Sentences with phrase «us military readiness»

The dispute was triggered by a three - part Tweet by Trump on July 26, in which the president said he needed to reverse his predecessor's transgender policy to protect military readiness and reduce waste.

«Each day that passes without implementing the final piece of this important policy harms our military readiness and restricts the Armed Forces» ability to recruit the best and the brightest,» said Peters, a Marine veteran.

«Expensive, lifelong hormone treatments and irreversible surgeries associated with gender dysphoria would negatively affect personal deployability and mission readiness, without resolving underlying psychological problems, including high risks of suicide,» said Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness.

The Military Times over the weekend quoted the Center for Military Readiness President Elaine Donnelly, who runs a military advocacy group, as endorsing the «rolling back» of some of President Barack Obama's military personnel reforms.

Looking at the factual numbers, we don't think there's any evidence that allowing open service would be costly or affect military readiness.»

She said it is also «a key step in recruiting and maintaining the talent we need to ensure military readiness.»

By attacking thousands of troops, @realDonaldTrump makes clear that he cares more about extreme ideology than military readiness.

Some conservative groups, including the Family Research Council and the Center for Military Readiness, have suggested a reversal of the policy.

«Essentially what it is, is military readiness training,» Commander Scott Osaki with the Navy Reserve said.

Arctic Care 2018 is run by the office of the Secretary of Defense to provide military readiness training while also providing local communities essential services that are much needed in some remote areas over the next two weeks.

For service members and their families, financial readiness at home can be nearly as important as military readiness in the field.

Our past experience as military leaders leads us to be greatly concerned about the impact of repeal [of the law] on morale, discipline, unit cohesion, and overall military readiness.

From a purely health - related standpoint, military readiness requires rational medical knowledge, not ideological fantasy.

«It will improve our military readiness.»

And in that context, why shouldn't the federal government make those meals as healthful as practicable, especially since the consequences of poor childhood nutrition — obesity, obesity - related diseases, health care costs, lack of military readiness — are all borne in part by taxpayers?

Because most Israeli adults undergo military service, any increase (or decrease) in population has a direct effect upon Israel's military readiness — no small thing given Israel's famously hostile environment.

The large portion for why Trump is pushing a budget increase is the decay of military readiness under sequester and continuing resolution.

They are a hangover from a failed 2011 budget agreement and have led to military readiness problems and caused hardship at domestic agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the IRS.

The brief states that «there is no evidence that it has disrupted military readiness, operational effectiveness, or morale.

Under the terms of the DADT repeal, the armed forces will not be permitted to allow open homosexuality in the service until the president, secretary of defense and head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff can certify that terminating DADT will not impair military readiness.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen have certified that the U.S. military is prepared to accept openly gay and lesbian service members, and that doing so will not harm military readiness, the White House announced Friday.

«The ability to monitor sweat loss and sweat chemistry in situ on the skin is of interest because the data may allow us to more effectively manage military readiness under grueling conditions in training or on the battlefield.»

About time; assigning combat positions based on merit without regard to an applicant's sex will enhance military readiness and help connect the army to society.

National Security — The Omnibus contains the fiscal year 2015 Defense Appropriations bill, providing funding for our nation's security, military readiness, and resources for our troops at home and abroad.

Economic progress and military readiness in the 21st Century will depend fundamentally on maintaining a competitive position in nanotechnology.

Today, with more than 35 million infections worldwide, HIV continues to pose a significant and persistent threat to force protection and military readiness.

High school: college, career, or military readiness, including AP, IB, enlisting in the military, dual enrollment, industry certification, and advanced coursework

«This is a health, military readiness, and competitive workforce issue.

Texas's Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan counts the College, Career, and Military Readiness indicator as 40 % of the School Quality and Student Success (SQSS) measure for high schools.

For high schools: College, Career and Military Readiness indicators, including students meeting the Texas Success Initiative benchmarks in reading or math; students who satisfy relevant performance standards on Advanced Placement or similar exams, students who earn dual - course credits, students who enlist in the military, students who earn an industry certification, students admitted into postsecondary certification programs that have as an admission requirement successful performance at the secondary level, students who successfully complete college preparatory courses, students who successfully meet standards on a composite of indicators that indicate the student's preparation to success, without remediation, in an entry - level course for a bachelor's or associate's degree program, students who successfully complete and OnRamps dual - enrollment course, and students awarded an associate's degree while in high school.

The board eliminated the option for military readiness in the accountability system based on public feedback.

America has such a long history of military readiness (some would say dominance) that it's hard to conceive of a time when the country had no standing army at all and little public or political will to create one.

For service members and their families, financial readiness at home can be nearly as important as military readiness.

This debt not only burdened military families, it also threatened security clearances — and by extension military readiness.

We need to maintain military readiness against whom?

Having served with Jim Mattis all my 36 years, I know that he is not at all reluctant to use that authority to preserve our military readiness.

Climate change presents significant and direct risks to US military readiness, maritime, activity, and operations.

It didn't take long for presenters to make the case for why climate change and sea level rise threaten military readiness.

«Although the consequences to military readiness are not insurmountable, the loss of some forward bases would require longer range lift and strike capabilities and would increase the military's energy needs,» the study says.

A recent official communication from his office claimed that climate change is a threat to military readiness.

James Taylor presents «Costly Energy Impairs Military Readiness» at the Tenth International Conference on Climate Change in Washington, DC July 11, 2015.

The Defense Department's best budget predictability in more than a decade shows Congress and the executive branch are aligned in terms of the threats to the nation and current and future military readiness, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said.

As a Career Advisor, Career or Guidance Counselor, Military Readiness Officer, or other advisory position professional, you will encounter clients from a broad range of professional backgrounds and experience levels, each on his / her own path.

Promoting family well - being broadly through different perspectives and common challenges was the focus of Penn State's sixth annual Child Maltreatment Solutions Network conference, co-sponsored by Penn State's Clearinghouse for Military Readiness, held recently at the Nittany Lion Inn.

Working for stronger families, greater prosperity, less crime, and improved military readiness in the Palmetto State

Working for stronger families, greater prosperity, less crime, and improved military readiness in the Badger State

Our members in Texas make a strong case for the importance of these smart investments in evidence - based childhood programs, which have long - term benefits to public safety, the workforce and military readiness.

Not exact matches

The most enlightening parts of the evening involved the senators» commentary about their votes in Congress on things such as the national telephone surveillance program, the readiness of the military, and immigration.

The military chiefs had said they needed time to study the issue and its effects on the readiness of the force before taking that step.

According to a Defense Department memo obtained by Military Times, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness will direct «an effort to form a working group to determine changes to military personnel policies necessary to provide the Military Departments increased flexibility to organize, train, and equip more ready and lethal forcesMilitary Times, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness will direct «an effort to form a working group to determine changes to military personnel policies necessary to provide the Military Departments increased flexibility to organize, train, and equip more ready and lethal forcesmilitary personnel policies necessary to provide the Military Departments increased flexibility to organize, train, and equip more ready and lethal forcesMilitary Departments increased flexibility to organize, train, and equip more ready and lethal forces.»