grooming Regs Retail Specialist 3rd Class Jakerion Brown maintains the ships grooming standards aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Isaac Maxwell) 5 Apr 2021 The Navy is out with the first of a series of uniform policy changes following a monthslong study the service did to identify and end unintentionally discriminatory regulations. Sailors will no longer be subject to leaders' interpretation about what grooming standards are in "good taste," ...

(Jo Jung-ho/Yonhap via AP, File) Never mind that the ChiCom foreign minister and the PLA-N have been saber-rattling over Taiwan lately and crowing over the commissioning of their second 12,000-ton Type 055 guided missile destroyer. Don’t worry about the Russians’ new super-sized submarine, Belgorod, armed with their latest version of nuclear-tipped torpedoes. No need to be concerned about military readiness and combat effectiveness of the US Navy. The shortage of combat systems team training and other basic training time in the Navy? Fuhgeddaboudit. We gotta stop the music, stand down, ...