Category: Military Readiness

Just got word: Congressional Republicans are finally moving to address the problems we’ve been highlighting with the new Army policy of assigning women to Forward Support Companies. I wrote about the FSC issue here....

A reader, Martha, a former Air Force enlisted, who has been following the thread on women in combat with concern, writes to explain the “Abracadabra” issue: I have heard horrid stories from deployed friends...

For those of you following the women in combat issue, you’ll want to be sure to see Elaine Donnelly’s piece on women in combat on NRO today: The blueprint appears to be a “Women...

Photo: Sandra Jontz Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jill St. John Combat Logistics Battalion 8 Here we go. Again. From the Stars and Stripes, “Marine raid breaks gender barrier.” (From Lucianne.) Photo: Sandra Jontz Lance...

For everyone following the frog. . .I’ve been writing about the Army’s plan (nefarious!) to insert women in combat. Some readers have been skeptical that it is a deliberate plan. But I’m the one...

Captain Thunder6 Lieutenant Thunder6 was promoted to Captain in a wonderful, and history-laden, ceremony. It’s worth reading the whole thing — Thunder6 writes beautifully, and his words take you to the scene. But here’s...

I’m arguing that this is precisely what the military is doing with women in combat — turning the heat up slowly, so that no one notices. If they came right out and announced, “Hey, we’re going to start putting women in combat” it wouldn’t go over real well.

This is Lieutenant Dawn Halfaker. Is this what America wants? Lt. Dawn Halfaker Today’s USA Today carries Dawn’s story — she lost her right arm in combat in Iraq. And here’s what USA TODAY...

As a preface to this post, let me ask: as a matter of military strategy, how does one confront an entrenched opponent who has you outnumbered and out-gunned? Patrick Walsh, a retired infantry Major,...