Is diversity good for the Military?

The main purpose of the military is to defend our nation and to break things, namely anyone that directly threatens America. Our military is not meant to be used for diverse social experiments.

My friend of mine told me that his drill sergeant used to say the only color in the army was green.

I'm taking this post on face value so no political agenda.
The military and it doesn't matter which branch needs everybody within it's ranks to be capable of a standard, no exceptions for race, colour, sex, gender. If there is a requirement for a specific person to be recruited (let me go extreme) you need an Iragi speaking female and the only person you can recruit is morbidly obese you take that person as an exception and they are encouraged to become more fit for purpose as a member of the armed forces.
Everybody should be treated equally and that includes no positive discrimination either; when I left in 2012 this had not been achieved. There were different allowable levels of fitness for men, women and age related too, women were treated as a protected species. Whenever we went somewhere where accommodation was limited, females were never packed into rooms like the men were and that's even before we get into who's gay or gender queer or any of that nonsense. Is there a place for an equalities rep in the armed forces? Yes but their job must be to ease the problems in having all the current insanity about people pushing their rights and not down treading males, so that the one purple, gender agile, knobhead who wants all the perks and none of the hardships gets their own way.

it started big time in the FBI according to Big intel, the book i just read. Anyone undergoing sex change, is too emotional to go into the military. as for women, there should be positions for them if they want to serve.

How many military members actually have had gender reassignment surgery? I'll wait...

Some excellent and dedicated people were forced out before President Clinton went with DADT. (Gay and lesbian people have served since military forces were established thousands of years ago.)

A draft without exceptions would be good for society. People are separated by groups. Being mixed together would be healthy. Those "others" are just people. No need to fear others who don't look alike.

The armed services in most western countries struggle to meet recruitment targets and must recruit as widely as possible, creating a very diverse workforce. Military personnel are entitled to the same legal protection and human dignity as any other citizen. The nature of the work does not preclude this.

When my mum and dad served in the Royal Navy from the 1990s to the 2010s, racism, sexism, and homophobia were widespread and generally tolerated.

The military is about protection and about winning battles. Surely people understand that. Diversity rears its head causing more conflict. Just do the job whoever you are. You do not have to like your comrades, you just have to protect and to trust each other. I am not into war.

Racism has always been in the US military. It was NEVER rooted out if the military. That fact that you are posting your thoughts tells be that RACISM in the US military is as strong today as it was 50 years ago.

Trump is making sure that RACISM is front and center of his agenda.