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Originally Posted by MaddogK
...I can tell you the majority of sailors who will be effected do NOT welcome this change, as well many studies show this isn't the best idea...
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I believe the same arguments were made against allowing the Negros in the service.. and also the same arguments when women were allowed to serve in the regular services... and the same arguments about allowing homosexuals to serve openly... same arguments, the only thing that changes is the target.
Military does not like change.
But guess what?
1. The military is not a democracy. In my 20 years in, I was never asked to vote on a change.
2. Command does not ask the military member what their feelings are concerning changes in policy. Whether I agreed or disagreed with an policy was simply irrelevant. I learned that the hard way when I first was in.
3. In a few generations, the military adapts rather well to these "unpopular" changes.
It was not all that long ago (about 2 generations) when the idea that a Negro officer being in charge of White troops would destroy morale and unit cohesion. Well if I were to say that today, I would be laughed out of the unit, if not put on report.
It will be OK. There will be members who will choose not to adapt. They will separate, and things will OK.
