Democrats once again are pushing to add drafting women to this year’s National Defense Authorization Act. Drafting women, like putting them in combat units, is bad for all: combat, national sec...
https://politicalanimalblog.com/2021/07/26/drafting-women-would-be-terrible-policy/
As published at Stream.org, September 7, 2018 The difference between supporting and fighting roles in combat has reared its head in two New Hampshire primaries. All the contenders are veterans an...
As published at Conservative Review, February 9, 2018. Trump is president, but the “Dempsey Rule” is still in full effect for today’s American military. The rule is named for a statement by...
https://politicalanimalblog.com/2018/02/09/what-happened-to-combat-standards-wont-be-lowered/
As published at Stream.org April 18, 2017. In early March Thomas J. Brenner broke the story: “Hundreds of Marines investigated for sharing photos of naked colleagues.” In a force of more 181,...
https://politicalanimalblog.com/2017/04/18/photo-scandal-behavior-is-not-how-marines-are-made/
As published at Stream.org March 7, 2017. On the list of touchy hot-button issues, pregnancy in the military is at the top. The branches are loath to disclose the numbers and costs, not to mentio...
As published at Stream.org December 10, 2016. Just as the newly-elected Trump administration is preparing to take office, America gets a surprise reveal from The Washington Post that President Ob...
As published at Stream.org December 4, 2016. One could almost feel sorry for President Obama. Practically moments after confirmation that there wasn’t enough Senate support on either side of th...
From Politico https://www.politicopro.com/defense/whiteboard/2016/11/roughly-78-provisions-left-unresolved-in-house-senate-ndaa-bills-079377 Subject: Capitol Hill source says women in the draf...
As published at Stream.org October 20, 2016. It’s always funny to Marines when people from other military branches say our standards are too stringent. Funny in a “how embarrassing that you ...
As published at The Daily Signal September 13, 2016. Although the United States has not issued a draft since the Vietnam War in 1973, Congress is in the final negotiating stages for a measure th...