Racism In The Military

The military services need to sort through thousands of citations.

There is no 'woke' military.

'Growing mistrust between the races and sexes where none existed just six months ago'

"The Army values are what we will live by. Please continue to hold us to those standards."

"I serve because I want young women of color to believe they can achieve anything that they dream."

We have met the enemy and he is us.

Cohesive teams require trusting the person next to you.

'We will own this'

When has a stand down solved anything?

Where transparency goes to die.

"Pains of the past are passed on and knowing this will help you know your troops.”

"There is no place for racism in the Marine Corps."

The Academy would not specify the administrative action taken against Midshipman 1st Class Chase Standage.

'You have the ruthless in rooting it out, and when you find it, you’ve got to separate it like a cancer, quickly – because it clearly will spread.'

"I know I'm not the only one, so why don't nobody care?"

Data obtained by Reuters show that service members rarely file formal equal opportunity complaints when compared to their civilian employee counterparts within the Defense Department. Why?

Marine 2nd Lt. Felippe Maher had been slated to appear before a general court-martial later this month before the case was withdrawn on Sept. 9.

At least one Air Force base has distributed training materials designed to foster a conversation around the concept of white privilege amid the service's reckoning with racial disparities in the ranks

"We will revisit our relationship with the Museum when I am convinced that they have made the necessary changes to ensure this type of behavior does not happen again"

When the U.S. Air Force introduced a new survey earlier this month that asked airmen to describe racial injustice or bias they'd witnessed or experienced during their careers, leaders figured they'd get a lot of feedback — but they didn't expect that thousands would come forward with stories

"In my opinion, I've been doing this for 38 years, the topic of race in the military has been considered taboo, something we just don't talk about"

"Racists don’t think they’re being racist. In fact, when they’re being racist, they often play it off as a joke."

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has announced a series of steps he is taking immediately to combat racism in the ranks

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday directed the Navy to stand up a group to examine service policies amid the national conversations about race and discrimination

The heads of the two committees convening the July 16 hearing said the commandant of the Coast Guard, Rear Arm. Karl Schultz, has refused to testify