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Stanley McChrystal: belief

20 Oct 2021 Conversations with Tyler Stanley McChrystal on the Military, Leadership, and Risk

“Of course. In fact, I would argue, even people with significant handicaps can serve now.”

— Stanley McChrystal

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Stanley McChrystal
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belief
Recorded
20 Oct 2021
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Conversations with Tyler

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…This would be women also in your vision? Of course. In fact, I would argue, even people with significant handicaps can serve now. There are some that would disqualify you, but many of the jobs, the vast majority of the jobs in the military don’t take a strapping 6-foot-2 barrel-chested male. They require somebody willing to do your job and a smart person, so I would open that up. What if someone can’t read and write very well? They’re not disabled. It’s just, they’re not highly literate. What do you do with them? You’ve drafted them. They show up. Maybe they even mean well.…

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