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Originally Posted by KC911

So what's your POV fint.... that General Brown is FOS, not credible, and that his views should be dismissed as BS?

No. That everyone thinks they had it harder than everyone else, had to work harder, smarter etc...because they cannot believe that others are doing the same. When you are a minority, a woman, even a hick from Appalachia...it is easy to attribute it to your status as such...and strongly believe that is the case (walked 5 miles uphill in the snow both ways). I can tell you as someone that came in before the General and served the entire same period as he did (except for the last year)...and was a minority officer recruiter for the Academy and ROTC...the AF treasured minority officers and did everything they could to recruit and advance them.

I can also tell you that his resume shows that he was given/earned the right opportunity at every step of his career from the day he entered active duty. Much like the kids of Generals and Colonels seem to. It is a very small minority of all members that receive this type of treatment...but was common for women and minorities in the period that met even minimum qualifications.

That doesn't mean he did not work hard, is not a fine officer, etc. I just don't buy it that it is any more difficult for one race than another in the AF as I have never seen it. In fact, there have always been programs to advance minorities (especially scholarship programs and entry into elite positions). They even track promotions to ensure they are at least equal (based on numbers).

I just feel his video besmirches the AF a bit...unnecessarily and a bit unfairly. I feel sorry for active duty folks now and all the machinations they are going through getting "woke" by leaders now to recognize just how racists the system must be...just as we had to when some decided the military was a "rape culture". The military is always the first group the politicians choose to indoctrinate/fix...whether needed or not.