The documents posted below provide factual information and historic context on the issue of military women in or near direct ground combat.

Additional information is provided in

1) The "Issues" section of this website, under "Women in Combat."  Some of these articles are currently visible on the Home Page of this website.

2)  Relevant sections of a comprehensive law journal article by CMR President Elaine Donnelly, titled “Constructing the Co-Ed Military,” which was published n the June 2007 edition of the Duke University Journal of Gender Law & Policy.  This peer-reviewed article provides links to original sources in more than 600 footnotes.

3) Current and archived editions of “CMR Notes” and "CMR Reports" available on this website.  Members have instant access with a password.  Researchers may request a temporary password through info@cmrlink.org.

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• CMR Policy Analysis - Rubber Stamp RAND Report Promotes Women in Land Combat (published September, 2007)
  
  
• Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule - Les Aspin, Secretary of Defense (published January, 1994)
  
  
• Application of the Definition of Direct Ground Combat and Assignment Rule - William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense (published July, 1994)
  
  
• Army Policy For The Assignment Of Female Soldiers - Army Regulation 600-13 (published March, 1992)
  
  
• CMR Policy Analysis - March 2007: New Army Policy on Women in Land Combat: Almost Anything Goes (published March, 2007)
  
  
• CMR Policy Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions: The Hunter/McHugh Amendment to H.R. 1815 - Codification of DoD Regulations Re: Women in Land Combat (published May, 2005)
  
  
• Women in the Army Point Paper - Office of the Secretary of the Army (published February, 2005)
  
  
• Army Briefing - “Quick Look Options,” May 10, 2004 (published May, 2004)
  
  
• CMR Policy Analysis – Feb. 2006 – Army Violations (published February, 2006)
  
  
• Forward Support Company (FSC) – Assignments on Paper (published February, 2006)
  
  
• 1997 RAND Report Obscures Relevant Facts (published February, 2006)
  
  
• Women In Land Combat – CMR provides the background and analysis of why American servicewomen in today’s modern military are serving at greater risk. (published April, 2003)
  
  
• Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces - Alternative Views; Executive Summary (published November, 1992) )
  
  
• The Definition of "Cohesion" in Close Combat Units