Megan MacKenzie - US Military Band of Brothers Culture in a Trump Era

This presentation examines the band of brothers myth and how it informs US military policy. It also asks what a Trump presidency means for US military culture and for recent policy changes such as removing the combat exclusion for women and opening the military to transgender service members. Megan MacKenzie is a senior lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. Her research centers on gender and security. Her book, Beyond the Band of Brothers: the US Military and the Myth that Women Can't Fight was published with Cambridge University Press in 2015. Previous work includes her book Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone: Sex, Security and Post-Conflict Development (2012). This event was part of the Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights Speaker Series, at the University of Massachusetts Boston. For additional events in the Consortium's Speaker Series, visit www.genderandsecurity.org. Event: February 28, 2017