Is diversity good for the Military?

Diverse people go into the military. All Races, creeds, and religions, but that is where
the diversity needs to end. No classes, and other crap to take time away from building
a fighting force.

We need Unity the military will cease to exist if Diversity takes over for Unity.

Unity is what our military is all about. Pushing Diversity, will erode the Unity that we require.

Obama started pushing the race card in the military, trying to FIX a problem that did
not exist. He instead, MADE it a problem, a problem that required classes, and forums
to talk about our diversity and systemic racism.

I was in the military back in the 70's and 80's and there were ZERO race problems, we
all worked together for our common goal.

Racism was rooted out of the military after WWII.

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GeniUs · 56-60, M

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.