Republicans Adopt Solid Platform on Military/Social Issues

The Center for Military Readiness, issuing a statement on behalf of the Military Culture Coalition, expressed satisfaction with positive platform planks addressing military/social issues that the Republican National Committee on Resolutions approved without controversy on Monday afternoon, August 20. The following comments may be attributed to CMR President Elaine Donnelly:

"For the past three-and-a-half years, President Barack Obama has recklessly used the armed forces for unprecedented social experimentation and political payoffs to his liberal base. Republicans meeting in Tampa have said loud and clear: 'The time for pushing back starts now.'

"In addition to adopting strong planks reaffirming support for military veterans and principles of "Peace Through Strength," Republicans are laying the groundwork for repairing the damage on a wide range of military/social issues. This will rightly begin with an "objective, open-minded review" of all controversial policies, followed by . . . complete August 21 News Release can be found here.

"Chilling Trends" of Military Sexual Assault

Buried in a new Army report about stress and discipline in the ranks, a section titled "Sex Crime Trends" reports that violent attacks and rapes have nearly doubled since 2006, rising from 663 to 1,313 last year. (See Washington Times, Army's 'Chilling Trend' PutsWomen At Risk.) 

Pentagon officials must have hoped that no one would notice. The press release and cover letter announcing a new "Gold Book"report on health, discipline, and stress in the military failed to mention the 9-page section reporting steep increases in violent sexual attacks in the military.  Bad news about "a marked increase" in sexual assaults in 2011, "in stark contrast to previous years" was hidden in plain sight.

The Army's own evidence of  accelerating sexual assaults doesn't fit the agenda of  "diversity" advocates pushing for women in land combat.  For a brief discussion of how severe budget cuts combined with new social burdens are weakening the culture of the military, click here: SecureFreedom Radio: The Jenga Block 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.  Central to this campaign, which briefers described as "just the beginning, not the end," are plans to order female soldiers into direct ground combat units such as Army and Marine infantry and Special Operations Forces.  These fighting battalions, which attack the enemy with deliberate offensive action, face conditions and physical demands that go far beyond the experience of being "in harm's way."  ...Complete article posted at BigPeace here.