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Op Ed # 703 The US Armed Forces Needs A "General Marshall Action" To Reform The Military's Leadership Selection System— Before It's Too Late By Capt Joseph R. John, January 8, 2025 During World War II, the number of active-duty US Military personnel serving in 1945 reached a peak of over 12 million US military personnel. The ratio of Flag Officers (Generals and Admirals) to subordinate military personnel was 1 Flag Officer for 6,000 subordinate military personnel. Today the ratio of Flag Officers to subordinate military personnel is top heavy with 1 Flag Officers for 600 subordinate military personnel. The following discussion explains why the number of Flag Officers and their Woke policies should be severely modified. While Obama occupied the Oval Office for 8 years starting in 2009, and controlled the Oval Office over the last 4 years, he established a screening policy for all O-6 Officers prior to their consideration for promotion to Flag Officer. For the first time O-6 Officers were required to respond to political-related questions to determine if they supported Obama’s woke policies. “Military Merit” and “Merit in Combat” were no longer the primary issues that were considered for promotion to Flag and General Officer. DEI policies were the primary consideration for promotion. The result is that today’s Flag and General Officers are Politically Correct Managers, unlike the WWII Flag Officers who were Warrior and Combat Leaders. The current leadership of the US Armed Forces, at the expense of “Merit,” have employed DEI policies to determine the admission to service academies, selection for promotion, selection for command, prioritizing who is selected for flight training, and who will attend prestigious military advanced schools. Discriminatory Racists DEI Policies have been destroying “Unit Cohesion” and the “Combat Effectiveness” of the US Armed Forces. The Discriminatory Racist Policies established by Obama’s Third Administration are oppressive and unlawful. The Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have taken their woke marching orders from Obama’s Oval Office Staff. They have had the Woke Flag and General Officers install the Marxist created DEI to oppressively use race/color and identity politics in personnel actions when military leaders should be color blind and should reject the radical racist DEI policies in making personnel decisions. The Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been instilling the racist cultural transformation of the US Armed Forces which is illegal and in violation of the US Constitution. The above listed described policies, installed during Obama’s Third Administration, not focusing on “Merit” has eroded the current and future quality of military leadership. There are no selection boards for the promotion of 3 and 4 Flag and General Officers; those promotions are controlled by the Oval Office, DEI policies, and equity considerations. The current Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appointed by Obama’s Third Administration, have employed Woke Flag and General Officers to employ their DEI and woke discriminatory actions. The Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have deprived highly skilled US military warfighters from not having proper leadership by employing DEI policies and equity considerations for promotion, while minimizing “Merit” to promote the most qualified, professionally trained, and highly skilled O-6 Officers to Flag and General Officer rank. By promoting woke Flag Officers, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have degraded the once most effective US military in the world. [Continue reading at: https://combatveteransforcongress.org/op-ed-703-us-armed-forces-needs-general-marshall-action-reform-militarys-leadership-selection Thank you!]