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Training Standards & Health

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
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
Co-Ed Combat Tests Hazardous to Women’s Health
The  U.S. Army  has announced that for the first time ever, two female officers are about to graduate from the exceptionally tough, three-phase  Ranger Course .  The  Center for Military Readiness (CMR)  congratulates the still-unnamed  U.S. Military Academy... Read More
18 Aug 15
Tags Training Standards & Health, Women in the Military
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
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