For the last several years, one has wondered how long it would take.  How much would the military establishment take before it sent troops into the fight in Syria?  And, though the administration has vowed that they had no intention to put boots on the ground, there has been no …

Elite units in the military are by and large both white and male. Pentagon officials, however, are hoping for a major demographic shift, citing the benefits of diversity in terms of increasing operational capacity. Data provided by each individual service to USA Today illustrates current disparities, which are most prominent in units like …