
Veterans Speak Out Against Military’s DEI Advisory Group
Veteran advocates are speaking out against a group of civilian leaders that provides the Department of Defense with advice on matters and policies of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the military. The Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (DACODAI) is an outside advisory group appointed by the secretary of defense, composed mostly of retired senior military officers, that, according to its website, provides recommendations on how to “improve the racial/ethnic diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity” in the military. According to Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services (STARRS), a veterans advocacy group against “woke” ideology in the military, the panel is a “little-known cultural agent pushing the [critical race theory]/DEI agenda in the military.”...
