A female admissions liaison officer at the U.S. Air Force Academy recently wrote an op-ed in the Air Force Times titled, “How the Air Force can move from storming to norming hair standards” where she complains about airmen not liking or going along with the changes to hairstyle standards for women put in place three years ago.
In 2021, she wrote a paper, “Warrior Braids and the Air Force Women’s Initiative Team – The Invisible Labor behind Diversity, Inclusion, and Institutional Change” published on the Air University.
Her 2024 article, frustrated that people still don’t seem to like ponytails and braids, is full of DEI language. She talks about ways to force change in institutions and behavior, mentions the now-discredited McKinsey & Co research, plays the minority card by implying that the hairstyle changes are for “a minority population” thus anyone who doesn’t like them are biased.
More DEI babble language: “Aligning to a common standard for dress and appearance fosters a shared identity among all airmen, while updating these standards to foster inclusivity and promote operational readiness showcases the innovative nature of institutional change.”
And “senior leaders need to continue communicating the motivation behind inclusive policy change: When service members can bring their authentic selves to work, they’re better equipped to serve.”
Yada yada. Hopefully people will stop talking like this.
Here are the crazy examples the Air Force has to show their personnel of what not to do (click to enlarge):
Meanwhile, over at USAFA last year:
Another woke joke used to be the military would change you- military bearing appearance etc.- now it seems the woke changed the military. Neck tats? Must be hard to recruit.