News Roundup Of The Military Leadership Diversity Commission Report

U.S. Military Leadership Too Male And Too White -- Time

Should the U.S. military allow women to serve in ground combat -- largely in infantry and armor units -- to help their careers? A new report from the Military Leadership Diversity Commission says yes. It argues that the battle lines in Afghanistan and Iraq have been so blurry that women basically are in combat, but don't get the formal combat credit needed to advance in rank. That's because of a 1994 Pentagon ban -- the so-called "combat exclusion rule" -- that keeps females out of small units where most combat takes place. The rule should be junked, the commission says.

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More News On The Military Leadership Diversity Commission Report

Panel Recommends Ways to Improve Military Diversity -- US Department of Defense
Report Says Too Many Whites, Men Leading Military -- Washington Post/AP
Congressional Report: More minority and women leadership needed for US military -- Examiner
Top Military Leadership Needs Integrating -- Atlanta Post

Commission Urges Pentagon To Let Women Serve In Combat -- The Hill
Commission: Send U.S. women into combat -- UPI
Military Panel Wants Women Allowed in Close-Combat Units -- ABC
Panel says rescind policy on women in combat -- US Air Force
U.S. panel backs women in combat -- Xinhuanet
New report: Let women serve in combat -- HR Military
Should the U.S. military lift its ban on women in combat? -- Syracuse.com

WNU Editor: The Military Leadership Diversity Commission (MLDC) report can be read here.