Gross Introduces Resolution to Restore America's Readiness

COLUMBUS—State Rep. Jennifer Gross (R-West Chester) recently introduced the Restoration of America’s Readiness (ROAR) Resolution in the Ohio House of Representatives, along with her joint-sponsor State Rep. Bernie Willis (R-Springfield).

The Resolution will urge the United States Congress to restore the Department of Defense's superior warfighting principles of recruiting, assigning, training, promoting, and retaining personnel solely based on merit while ensuring such personnel maintain and display a warrior ethos.

“Leading by example is an Ohio way of life,” said Gross. “This resolution expresses our desire to preserve the United States Armed Forces’ worldwide dominance and is an effort to encourage Ohio's best and brightest to answer the call to enlist in military service. Over the past several years, the Department of Defense and its military services have engaged in various practices that have eroded their warfighting principles. By returning again to the concept of merit and performance over person-centric identifiers, our national security and prosperity for the next generation can be obtained.”

The ROAR Resolution will be given a committee assignment when the Ohio House returns in September.