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CSM Michael Chavaree
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On one hand we try to be all “the same” Army green, on the other we point out the different genders and race. Great accomplishment for sure, but race is irrelevant.
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CSM Michael Chavaree
CSM Michael Chavaree
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[Imagine the roles changed, if she were the first female who graduated Ranger school, great achievement for sure. Then several years later a white female graduates... would it be appropriate to write an article outlining the first white female to graduate? I think not. I cannot find evidence of systematic racism in the military for the time I have been in. Isolated incidents for sure, but not as an enterprise. That is where I fail to find the emphasis of the point of the article in outlining the achievement directly coorilated to race, where overcoming systematic racial obstacles has not been observed for decades. That was not me, I graduated in 2005, and was the Brigade 1SG (HHD) 2016-2017 until I PCSd and was selected for Sergeant Major. CPT David Bernheim ~427243:CPT David Bernheim]
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CSM Michael Chavaree
CSM Michael Chavaree
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I guess my point is “so what”, Ranger school is not that difficult and for a SFC to pass a course that evaluates leadership in team, squad, and platoon level, I find trouble finding the big deal. CPT David Bernheim
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CPT David Bernheim
CPT David Bernheim
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CSM Michael Chavaree - I am going to exit this conversation. You continue to add the view through your lens. The picture is larger than your view, MSG. Perhaps the article might shed some light. Regards.
https://ivmf.syracuse.edu/article/race-relations-within-the-us-military/
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CSM Michael Chavaree
CSM Michael Chavaree
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Not one piece of this article even applies to minority female advantages or disadvantages in the military. You cannot just google research and make it apply. I am still in the service and can see forst hand the AARs from the field which have demographics broken down for promotions and I can attest there is NO systematic racism that exist in our day and age. My lens is from a current Active component Senior Enlisted spectacle... When is the last time you wore a uniform and witnessed any of this first hand? Once again, show me evidence of racism across the enterprise. Great dialog, but you are trying to prove a point about an opinion without facts or evidence. CPT David Bernheim
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