FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GENDER-INTEGRATED
TRAINING AND RELATED ISSUES

801 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., SUITE 300
WASHINGTON D.C. 20004

Tel: 202-761-4489 Fax: 202-761-4494

December 16, 1997

The Honorable
William S. Cohen
Secretary of Defense

Dear Mr. Secretary:

As members of the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender-Integrated Training and Related Issues, we are pleased to submit our final report which contains recommendations on how best to train our gender-integrated, all-volunteer force to ensure that it is disciplined, effective, and ready. The recommendations are based on our assessment of the current initial entry training programs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.

For the past six months, the committee has looked at the full cycle for the recruit, starting at the recruiting station, through basic and advanced training. The committee has also talked to newly assigned service members and their supervisors at their operational units. Committee members traveled to 16 military sites which included the major training facilities of all the services. The result has been that we have talked to over 1,000 recruits, over 500 instructors, over 300 first-term service members, and over 275 supervisors in the operational units.

It has been our honor to undertake this review at your request. It is the committee's intention to contribute to the effort to craft a sound policy for training our young men and women today for tomorrow's missions. We respectfully submit this report comprised of recommendations which the committee supports unanimously.

Warmest regards,

/signed/

Nancy Kassebaum Baker
Chairman

PAGE 2 OF TRANSMITTAL LETTER
TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

REPORT OF THE FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ON GENDER-INTEGRATED TRAINING AND RELATED ISSUES

The Report