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. 

More Defense Department Dissembling on LGBT D-Day

CMR News Release
In response to a news conference conducted yesterday at the Pentagon by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, Elaine Donnelly, President, Center for Military Readiness, issued the following statement:   

"In a performance today that can only be described as unfocused, evasive, and almost sheepish, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen continued to deny or ignore tough questions that Congress has asked about . . . 
Complete CMR News Release is posted here.

Military Misused in Political Payoff to Gay Activists

With a news release on June 28, CMR revealed a previously-undisclosed DoD Inspector General Report, which confirms that results of the DoD Working Group review on gays in the military were pre-determined in July 2010, before the survey of the troops even began. Shortly after a White House strategy session, a well-spun story was leaked to the Washington Post. The misleading story misrepresented the concerns of unknowing military personnel who participated in the process in good faith, in the hopes that their views would be heard and respected. See reports on the CMR Policy Analysis published by World Net Daily, “Feds Find Fix Was In on ‘Study’ of Homosexuality in the Ranks,” and by Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney: “A Smoking Gun: How Congress Was Duped Into Repealing Military Homosexual Ban”.