Military Culture & Diversity
The Marines and General Mundy -- The Rest of the Story
On Saturday, April 12, I was privileged to attend the Military Tribute at the Marine Corps Memorial near Arlington National Cemetery honoring General Carl E. Mundy, Jr. , the 30th Commandant, who died on April 2.
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The Marines and General Mundy
General Carl E. Mundy, Jr., the 30th Commandant, was a man of character, a mentor, and a good friend I've known since 1994. On April 2 he died peacefully at home, surrounded by family, having struggled with a rare and aggressive form of cancer, Merkel cell carcinoma. His email...
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New CMR Analysis: Pentagon Cannot Justify Anti-Woman...
Marines "Experimental Task Force" Unlikely to Change Reality
Under orders from the Department of Defense, the Marines have been conducting research on whether it makes sense to assign women to direct ground combat units. Partial findings released so far indicate that...
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Defense Department Issues New Rules on Religious Liberty...
The Department of Defense recently released an Instruction (Number 1300.17) to implement a defense bill "conscience clause" to protect religious liberty in the military. The January 22 directive referenced Section 533 of the National Defense Authorization...
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Boot Camp Lessons Learned Should Suspend Women-in-Combat...
Pentagon civilians and military leaders keep claiming that when women serve in the combat arms, all standards will be "gender-neutral." Now comes reality, revealed in a new physical fitness test with "gender-neutral" minimum requirements.
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Double-Think and Dissembling About Double Standards in...
President Barack Obama is pushing hard for women in direct ground combat units, to include Army and Marine infantry and Special Operations Forces . Under Defense Department mandates for "gender diversity," women will be incrementally ordered (not...
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Stealth Attack on Draft-Age Women
During the House Armed Services Committee's markup on the National Defense Authorization bill for 2014, committee members would not even consider legislation to preserve young women's exemption from Selective Service registration and a possible future draft. CMR has prepared this Policy...
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Sexual Assaults and Cultural Confusion in the Military's...
You know things are bad when the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Raymond Odierno , issues a statement to the troops declaring that "the fight against sexual assault and sexual harassment is our primary mission." [1]
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Seven Reasons Why Women-in-Combat Diversity Will Degrade...
The Department of Defense is protesting (too much) that when military women are allowed (actually, ordered) into direct ground combat battalions, they will be held to the same standards men must meet today. This claim is not compatible with another major social goal of the Defense...
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The Commandant, the Colonel, and "Making Marines"
When a great man dies, someone is sure to say, "They just don't make them like him anymore." This is true of Gen. Robert H. Barrow, the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps, who passed away quietly at his home in St. Francisville, Louisiana, last Thursday at age 89.
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