One Team, One Fight: Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of the Air Force

This compendium reflects diverse voices and thoughtful research from across the Total Force, demonstrating the value of diversity and inclusion in our ranks and offering actionable recommendations for achieving this objective. We must champion others not specifically because they are different but because our unique perspectives and ideas collectively increase mission readiness, flexibility, surety, and agility in ways our competitors cannot match. We must continue to build a force of empowered Airmen and Guardians, ready to work together, using their unique aptitudes and experiences to achieve excellence in all we do. We must also recognize and value the energy and perspective every Airman and Guardian brings to our organization and ensure that all service members have opportunities to contribute and succeed. This work will help us identify and acknowledge barriers to opportunity, challenge preconceptions and biases, and talk openly about and appreciate the experiences that shape our lives and our service. Any nation that excludes or ignores entire swaths of its society will decline. At the end of the day, we have the most important attribute in common—we are all Americans.