Military Culture & Diversity

Transgender Mandates Delayed but Still on Auto-Pilot

Late on Friday, June 30, Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced a six-month delay in implementation of an Obama Administration mandate to recruit transgenders into the military. One year ago, Mattis’ predecessor Ashton Carter issued a unilateral directive ordering the... Read More

05 Jul 17

Tags Congress/Legislation, Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity, White House/Pentagon

Holdover Transgender Mandate Impedes Efforts to...

Military Times recently reported that LGBT activists are pushing hard to get the Trump Administration to fully embrace President Barack Obama’s orders to accommodate transgenders in the military. At the same time, a new Conservative Action Project (CAP) "Memo for the Movement,"... Read More

01 Jun 17

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity, White House/Pentagon

Congress Shares Blame for Photo-Sharing Scandal

On March 15, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York hauled in Marine Commandant General Robert Neller , lambasting him for the red-hot Marines United Internet photo-sharing scandal. She was not alone in expressing outrage that 30,000 members of the limited access... Read More

23 Mar 17

Tags Congress/Legislation, Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity, Sexual Misconduct

What Do Women Want? The Pentagon Doesn’t Care

What Do Female Olympians Know that the Pentagon Doesn’t? For years, feminists have insisted that military women couldn’t wait to be treated like men in “tip of the spear” direct ground combat units. Now that their social experiment is underway, Pentagon... Read More

22 Aug 16

Tags Military Culture/Diversity, Training Standards & Health, Women in the Military

2016 Republican National Platform Rejects Social...

Since President Barack Obama took office in 2009, his administration has delivered on campaign promises to impose radical social agendas on our military. The Center for Military Readiness is pleased to report that the 2016 Republican National Convention... Read More

27 Jul 16

Tags Congress/Legislation, Military Culture/Diversity

Secretary of Defense Stumbles into Transgender Legal Morass

On June 30, just before the end of "LGBT Equality Month ,” Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced that transgender individuals may serve openly in the military. The news conference transcript reveals that Secretary Carter was oblivious to... Read More

06 Jul 16

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity, Training Standards & Health, Training, Physiology, & Athletics

Congress Should Challenge Myths About Women, Combat, and...

Myths about gender equality in the military are starting to crumble under the pressure of actual experience. Witness the recent Associated Press report that 6 of 7 female Marine recruits failed to qualify in training for direct ground combat assignments. Read More

26 Jun 16

Tags Congress/Legislation, Military Culture/Diversity, Women in the Military

Obama Administration Ignores Sound Military Advice on...

Yesterday, President Barack Obama and Secretary Carter overruled the best professional advice of the U.S. Marine Corps in matters involving life, death, and national security. Secretary Carter also broke his own promise to base his decision on the quality of... Read More

04 Dec 15

Tags Military Culture/Diversity, Training Standards & Health, Women in the Military

CMR Releases New Interim Special Report – Part II

The Center for Military Readiness has released a new two-section, 38-page Interim CMR Special Report that analyzes recently-released results of U.S. Marine Corps research done on the subject of Women in Direct Ground Combat . Read More

01 Dec 15

Tags Military Culture/Diversity, White House/Pentagon, Women in the Military

Memo to Secretary Mabus: Marines Lives Matter

The following op-ed by CMR President Elaine Donnelly was published in the Washington Times Commentary section under the title Marines Lives Matter (Sept. 15, 2015) Read More

23 Sep 15

Tags Military Culture/Diversity, Training Standards & Health, Women in the Military