Affirmative action rates right up there with having a conversation about politics. When people start discussing politics, everybody has their own ideas and beliefs. Affirmative action is not much different in my eyes; many different ideas and beliefs arise. The military doesn't look at ones race to give advancement, reward, or special benefit. The way the military judges people, is on the individual merits of proficiency of the individual to do his or her job …showed first 75 words of 1456 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1456 total…high expectations, but didn't quite meet the mental standard! "You can't be the door gunner on the space shuttle, if you can't even spell space shuttle"! I am not the perfect example to use, but when I found out I didn't meet the mental standard for the military police field, I didn't scream affirmative action to get what I wanted. I took a step back so to speak and attacked my goal though other means.