The Revenge Of The Diversity Non-Warriors

DEI and Bureaucrats are running the show

We see it everywhere, everyday. Soft looking people, speaking mushy bureaucratic platitudes with titles that say they are the boss. But they sure don’t seem very boss like. They seem like career go along to get along folks. The people that blow with the prevailing winds in order to avoid controversy.

You know who I mean because you encounter them in your work, community, local government all the time. And now you get to see them in places in the Federal Government that I’m sure you never expected. The military, the Secret Service, the FBI, and much more. In fact, pretty much the entire security and military apparatus of the US has been taken over by bureaucrats. And the bureaucrats are pushing diversity hiring and promoting agendas. The Secretary of Homeland Security has a stated goal of 30% diversity, which I suppose means that 30% of the workforce is something other than white men. But is the workforce competent and capable?

And where has that led us?

We have a military that could not possibly execute Operation Desert Storm today. Not only does our modern military have leadership that couldn’t even execute an evacuation from Afghanistan competently, but the rank and file are no longer particularly competent or physically fit, either. And those that meet the standards are demoralized and feel betrayed and unsupported by their country. And the failure to recruit enough soldiers in 2022 and 2023 to maintain strength levels is the proof in the pudding.

In 1991, my comrades and I crossed the Line of Departure into Iraq and Kuwait and fought continuously until we triumphed. We moved, fought, and communicated for 100 hours with most of us getting no more than 10-12 hours sleep. We were tired, dirty, smelly, but victorious. We were hard and fit, trained better than any Army in history, and we achieved a victory on par with some of the greatest in history, like Cannae (Carthage v. Rome), Agincourt (England v. France), or Rorke’s Drift (England v. Zulus).

Yours truly a day or so after the ceasefire in 1991. The flotsam is Iraqi gear.

The Secret Service Debacle: It Gets Worse

We have a Secret Service that allowed a former President and Presidential candidate to be shot by a would be assassin. That Mr. Trump wasn’t killed on Saturday, July 13, 2024, was sheerest luck. It appears the shooter didn’t know how to hold for wind and Mr. Trump turning his head at just the right moment prevented a much worse outcome. Tragically, one man was killed while protecting his wife and daughter. As a man does.

Worse, it appears that the Secret Service did not have proper staffing at the rally in Butler, PA, the regular Trump detail wasn’t there, and the coordination with the local police was a disaster. The Director of the Secret Service made a bunch of bureaucratic excuses on ABC News and then said no police or Secret Service were on the roof that the shooter used because it was sloped and therefore unsafe. WHAT THE FUCK?

The scenes we see out of this situation have horrible optics. Secret Service agents who are clearly overweight and completely lacking the requisite fitness and strength to do their job. And tactically incompetent at that. One agent couldn’t even safely re-holster her firearm. Does anyone think this agent is actually physically qualified?

These agents, on the other hand, seem to know what they are about and look very physically qualified. All of them. It’s not the entire Secret Service, but there is definitely a serious problem. The agent above was unable to properly holster her pistol, couldn’t make it to the stage to protect the former President, and was heard saying out loud that she didn’t know what the plan was. The plan is drilled into you before the event. Just like our operations orders in the Army.

I’ve been saying this stuff pretty outspoken and loud. And I’ve had some tell me that I’m mean and challenged me about whether I could do better. Here’s my thoughts on that and then I’ll finish with how do we fix it.

Mean?

It's mean to not hold people accountable. In a job that requires tactical competence and physical fitness, not holding those people accountable puts the mission at risk. The mission comes before your feelings or anyone's feelings. The mission is paramount, whether we are talking cops, firefighters, secret service, or military. This feelings BS is why our institutions are in so much trouble right now. We won’t tell people that they don’t meet the standard, but we will celebrate their diversity.

Could I do better?

Well, I think I could outperform some of what I saw on Saturday. From a tactical competence perspective, most certainly. And physically, yeah, there too, even though I'm 57 and not very fit. I'm better than some of those agents I saw huffing and puffing and unable to safely holster a firearm. But that's really beside the point. I don't have to be able to do better in order to demand competence from these public servants. And neither do any of the rest of us. They work for us. They must be accountable to us and our standards.

What do we do going forward?

The Secret Service (and the military and many police and fire departments) have a very serious problem. They have too much bureaucracy, diversity trumping competence, and serious fitness issues in jobs that demand high levels of fitness and strength. I've done that well enough in my past that I've earned awards in tactical environments. I have led extremely capable teams that have been recognized as some of the best in the world, in both civilian and military settings. I have a few thoughts here.

Number one is that we recommit to excellence. To having the best military, the best secret service, the best cops, the best firefighters in the world. No excuses about diversity or being nice. If you can’t be the best, well fuck your feelings. It’s time to man up or shut up.

Number two is that we have a serious leadership failure. We have organizations run by bureaucrats, not leaders. We need capable and competent warriors, cops, and firefighters leading our people that do this work. Fire all the bureaucrats. This is not a time to go wobbly. It’s a purge and we must be ruthless.

And, finally, number three is that the Secret Service, the Department of Defense, Homeland Security all need to be rebuilt from the top down. The leaders must go and be replaced with leaders that understand the mission and mission driven training. The new leadership must evaluate the current capabilities against the mission and eliminate those who cannot perform, train and rehabilitate those might be able to perform, and reward and promote those who can perform.

Then we can focus on getting back to best in the world.