Military Culture & Diversity

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... Read More

30 Jul 13

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

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] Read More

02 Jun 13

Tags Military Culture/Diversity, Sexual Misconduct

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... Read More

21 Apr 13

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

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. Read More

02 Apr 13

Tags Military Culture/Diversity, Women in the Military

Women in Direct Ground Combat -- Why Congress Must Intervene

The Center for Military Readiness has prepared a brief but comprehensive analysis of issues raised when the Obama Administration set in motion a determined, incremental plan to unilaterally abolish military women's exemption from direct ground battalions. Read More

28 Mar 13

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

Survey of Marines Fails to Show Support for Women in...

"Quick-Look" Summary Omits Details on Issues of Major Concern On Friday, February 1, the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) released a "Quick-Look Analysis of Survey Results Assessing the Implications of Possible Changes to Women in Service Restrictions." The 5-page... Read More

02 Feb 13

Tags Military Culture/Diversity, Women in the Military

CMR Releases Special Report:

The Center for Military Readiness has released a new CMR Special Report, titled Defense Department "Diversity" Push for Women in Land Combat . The 42-page document provides independent analysis of the Marine Corps research program that was initiated in... Read More

21 Jan 13

Tags Military Culture/Diversity, Women in the Military

Military PC and Jihadist Cultural Threats

A Wall Street Journal article titled "Draft Army Handbook Wades Into Divisive Afghan Issue" has sparked controversy about the American military's response to jihadist culture in the Middle East. According to reporter Dion Nissenbaum , a draft version of an... Read More

18 Dec 12

Tags Military Culture/Diversity, Women in the Military

"Gender-Diverse" Army Ranger School? - Part I

Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno surprised and dismayed infantry and Special Operations Forces veterans when he announced in May that he might send female officers to Ranger school. Gen. Odierno did not claim that combat readiness... Read More

14 Aug 12

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

"Gender-Diverse" Army Ranger School? - Part II

Whenever the question of women in the infantry comes up, well-meaning observers often comment that such assignments should be allowed (actually, ordered) if women can meet the same physical standards as men. . . . Read More

14 Aug 12

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