The Center for Military Readiness is 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization about policies of the United States military.

Overview

It was established in 1993, in the aftermath of the "Don't ask, don't tell

Don't ask, don't tell

"Don't ask, don't tell" was the official United States policy on homosexuals serving in the military from December 21, 1993 to September 20, 2011. The policy prohibited military personnel from discriminating against or harassing closeted homosexual or bisexual service members or applicants, while...

" policy enabled under former President Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

. It is headquartered in Livonia, Michigan

Livonia, Michigan

Livonia is a city in the northwest part of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Livonia is a very large suburb with an array of traditional neighborhoods connected to the metropolitan area by freeways. The population was 96,942 at the 2010 census, making it Michigan's 9th largest...

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Its Board members include Allan C. Carlson

Allan C. Carlson

Allan C. Carlson is a scholar and professor of history at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. He is the president of the Howard Center, a director of the Family in America Studies Center, the International Secretary of the World Congress of Families and editor of the Family in America...

, Frank Gaffney

Frank Gaffney

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. is the founder and president of the American Center for Security Policy, columnist at the Washington Times, blogger at Big Peace and radio host on Secure Freedom Radio....

, David Horowitz

David Horowitz

David Joel Horowitz is an American conservative writer and policy advocate. Horowitz was raised by parents who were both members of the American Communist Party. Between 1956 and 1975, Horowitz was an outspoken adherent of the New Left before rejecting Marxism completely...

, Frederick Kroesen

Frederick Kroesen

Frederick James Kroesen, Jr. is a United States Army four star general and was the Commanding General of the Seventh United States Army and the commander of NATO Central Army Group from 1979 to 1983, and Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command from 1976 to 1978...

, John Lenczowski

John Lenczowski

Dr. John Lenczowski is the Founder and President of The Institute of World Politics – an independent graduate school of statecraft and national security affairs in Washington, D.C.- Professional life :Dr...

, Kate O'Beirne

Kate O'Beirne

Kate O'Beirne is the Washington editor of National Review. Her column, "Bread and Circuses," covers Congress, politics, and U.S. domestic policy....

, Phyllis Schlafly

Phyllis Schlafly

Phyllis McAlpin Stewart Schlafly is a Constitutional lawyer and an American politically conservative activist and author who founded the Eagle Forum. She is known for her opposition to modern feminism ideas and for her campaign against the proposed Equal Rights Amendment...

, Carlisle Trost

Carlisle Trost

Admiral Carlisle Albert Herman Trost, USN is a retired United States Navy officer who served as the Navy's twenty-third Chief of Naval Operations and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1 July 1986 to 29 June 1990. He oversaw the Navy during the end of the Cold War, and the preparations...

, Claudius E. Watts III

Claudius E. Watts III

Lieutenant General Claudius Elmer "Bud" Watts III is an American military leader and past president of The Citadel Military College of South Carolina from 1989-1996.-Biography:...

, Faith Whittlesey

Faith Whittlesey

Faith Ryan Whittlesey is a former Republican politician and White House Senior Staff member notable for her effort to communicate Reagan's entire policy agenda to U.S...

, and Walter E. Williams

Walter E. Williams

Walter E. Williams, is an American economist, commentator, and academic. He is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, as well as a syndicated columnist and author known for his libertarian views.- Early life and education :Williams family during childhood...

, among others. Other members at large have included Linda Chavez

Linda Chavez

Linda Chavez is an American author, commentator, and radio talk show host. She is also a Fox News analyst, Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, has a syndicated column that appears in newspapers nationwide each week, and sits on the Board of Directors of two Fortune 1000 companies:...

, Beverly LaHaye

Beverly LaHaye

Beverly LaHaye is an American Christian conservative activist and author.-Biography:Beverly LaHaye is best known for The Act of Marriage, a Christian sex self-help bestseller she co-authored in 1976 with her husband Tim LaHaye, and for founding Concerned Women for America in 1979 in San Diego,...

, and Wally Schirra

Wally Schirra

Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. was an American test pilot, United States Navy officer, and one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen for the Project Mercury, America's effort to put humans in space. He is the only person to fly in all of America's first three space programs...

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It has come under fire for its alleged inaccurate and misleading reports to the IRS.

Advocacy

It is opposed to allowing gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

 persons from serving in the military. It also aims to limit its number of women.

See also

• LGBT policy in the U.S. military
  LGBT policy in the U.S. military
  The attitude toward homosexuality of the United States military has historically been one of exclusion. The military has consistently held the official view that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people are unfit for military service...
  
  
• Sexual orientation and military service
  Sexual orientation and military service
  The military forces of the world have differing approaches to the enlistment of homosexual and bisexual individuals. The armed forces of most developed countries have now removed policies excluding non-heterosexual individuals...
  
  
• LGBT rights opposition
  LGBT rights opposition
  LGBT rights opposition refers to active opposition to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights. Organizations influential in LGBT rights opposition frequently challenge judicial rulings, and legislative initiatives, and dispute findings that sexual orientation is an immutable...