The United States Air Force hires a team of diversity, equity and inclusion managers with salaries of up to $180,000 a year.
As the United States faces increasing threats from China and Russia — culminating in the downing of a US drone by Moscow forces yesterday — Air Force chiefs are creating plum jobs to achieve their “inclusion mission” at home.
A senior position at the Pentagon, advertised earlier this month, pays up to $183,500 a year. The “Diversity Participation and Accessibility Oversight Officer” will be responsible for making top-level decisions on the Air Force’s diversity policy.
There are other similar job openings open at military bases across the country with salaries starting at $80,000. Applicants will work under the Air Force’s Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Marianne P. Malizia, whose job is to “ensure a culture of inclusion.”
Critics of the diversity drive say the strength of the US military at a time of heightened international tensions is “threatened by a left-wing awakened agenda,” calling the agenda “disturbing.”
Applicants will work under the Air Force’s Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Marianne P. Malizia, whose job is to “ensure a culture of inclusion”
The threats facing the United States were highlighted yesterday when a US drone was downed by a Russian aircraft over the Black Sea. At home, Air Force chiefs are focused on an ‘inclusion mission’
At least four senior diversity, equity and inclusion positions have been posted this month.
A position as a Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska pays $93,367 to $121,378 per year. The candidate will[perform] a range of functions to facilitate and support the realization of the Installation/Wing Diversity and Inclusion mission.”
Like other ads, the posting contains a soup of management jargon and waking terminology. The candidate will be responsible for ‘working with human resources organizations to effectively incorporate and promote diversity and inclusion goals and objectives into the organization’s structure and all aspects of the employee lifecycle’.
Another job opportunity for a “diversity and inclusion coordinator” at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama offers between $82,830 and $107,680 per year.
Responsibilities include implementing ‘Diversity and Inclusion education and training courses and workshops to impact a culture of diversity and inclusion’.
Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the military’s diversity policy is “troubling.”
In a strongly worded rebuke to current policies around diversity and inclusion, Wicker said, “It is puzzling, even disturbing, to watch President Biden’s top political defense officials promote toxic social policies of equal outcome versus equal opportunity.
“Their agenda has damaged military readiness and alienated a large portion of potential military recruits.”
Wicker, who served in the Air Force from 1976 to 1980, said recruiting should be a priority amid geopolitical tensions between the United States, Russia and China. Military officials agree that both countries pose the greatest threat to U.S. security.
Relations between the US and China were strained in February when a spy balloon from Beijing was sighted over America
Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the military’s diversity policy is “troubling.” Pictured: A United States Air Force F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (Lightning II) jet
America has financed Ukraine’s war with Russia for tens of billions of dollars. Relations with China deteriorated last month after a Beijing spy balloon hovering over the country was brought down by US fighter jets, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
Wicker added, “Even as we return to an era of great power struggles, military recruiting is suffering. By the end of the year, there will be 30,000 fewer soldiers on active duty than the day President Biden took the oath of office.
Public confidence in the military is also plummeting. The Reagan Institute found that less than 50 percent of Americans trust the military, up from 70 percent a few years ago.
“As Commander in Chief, President Biden’s most important job is to lead our military in defense of the United States. But his government is making that task more difficult by targeting liberal social causes.”
Officials have claimed that new recruits are not deterred by the inclusion targets and that young people are put off because they do not consider the military “relevant” and are hesitant to put their lives “on hold”.
Referring to surveys on recruiting in the military, Major General Alex Fink, chief of marketing for the US military, said in February: “They just don’t see the military as connected to the modern, everyday culture they’re used to. ‘