Training Standards & Health

Sanchez Pushes Gender Quotas and Women-in-Land-Combat

During the marathon session to mark up sections of the annual National Defense Authorization Act for 2015 , the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) casually approved a problematic amendment to the massive bill that should have gotten closer scrutiny. Sponsored by... Read More

15 May 14

Tags Congress/Legislation, Training Standards & Health, Women in the Military

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

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. Read More

24 Jan 14

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

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... Read More

14 Nov 13

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

A Challenge for the Commandant

For many months, the Center for Military Readiness has been analyzing the Marine Corps's plan to research the possibility of assigning women to infantry battalions. Read More

13 Nov 12

Tags Training Standards & Health, 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

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

Navy Ignores Warnings of Health Issues for Women on...

The push to assign women to submarines began in September, 2009, when Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead started promoting the idea as if women’s career opportunities were the only consideration. The Center for... Read More

13 May 10

Tags Ships & Submarines, Training Standards & Health, Women in the Military

CMR COMPILES DEFINITIVE SUMMARY OF FINDINGS ON CO-ED...

In the fall of 1996 sensational news of sex scandals broke out at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, and at several gender-integrated basic training facilities. Read More

03 Sep 03

Tags Training Standards & Health