Interesting anecdote about blacks in the army (I assume) in the late 60’s time frame. Not surprising. I would see the Amercal division blacks lounging around openly in Chu Lai getting stoned in 68. Outside their hootches on the main road. No one seemed to do anything about it. I was USMC, so we just took it as the usual army routine (SNAFU). Guess it got worse after my time.
How the Marines are dealing with homos these days would be interesting to us aging VN vets. We would have to understand they were brought up through the liberal school system and have a far different starting point than we had.
I don't know what the USMC does with the disproportionate problems blacks always bring with them. The Army and USAF have treated blacks as a de facto ‘protected class’ for many decades. Blacks flaunt rules all the time that would get a white man's career ended. Black women in uniform (i refuse to refer to them as soldiers) are frequently obviously over weight and in violation of grooming standards due to both sloppy wear of the uniform (well before every one wore BDUs all the time) and various weird hair styles. This is all going to be child's play compared to dealing with more and more aggressive queers in uniform and the foul behaviors they bring with them. Increasingly many barracks will resemble a prison due to the behavior of the personnel. Homosexual gang rapes will really help morale and unit cohesion.