seal demographic issues the seals have a longstanding demographic issue as indicated here from time magazine an editor is expressing claims that notation of this in the wiki article does not represent the article from time but this is dishonest from the article gaps exist in minority representation in both officer and enlisted ranks for special warfare operators diverse officers represent only ten percent of the officer pool for example african americans represent less than of seal officers diverse enlisted seals account for less than twenty percent of the total seal enlisted population naval special warfare is committed to fielding a force that represents the demographics of the nation it serves this contract initiative seeks effective strategies to introduce high potential candidates from diverse backgrounds to the opportunities available in naval special warfare in other words the seals admit they have a demographic problem stemming from being an almost entirely whites only group that has come from issues in their recruiting chain and the navy is trying to remedy this problem