<p>Admiral Gary Roughead, chief of Naval Operations, says that “diversity is the No. 1 priority” at the academy.</p>
<h1>1. Above EVERYTHING else, diversity is his #1 priority for the USNA.</h1>
<p>Not education.</p>
<p>Not training.</p>
<p>Not survival skills.</p>
<p>Not seamanship.</p>
<p>Not diplomacy.</p>
<p>Not anything else, as nothing can be higher than #1.</p>
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<p>*28Apr09 - While visiting the Annapolis High School Navy Junior ROTC program yesterday, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead said his top long-term priority is increasing diversity in the officer corps.</p>
<p>He said he also is working to ensure the Navy gets the weapons systems it will need to defend the nation 30 years from now.*</p>
<p>Read it again.</p>
<p>Diversity is his #1 priority.</p>
<p>Ensuring that the Navy gets the weapons systems it will need to defend the nation 30 years from now is not.</p>
<p>It might be #2 or #3, but it’s not #1.</p>
<p>You can’t make this stuff up.</p>