Zach Mullins was used to walking into rooms filled with White faces. But he was taken aback when, at an air show last year in San Diego, a man approached to ask: “Did you know that you’re the only Black fighter pilot in the Marine Corps?”
Behind closed doors, Marines struggle with a glaring diversity problem
The number of Black Marines who fly fighter jets has fallen. Critics say the service appears unwilling to take aggressive steps that could level the playing field.
By Hope Hodge Seck
October 16, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. EDT