<p>OK, I never post on these pages because I have nothing to do with the military, but I am an avid lurker, and this post from Queenbee is just ridiculous. </p>
<p>“Oh yea then there were all those comments on kids from single parent households etc… I just got the feeling that some of you don’t think kids from lower socio-economic backgrounds deserve a spot.”</p>
<p>Well then, your ‘feeling’ is wrong. No one has ever stated or implied that kids from low socio-economic backgrounds don’t deserve a spot. </p>
<p>“Over 1/2 of all college freshman are women yet the academies only enroll 10-15% women.”</p>
<p>Irrelevant. Are 50% of applicants to the academies female? If not, why should be class be skewed towards women when they don’t apply? Jeez. </p>
<p>“For those of you who disagree that diversity is good… I am thinking that the military is not for you.”</p>
<p>No one has said that. But diversity for diversity’s sake is NOT good. Especially if it is done for political reasons that could compromise the quality of an incoming class. There, I said it. </p>
<p>“I was an Air Force brat whose father flew 185 combat missions in Vietnam.”</p>
<p>Good for you. It doesn’t excuse total ignorance however, unfortunately.</p>