Air Force goal to reduce population

Recent documents obtained by the Daily Caller reveal that the U.S. Air Force has set a goal to reduce the number of white male applicants in its Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program as part of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman CQ Brown issued a memorandum in 2022 outlining these efforts, which aim to decrease the white male applicant percentage to below 50% by fiscal year 2029. The Air Force has requested substantial funding for diversity-focused advertising campaigns and has outlined specific racial and gender quotas in internal slides. Critics, including James Fitzpatrick from the Center to Advance Security in America (CASA), argue that such quotas undermine merit-based recruitment at a time of increasing global threats. The documents were released after CASA sued the Air Force for transparency following a FOIA request that initially yielded no records. This controversy highlights ongoing tensions within military recruitment strategies amidst broader societal debates over DEI policies.