[I Buried My Guns]

Let's address the elephant in the room: Many female members of the military purposely get pregannat to avoid deployment. They also can get abortions after their unit has left.

For them, it's win-win, and one more compelling reason to exclude females from our armed forces.

[usflagwaver]

That is such a big bunch of crap. I am a female Vietnam Era Veteran. I volunteered for the Air Force. I did whatever jobs were assigned to me, and I never used my gender in any way whatsoever to to get ahead or to get out of doing any job that was assigned to me. I did my job very well, and often received commendations because of it.

I competed for promotion at the same level as all my male counterparts, but when I was in, women were not allowed to be in combat, so I could not earn any combat metals, which are part of the promotion process. No matter, I studied hard for the tests, and I got great performance evaluations, and I got promoted right on schedule.

Military women are an integral part of our armed services and you might as well get used to it.