Top U.S. General Urges Greater Racial Diversity in Military

Source: U.S. News and World ReportThe U.S. military must widen opportunity and improve advancement for Black service members, who remain vastly underrepresented in some areas, including among Air Force pilots and in the most senior ranks, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday. General Mark Milley told a Howard University ROTC commissioning ceremony that diversity is an important strength of the military but is still inadequate. "We must get better," he said.