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That’s how I see it...this is yet another diversion (i.e. my photo above) to distract and pair off people that otherwise would not even consider this a topic of discussion...

This is to cause more division among troops and veterans...

Females I served with that were MP’s did what was expected of them - but to go after the 11B MOS - none of them wanted it nor would they have sought it out...

Liberals know this is going to strike a cord - while the time wasted in discussion - they further their plans elsewhere....

Kinda like the current ACU that is about to be replaced AGAIN with a newer digi-camo...and as an officer who just purchased new uniforms - these will last until the end of the year - until the NEWER ones come out...wasteful in time and money - just like thinking that the 11B will open up and females will run in and join - and PASS...doubt it...but as you have stated - it’s one more traditional platform they want to destroy!

"Females I served with that were MP’s did what was expected of them - but to go after the 11B MOS - none of them wanted it nor would they have sought it out..."

Just because you don't seek out 11B doesn't mean it won't find you...

I suspect that there is an additional factor with this: fewer and fewer qualified males are signing up to serve their country. The services have had to make extraordinary changes to fill billets with women and older male candidates. It used to be that it was considered a rite of passage and a citizen's responsibility to serve a few years in uniform, particularly if a war was in progress. During Vietnam, we began to see this reverse with a majority of American males looking for deferments, dodging and hiding (Rush had butt cysts). I remember some darn woman yelling at me after I got back from Vietnam that she'd "never let her son join the Marines". I said "Ma'am, when I joined the Marines I didn't ask my Mom. When your son's a man, he won't ask you either".

Now those same dodgers and hiders are in positions of power and their children aren't serving either. The pool of parents supporting their children's enlistment is growing smaller all the time and the services are struggling to find the best available - since, contrary to mythology, only smart, fit, well-educated men perform well in the combat arms.

The bottom of the barrel will be visible soon as fewer and fewer top-quality volunteers will be available. We'd better hope that combat robots become available soon.