This paper examines social change in American military culture.
Briefly, the analysis explores the current battle between the
military's traditional "combat, masculine-warrior" (or CMW)
paradigm of exclusion and the contradictory "evolving" model of
culture characterized by inclusion and heterogeneity. Two recent
cases illustrate this divergence between paradigm and model: women
in combat and homosexuals in the military. The analysis next
examines the long-term war of military culture, suggesting that the
military is undergoing a cultural paradigm shift--moving away from
its traditional CMW paradigm of exclusion toward an inclusionary
view of soldiering. Assuming the military seeks a paradigm shift,
as evidenced by the evolving model of culture, the paper suggests
some initial strategies for implementing a paradigm shift.
Specifically, paradigm pioneers must foster a culture of inclusion
and egalitarianism. Senior military leaders are the catalysts of a
paradigm shift--they are the true pioneers who can institutionalize
a cultural paradigm embodied by an "inclusive whole" rather than a
paradigm personified by an "exclusive few."
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