Navy looks to eliminate implicit bias in its ranks (Federal News Network)

By Tom Temin, August 14, 2020, Federal News Network.

If there’s implicit bias or systemic racism in the ranks of the Navy, Naval leadership wants to find out and root it out. That’s the job of Task Force One. Two of the task force members joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin. First, the leader, director of Task Force One, Navy Rear Adm. Alvin Holsey, and supporting the task force is the Navy’s Force Master Chief Huben Phillips.

Rear Adm. Alvin Holsey: Great question. The Navy decided based off the catalyst of all the things happening, recent events, the national unrest, if you will, following the death of Mr. George Floyd, to look at the Navy in general. So our task is to analyze and evaluate issues in society and the military that distract from Navy readiness, specifically looking at racism, sexism, other things that’s going to detract from that Navy readiness and that’s the key. We have to be ready to go fight and take our teams foward.

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