The number of Black Marines who fly fighter jets has plunged. Critics say the service appears unwilling to take steps that could level the playing field.
The number of Black Marines who fly fighter jets has fallen. Critics say the service appears unwilling to take aggressive steps that could level the playing field.Marine Capt. Zachary Mullins stands for a portrait after a training flight out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. Mullins, who flies the F/A-18 Hornet, is one of five Black Marines who pilot fighter jets. Zach Mullins was used to walking into rooms filled with White faces.
“So those opportunities,” he said, “aren’t known to folks who would even consider it, and who would be skillful or educated enough.”Marines who fly fighter jets has fallen from an all-time high of 15 in 2000 to just the five today — not even 1 percent of the approximately 580 fighter pilots serving across the Marine Corps.
The Marine Corps could diversify its pilot ranks by selecting more Black enlisted troops for officer training, the study found. But aMarines to serve at least four years — which is the duration of a standard contract — The Bolden study is critical of the service’s broad-brush discussion of diversity, saying that failing to distinguish demographics by race and job field amounts toAnother focus of their study was the availability of education opportunities that prepare promising leaders for future military service. The Boldens
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