White House/Pentagon

Transgender Mandates Delayed but Still on Auto-Pilot

Late on Friday, June 30, Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced a six-month delay in implementation of an Obama Administration mandate to recruit transgenders into the military. One year ago, Mattis’ predecessor Ashton Carter issued a unilateral directive ordering the... Read More

05 Jul 17

Tags Congress/Legislation, Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity, White House/Pentagon

Holdover Transgender Mandate Impedes Efforts to...

Military Times recently reported that LGBT activists are pushing hard to get the Trump Administration to fully embrace President Barack Obama’s orders to accommodate transgenders in the military. At the same time, a new Conservative Action Project (CAP) "Memo for the Movement,"... Read More

01 Jun 17

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity, White House/Pentagon

McCain/Obama Commission Empaneled to Promote “Draft...

As the Center for Military Readiness reported last December, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) used his power as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee to create a government-subsidized commission to promote his own long-favored causes at the expense of every young man and woman in... Read More

25 Apr 17

Tags Congress/Legislation, White House/Pentagon, Women in the Military

Defense Department Orders Acceptance of Gender Identity...

The Obama Administration has announced final plans to impose on the military the President’s most extreme social experiment yet: a policy regarding transgenders in the military that orders all personnel to deny scientific facts regarding human biology. Read More

28 Oct 16

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, White House/Pentagon

Rubio & Bush Support Female Selective Service...

Cruz Calls Idea “Nuts” UPDATE #2: CMR Quadrennial Presidential Candidate Survey The New Hampshire Presidential Primary revealed what may be the first signs of voter concern about political correctness and social experiments in the military. ... Read More

16 Feb 16

Tags Congress/Legislation, White House/Pentagon

CMR Releases New Interim Special Report – Part II

The Center for Military Readiness has released a new two-section, 38-page Interim CMR Special Report that analyzes recently-released results of U.S. Marine Corps research done on the subject of Women in Direct Ground Combat . Read More

01 Dec 15

Tags Military Culture/Diversity, White House/Pentagon, Women in the Military

CMR Releases Interim Report on Marine Corps Research...

The Interim CMR Special Report reveals previously-undisclosed findings derived from research done since 2012, when former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta set in motion incremental steps to repeal all of women's exemptions from direct ground combat units by... Read More

03 Oct 14

Tags Congress/Legislation, Military Culture/Diversity, White House/Pentagon, Women in the Military

Stealth Attack on Draft-Age Women

During the House Armed Services Committee's markup on the National Defense Authorization bill for 2014, committee members would not even consider legislation to preserve young women's exemption from Selective Service registration and a possible future draft. CMR has prepared this Policy... Read More

30 Jul 13

Tags Military Culture/Diversity, White House/Pentagon, Women in the Military

Seven Reasons Why Women-in-Combat Diversity Will Degrade...

The Department of Defense is protesting (too much) that when military women are allowed (actually, ordered) into direct ground combat battalions, they will be held to the same standards men must meet today. This claim is not compatible with another major social goal of the Defense... Read More

21 Apr 13

Tags Military Culture/Diversity, White House/Pentagon, Women in the Military

WHERE DOES ROMNEY STAND ON MILITARY LGBT LAW?

Update: Military Culture Coalition 2012 Presidential Candidate Survey In an interview with the Des Moines Register editorial board on December 9, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said that he does not plan to change a law mandating acceptance of... Read More

22 Dec 11

Tags White House/Pentagon