I am sure this is sarcasm at its best, but from someone who has lived in a HUGE military community to see the people who are in the service now, compared to only 7-10 years ago makes you want to cry. DEI has really taken its toll. Fat, lazy people many who were promoted for the wrong reasons (equity, gender race) instead of how good they do their job. So far, it does not seem to have crept in to SOC NEAR as much as the regular force, and some Generals I know SWEAR these young kids are awesome....but they do not pass the eye test. And so many people retire early because of the stuff mentioned above...the GOOID people getting passed over for someone with different color skin, or different plumbing. My wife retired earlier than she wanted to because of the BS.