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Summer 2019 issue of On Watch

Vol. XXX, No. 1

SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE DRAFT

The End of Male-Only Draft Registration
“A Modern-Day Draft, If Marketed Carefully and Cleverly …”
C.O. Registry Set Up Ahead of Expected Draft Registration Changes
When Reservists Live Distant from Their Unit
Transgender Ban Update

MLTF files statement opposing draft with the NCMNPS

This statement, representing MLTF’s official position on the Draft, was filed with the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service as part of their public hearing process.

Transgender ban still in effect as Ninth Circuit orders new review

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series On Watch 30.2 Summer 2019

by Jeff Lake The spring of 2019 has seen the implementation of the ban on military service by transgender individuals. What started as a tweet by President Trump in 2017 has now come to be official U.S. military policy. That policy is…Read More »

Military releases annual report on sexual assault

On May 2, 2019, the Department of Defense (DoD) released its congressionally-mandated report on sexual assault in the military for fiscal year 2018. You can read the report here (PDF)

Spring 2019 issue of On Watch

Vol. XXX, No. 1

SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE DRAFT

MLTF responds to SCOTUS decision on Transgender ban

As 2019 began, the administration’s attempt to ban military service by transgender people was blocked by four nationwide injunctions in Washington State, California, Washington D.C. and in Maryland. In November, 2018, the Justice Department had petitioned the United States Supreme Court and…Read More »

Curl up by the fire with the Winter 2018 issue of On Watch

Volume XXIX, Vol 4

Contents

Deployed to the Border: A Test of Conscience for Service Members
Military Equal Opportunity Policies
New Navy Policy on ‘Other Designated Physical and Mental Conditions’
Army Captain Under Scrutiny for Tweeting Facts About U.S. Military
Update on Military Transgender Policy
Report from 2018 NLG Convention in Portland
Member News