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