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Army Reservist Among the Few Black Women Selected for FBI SWAT
San Juan FBI Agent and Army Reservist, Tai has been selected to train for the FBI SWAT team, making her the irst Black woman selected for any FBI SWAT Team. Tai, who is withholding her last name, joined the FBI nearly fouryearsagofollowingarecommendationfromafellowArmyReserveicerandwasmovedbytheswift- ness of FBI agents in the Pulse Nightclub shooting of 2016 in her hometown of Orlando, Fla. While Tai is grate- ful to be the first Black woman to be selected for the SWAT team, she is equally excited to learn how to be the best SWAT agent possible. I'm one of those people where I have a task at hand, and I just focus on that task, theGrio credits Tai saying to the federal department, I don't really think about people looking at me.
Source: FBI, theGrio
U.S. NAVY
Navy Kicks off Maternity Uniform Pilot Program
Beginning at the start of 2022 and running until at least 2026, the Navy will be launching its maternity uniform pilot program for members of the Navy. It will support up to 400 sailors, open on a first-come, first-served basis toicersandenlistedinthe active and reserve components and have no out of pocket costs. Issued maternity uniforms will be the Navy Working Uniform Type III and Service Khaki for E-7 and above and the Navy Service Uniform for E-6 and below. Service Dress Whites and Blues dependent upon the uniform needed, and the cardigan sweater will also be issued. Only the main uniform items, such as blouses, shirts and pants, will be issued along with hemming, and all required sewn-on accoutrements attached as required. Participation starts with Sailors routing a request through their chain of command. Once approved, their local Navy Exchange (NEX) uniform shop will measure each for their uniform items. Sailors then forward the request and measurements to the points of contact listed in the NAVADMIN, who review the Sailor's record for final approval.
Source: U.S. Navy
TIA DUFOUR
Marine Corps Achieves Highest Diversity Numbers in its History
The Fiscal Year 2021 was another successful year for the command as Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC) achieved all accession missions and achieved historic diversity representation successes. Greater than 35percentofallicercandidateswere diverse, including 15.4 percent of female iceraccessions,thehighestnumberof femaleiceraccessionsfortheMarine Corps in any given fiscal year. Forty-eight percent of all enlisted accessions came from diverse groups, a five percent increase from 2020. Aiming to bring in the perspectives of Americans from all walks of life is key to acquiring talented men and women of every race, color and creed, said Col. Warren C. Cook, the assistant chief of staffof operations, MCRC. This will remain a priority and we will continue this effort in the upcoming fiscal year.
Source: U.S. Marines
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