Military Culture & Diversity

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

San Francisco Military on the March

During the 2010 debate about gays in the military, LGBT activists kept insisting they only wanted lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender personnel to serve quietly in the military − no special treatment. On the list of promises that Congress should not have believed, this was one of the... Read More

02 Aug 12

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

Pentagon Pushes "Diversity" for Women in Land Combat

On February 9, the Department of Defense conducted a briefing to announce incremental plans to force military women into direct ground combat units such as Army and Marine infantry and Special Operations Forces. Read More

22 Feb 12

Tags Military Culture/Diversity, Women in the Military

Army Pregnancy Training...for Men

On February 9 the Department of Defense announced incremental steps to implement a report advocating doctrinaire "diversity" in the military. Read More

21 Feb 12

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

QUESTIONS ABOUT ABU GHRAIB

Members of Congress are demanding answers to their questions about scandalous behavior photographed at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. “How could this happen?” they ask. But this is not the first time that they have been warned about personal indiscipline and... Read More

18 May 04

Tags Military Culture/Diversity