Sec. 593. Annual reports on progress of the Army and the Marine Corps in integrating women into military occupational specialities and units recently opened to women

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Not later than April 1, 2017, and each year thereafter through 2021, the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Commandant of the Marine Corps shall each submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the current status of the implementation by the Army and the Marine Corps, respectively, of the policy of Secretary of Defense dated March 9, 2016, to open to women military occupational specialties and units previously closed to women.

Each report shall include, current as of the date of such report and for the Armed Force covered by such report, the following: The status of gender-neutral standards throughout the Entry Level Training continuum. The propensity of applicants to apply for and access into newly-opened ground combat programs, by gender and program. Success rates in Initial Screening Tests and Military Occupational Speciality

(MOS)Classification Standards for newly-opened ground combat military occupational specialties, by gender. Attrition rates and causes of attrition throughout the Entry Level Training continuum, by gender and military occupational specialty. Reclassification rates and causes of reclassification throughout the Entry Level Training continuum, by gender and military occupational specialty. Injury rates and causes of injury throughout the Entry Level Training continuum, by gender and military occupational specialty. Injury rates and nondeployability rates in newly-opened ground combat military occupational specialties, by gender and military occupational specialty. A comparative analysis of injury rates, causes of injury, and nondeployability rates under paragraphs

(6)and

(7)with injury rates, causes of injury, and nondeployability rates in similar military occupational specialties of allied countries, including Australia, Canada, Israel, and the United Kingdom, and a comparative analysis of the mitigation factors used by the United States with respect to such injury and nondeployability and the mitigation factors used by such countries with respect to such injury and nondeployability. Lateral move approval rates into newly-opened military occupational specialties, by gender and military occupational specialty. Reenlistment and retention rates in newly-opened ground combat military occupational specialties, by gender and military occupational specialty. Promotion rates in newly-opened ground combat military occupational specialties, by grade and gender. Actions taken to address matters relating to equipment sizing and supply, and facilities, in connection with the implementation by such Armed Force of the policy referred to in paragraph (1). In addition to the reports required by subsection (a), the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, on the dates provided for in subsection (a), a report on the current status of the implementation by the United States Special Operations Command of the policy of Secretary of Defense referred to in subsection (a). Each report shall include the matters specified in subsection

(b)with respect to the United States Special Operations Command.