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To: Mr Rogers

It’s my understanding that white males still comprise the majority of the “sharp end” of the military. Minorities are mostly in the support areas. Can you enlighten me about this?


48 posted on 04/07/2012 7:45:04 AM PDT by mrsmel
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To: mrsmel

“It’s my understanding that white males still comprise the majority of the “sharp end” of the military. Minorities are mostly in the support areas.”

That is pretty accurate from what I saw. I retired in 2008.


60 posted on 04/07/2012 8:16:21 AM PDT by Mr Rogers ("they found themselves made strangers in their own country")
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About 2:1 - AFTER correcting for % of population - for special forces. (If Blacks = 14% of population, then = 7% of Special Forces)

About 6:1 - AFTER correcting - for Seals.

long threads about this some time back - concerning swimming ability re Seal data.

But - this is everywhere. Those 15 IQ points on average are hard to overcome.


102 posted on 04/07/2012 7:11:38 PM PDT by Eldon Tyrell
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To: mrsmel
It’s my understanding that white males still comprise the majority of the “sharp end” of the military. Minorities are mostly in the support areas. Can you enlighten me about this?

Nah, You have a lot of minority leadership these days. The leadership ranks mirrors the population.

116 posted on 04/08/2012 7:14:07 AM PDT by USAF80
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