Young blacks became underrepresented after the Iraq wars, but high NCO ranks are still heavily overrepresented.
Conversely, marine accessions are on the rise for young hispanics, and they are now slightly overrepresented. High NCO ranks are underrepresented, but diminishingly so.
So this is definitely a trend, but not a major one. Those mentions may have more to do with what contributes to the trend than be caused by it.
Young blacks became underrepresented after the Iraq wars, but high NCO ranks are still heavily overrepresented. Conversely, marine accessions are on the rise for young hispanics, and they are now slightly overrepresented. High NCO ranks are underrepresented, but diminishingly so.
So this is definitely a trend, but not a major one. Those mentions may have more to do with what contributes to the trend than be caused by it.