Sigh...

When I served in the Navy in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s, my life was in the hands of black, brown, red, yellow and white men and women. We were friends, we were loyal to each other, we were Shipmates and we had each other’s back when the hammer slammed the anvil. We trained, we sweated, and we bled together. We came together from all parts of the country; we came together from all religions. We were a society unto ourselves.

We worked as a team, a well-oiled machine. We fought for our brothers and sisters through thick and thin. We didn’t have ‘quotas’ or anything else, all we had was people who were willing and qualified to do our jobs. We protected each other, that was what we did. The only color we saw was Navy Blue.

Today, sadly, that isn't happening... Hopefully, things will start swinging back to that ethos and away from the games that have gone on the last fifteen years.