Having nailed the \u201cgo woke\u201d side of the equation, the U.S. Air Force appeared to be striving toward the \u201cgo broke\u201d half as they announced new diversity gigs with salaries in the six-figure range to help implement their \u201cstrategic vision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That vision appeared to be diversity for diversity\u2019s sake as the service branch posted no less than four jobs for senior officials for their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office. Found on the civil service jobs board USAjobs.gov, the pay range for open positions started at $82,000 and went as high as $183,500 per year to be a \u201cfirst-level supervisor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The position of supervisory diversity equity inclusion and accessibility officer for the Air Force headquarters in Arlington, Virginia\u00a0included<\/a>\u00a0responsibilities like planning and directing activities that ensure \u201ceducation and training\u201d as well as \u201cstrategic outreach\u201d to meet \u201clegal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The role that also required the \u201ccollection of internal and external statistical information\u201d to really hone the DEI narrative paid on a scale of $155,700 to $183,500 per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another open position was for a diversity and inclusion manager at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska making $93,367 to $121,378 per year to perform a \u201crange of functions to facilitate and support the achievement of the Installation\/Wing Diversity and Inclusion mission,\u201d i.e. to \u201cenhance a culture of diversity and inclusion within the [Air Force].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maryland\u2019s Andrews Air Force Base also needed a manager on a similar pay scale who would serve as Joint Base Installation Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer while Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama sought a \u201cdiversity and inclusion coordinator\u201d who would make anywhere from $82,830 to $107,680 to advise the base on DEI issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fox News Digital sought comment from the Air Force on how many positions such as these they would look to fill this year, but the military\u00a0declined<\/a>\u00a0to respond. However, their website does\u00a0contend<\/a>, \u201cThe challenges we face today are far too serious, and the implications of failure far too great, for our Air Force to do less than fully and inclusively leverage our nation\u2019s greatest strength\u2013our remarkably diverse people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs airpower advocates, we must be culturally competent and operationally relevant to effectively accomplish our various missions,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That argument has been regularly shot down by active duty service members, including some who had spoken out anonymously in October and reported, \u201cI prefer a military that was more concerned with the standards of the unity, rather than equity,\u201d calling those aims \u201cdisruptive towards the real training the military should focus on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n