"People like me"?  

You mean someone who spent twenty years of active duty with peers, subordinates and superiors of every ethnic persuasion in this country?  Blacks, Asians, American Indians, Irish, Jewish, Hispanics etc. etc. etc.; EVERY ethnic persuasion there is.  

Who judged and was judged by those multi-racial superiors, peers and subordinates based on mission accomplishment and actual results instead of their 'ethnic' background?  

You know the organization that actually aspires to be a meritocracy instead of pushing 'special rights' which are forced on the organization by those who are too liberal to actually serve under those rules?

The military has many,  many,  faults; it is, despite that,  more 'racial neutral' than the U of O, the City of Eugene or the State of Oregon who constantly have to identify new groups who need to be 'protected'.