Military Culture & Diversity

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

Pentagon’s New Gender Order Takes “Diversity” to Extremes

In the classic TV series “M*A*S*H*,” Corp. Maxwell Klinger , played by Jamie Farr , dressed in women’s clothes in hopes that he might be sent home from the Korean War . Decades later, Pentagon officials have embraced policies that might encourage... Read More

22 Jun 15

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity, Women in the Military

New British Report Shreds Case for Women in Direct Ground...

The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has released a new report on the issue of women in land combat titled: Read More

20 Feb 15

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

CMR Releases Interim Report on Marine Corps Research...

The Interim CMR Special Report reveals previously-undisclosed findings derived from research done since 2012, when former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta set in motion incremental steps to repeal all of women's exemptions from direct ground combat units by... Read More

03 Oct 14

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

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. Read More

16 Apr 14

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity

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... Read More

05 Apr 14

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity

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... Read More

18 Mar 14

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

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... Read More

28 Jan 14

Tags Congress/Legislation, Conscience Rights & Religious Freedom, Military Culture/Diversity