Measure To Force Women To Sign Up For Draft Passes House Panel

By Jonah Bennett A provision to force women to sign up for the draft just narrowly cleared the House Committee on Armed Services, passing an important hurdle in the legislative process. This provision, originally introduced by GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter as a way of pointing out the logical implication of allowing women serving in combat roles,…

Navy Bureaucracy Has No Idea How To Make Job Title ‘Yeoman’ Gender-Neutral

By Jonah Bennett The Navy is hell-bent on adjusting job titles to suit gender equality, but the bureaucracy is stumped on changing the clerical position of “yeoman” and has mulled over alternatives like “yeo-person” and “yeo-specialist” as replacements. But up to this point, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Michael D. Stevens has rejected…