Diversity Audit Paper
My diversity audit was done on the Air Force. I have been part of the Air Force for 10
years now. I used to be active duty before but now I am reserve, but it is still the same Air Force,
only that I am not full time now. The Air Force, as well as every other military branch is very
good in managing diversity. The military in the United States does not discriminate anybody. If
a person got what it takes and wants to be part of the United States military, they sign them up.
The U.S. military does not see no race, sex, social status when signing people up, they only see
and make sure that the person is not a trouble person that could make more harm in the military
than good. In the past, the military did not allow homosexual people to join in, and if they were
gay they would not say in order not to get disqualified for being gay. Also, women were also not
allowed to serve in many jobs that are qualified as combat jobs and were open only to men.
Furthermore, transgender people were also banned from joining the military until just recently
where the military lifted that ban and transgender people are now allowed to serve in the United
States military if they choose to. The United States Air Force manages diversity very well.
The Unites States military is very diverse; people from every race and social status are
serving along with one another. Even though they are good at managing diversity, there has been
some discrimination toward a certain group of people. The first group that was discriminated
and banned from joining the military was the homosexual people. Homosexual people were not
allowed to be open about their sexuality in the military, even though they were allowed to serve,
they couldn’t open up about their sexuality. If they were open about it, they could have been
discharged for being homosexual. If a person were open about being homosexual, then they
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would not qualify to join any branch of the military. There was a “don’t ask, don’t tell” military
‘law’ in place; which means that if a person was in fact homosexual but he/she never said
anything about it to anyone, then he/she was able to join and be part of any branch of the
military. Some people that did not want to be part of the military anymore would actually say
they were homosexual as a way out. The military then realized that this as unfair and they
allowed homosexuals to join and serve in the military openly in September 20 of 2011. Many
people were opposed to this new implementation to the military, letting gays join the service.
But then like an author in Time magazine explains that “Amid a war in Afghanistan, the
relatively few gay men and women who declared their sexuality generated scant attention, and
even less hostility. It seemed the nation had bigger foes to fight. Or maybe it had just moved on.”
Which means that after all that commotion about not letting homosexual people serve in the
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