“The administration has promised that there will be no reduction of physical standards to accommodate women in combat roles, but that promise almost certainly is false — and Senator McCain, who has endorsed the move, should know better than to pretend otherwise. The political mandate to integrate women into the military had disastrous consequences for standards at West Point, as Walter Williams documented the last time we had this debate. The use of “gender-specific” physical standards meant that female candidates were given passing marks on tests when underperforming their male counterparts on such common benchmarks as push-ups, sit-ups, and running 1.5 miles.”
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/012413-641902-women-combat-obama-radical-feminist-goal.htm
I have no problem with women flying fighter jets or any MOS that does not require great strength and in particular upper body strength. I sure as hell do not want her beside me on the battlefield. She would not be able to drag my wounded bleeding ass off the battlefield if I were shot.
My son was a combat medic, two tours of Iraq. He is also a weight lifter. His unit took good care of him on patrol. They did not want him hurt. They knew he could pick them up and run and also patch them up if shot.