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Military Focus on Equity Strives for Mediocrity

Military Focus on Equity Strives for Mediocrity
A U.S. Army soldier with the 10th Special Forces Group and his military working dog jump off the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment during water training over the Gulf of Mexico as part of exercise Emerald Warrior 2011 on March 1, 2011. Tech. Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez / U.S. Air Force
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Commentary

The U.S. military’s tradition of excellence and achievement faces strain amid the push for racial, sexual, and gender equity—aka mediocrity.

John Rossomando
John Rossomando
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John Rossomando is a senior analyst for defense policy at the Center for Security Policy and served as senior analyst for counterterrorism at The Investigative Project on Terrorism for eight years.
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