Why Woman Should not be in Combat - Elaine Donnelly CMR

ELAINE DONNELLY Center for Military Readiness 2016 Message from Elaine  . . .   December 29, 2015 TO: Rabbi David Eidensohn       Dear Rabbi Eidensohn,     At this time last year I predicted that 2015 would be a difficult year for our military. Sure enough, on December 3, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter grimly announced that he was ignoring the best professional advice of the U.S. Marine Corps on an issue that will affect countless military women, men, and even unsuspecting civilian women of Selective Service registration age.   For months, the Department of Defense imposed gag orders and secrecy to accomplish "gender diversity" in the combat arms without congressional oversight or interference. Despite those efforts to hide the truth, the Center for Military Readiness stepped up to do the work that Congress and larger organizations failed to do.   Time and again, with your help, CMR kept obtaining, reporting, and analyzing the extensive new research on women in direct ground combat.   As you may know, University of Pittsburgh experts working with the U.S. Marine Corps found that physical differences between men and women do matter in the crucible of direct ground combat.  Scientific measurements found that in field tests, gender-mixed task force teams failed 69% of the time.  Both Marine and Army Medical Command reports also confirmed that women suffered injuries at least twice as often as men - more in units that routinely carry heavy loads on the way to find and fight the enemy.  Disproportionate levels of fatigue affected speed and even marksmanship - factors that are essential for what the Marines called "survivability and lethality" in direct ground combat.  You can see partial results of CMR's work in this long list of articles and commentaries - many of which highlighted facts that CMR was first to report and analyze in 2015: Women in Ground Combat - Part 8 ˗ Definitive Research and Commentaries.   Additional reports and documents, which the Pentagon held back for months, are only now coming to light. In a year when Americans will elect a new Commander-in-Chief, CMR's work will be more important than ever.   If you would like CMR to continue our work, please consider sending a year-end contribution and be as generous as you can. Your tax-deductible donation of any amount − $25, $50, $100, $500, $1,000, or more − will help CMR to pay our bills, replenish our funds, and prepare for significant challenges ahead.   You can send your tax-deductible contribution before the year's end by clicking on the electronic system in the box below, or by downloading this print form for sending in the December mail to our address, which is: CMR, P. O. Box 51600, Livonia, MI 48151   To thank you for a contribution of $100 or more, we will send you a bound copy of the two-section, 36-page Interim CMR Report ˗ Part II, summarized in this article:   Obama Administration Ignores Sound Military Advice on Women in Direct Ground Combat