Let’s speak candidly: our Navy needs friends. We don’t need to generate enemies nor have those in the middle question if we are on the naughty or nice list.

People matter, and no matter how much someone may try, it is only natural that people will have an affinity for the branch they came from if they served, or even that of a close relative.

In the shadow of the above reality, John Konrad shared on X something that navalists should keep in mind.

• Vice President: Corporal, USMC

• National Security Advisor: Colonel, US Army

• SECDEF: Major, US Army

• Director of National Intelligence: Lieutenant Colonel, US Army

• Veteran Affairs: Colonel, US Air Force

If you’re looking around for a US Navy seat at the table, you will have to dig deep in the C2 diagram.

One of the top priorities of the President and the Secretary of Defense is to excise the cancer that is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’s (DEI) cultural-Marxist, socio-political worldview from our military.