The Military Betrays Women
During a recent trip to Camp Lejeune, N.C., Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with 15 junior officers at the Marine Infantry School. He asked them about President Obama’s plans ...
Obama Should Remember Our Horse Soldiers
President Obama might want to drop his attacks on Mitt Romney’s “Romnesia.” During Monday’s foreign-policy debate, Obama sarcastically informed the governor about “these things called aircraft carriers” and “ships that ...
Re: A Discussable Issue?
Jay, the drive to order (not allow) women into direct ground-combat infantry battalions is being pushed by the new “diversity,” a concept that departs from the civil-rights tradition of non-discrimination ...
Pentagon Misplaces Priorities on Women in Land Combat
The Pentagon has announced a new policy regarding the assignment of women in combat that does the wrong things for the wrong reasons. Instead of putting the needs of the ...
About Our Troops
Gov. Romney’s answer on gays in the military was lame and illogical. If something is bad for the military in a time of war it is bad for the military ...
Gays in the Military: A Losing Cause
In two of the results from the midterm elections, there’s a useful lesson about one of Pres. Barack Obama’s highest priorities for the lame-duck session. Voters have defeated Army Iraq ...
Asking Too Much from Our Fighting Women
Over the weekend, the New York Times had a long article on women serving in the military. I stand in awe of the courage of the Marine women featured in ...
On Tuesday, the Senate Protected the Military
Much to the dismay of the New York Times, on Tuesday the U.S. Senate refused to be rushed into voting for repeal of the 1993 law regarding homosexuals in the ...
Kagan and DADT
Pres. Barack Obama has chosen to replace the only military veteran on the Supreme Court with extensive wartime experience* with a nominee whose only significant record indicates hostility and opposition to ...
Women in Combat, Ctd.
I’m sure Catherine Ross was a fine soldier, but civil affairs, even in a combat zone, does not fit the definition of direct ground combat: deliberate offensive action, attacking the ...