'The DEI strategic plan [is] promoting a military of individuals by highlighting their differences. If our military prioritizes individual personal identity in place of core values, such as selfless service and unity, it will fail.' -Garrett Exner
Unity of command, one of the seven principles of warfare, is taught at every professional military education course in the Defense Department. Unity is more than a vertical principle for the chain of command; it also runs horizontally among members and units. Any good military commander will argue that soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines must be united to a set of core values and to each other.
Famously, after a lifetime of service to his nation, including time as a U.S. senator and astronaut, John Glenn’s tombstone in Arlington National Cemetery lists U.S. Marine first. The conflicts in which he served follow, then at the bottom are his other professions. Interestingly, in athe order is reversed in a reflection of the difference between the way the civilian world sees itself and the way a Marine sees himself. To Col.
This all places a focus on the differences among service members instead of valuing the unifying aspects of service, merit, and core values. Sen. Roger Wicker , ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, responded to the new DEI strategy by saying, “This equity approach to promotions and assignments takes a sledgehammer to the foundation of the military. And worse, it creates divisions that put our men and women in uniform at risk.
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