Authored a 21 page research paper in 2017 claiming the Air force was not utilizing enough diversity when promoting officers:

• Quote from abstract:
  • “The Air Force is not drawing upon its full talent pool for leadership in its most senior positions. This also has another negative affect of creating a general officer cohort that severely lacks diversity. Active duty general officer statistics bear out that the group is 94 white and only 7 female as opposed to the overall Air Force population that is 72 white and 20 female. While more diverse than in the past in terms of Air Force Specialty Code, the general officer cohort is 58 pilot officers, even though the promotion pool for selection to O-6 is only 30 pilot officers.”
  • “It is time to look at different ways to select future general officers for the Air Force.”
  • “But we still struggle with getting even the ‘big three of race, gender, and ethnicity’ correct.”
  • Quoted and agreed with Democrat James Clyburn: “House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) has his eye on the diversity of senior officers within the Department of Defense as well. He said: ‘Just as our military looks like America, so too must our general officers. If minorities are asked to go into harm’s way, they must be allowed to lead as well.’ He is right, but his eye is only looking at race; he should also be looking at gender. . .”

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