Posted on Jul 9, 2020

US Military Confronts Its Own Racial Reckoning

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The U.S. military is one of the many institutions facing the nation's reckoning on racial injustice.
James Stavridis, retired Navy admiral and former NATO supreme allied commander, says it’s time for all branches of the military to rename bases that honor Confederate officers and ban public displays of the Confederate flag.

US Military Confronts Its Own Racial Reckoning

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SSG Edward Tilton

Posted 4 y ago

The troops got over segregation long before the officers. I had a LTC refer to mu wife as a "slant eyed, hip swinging whore". None of the officers told him how wrong that was but the SMAJ did

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US Military Confronts Its Own Racial Reckoning

US Military Confronts Its Own Racial Reckoning

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