Or worse:
Key is set a standard ..... Male or female. If the six mile run is 38 minutes then everyone regardless of sex meets that standard.
Same for all qualifications be they physical or mental.
Can’t wait for fat out of shape weaker wannabes when your getting shot at. That’s why some males fail the courses now.
If the standards are lowered on mere PC basis then “special” or “elite” etc is just a lable versus ability.
Meeting physical standards set forth is the key. Do not lower the standards . If a troop, again, male or female , can meet the standards then they should be allowed in.
My opinion...
The female senior officers have been uniformly useless in any combat arms capacity and the few I have served with in the Marine Corps never understood what the Marine Corps was really all about: killing people effectively. This isn't about "job creation" for women - it's about the survival of our armed forces and our country.
If you still think this is up for discussion, have at it.
To me, the concept is absurd. Discussing it - at all - is to become delusional yourself.
Either there will be ground combat in the future, or there won’t. Either we will allow females to lead fire teams, on up to platoons, companies, etc., or we won’t.
If there is combat and if we do allow that, we will be crushed by enemies who are not delusional themselves.
Everything else that is being discussed is beside the point.
Don’t waste your time.
And why excuse yourself by your “at the risk of being labelled a misogynist..” intro? What do you care if they label you? They will label you whatever you say, if what you say is the truth. F*** ‘em.
If you still think this is up for discussion, have at it.
To me, the concept is absurd. Discussing it - at all - is to become delusional yourself.
Either there will be ground combat in the future, or there won’t. Either we will allow females to lead fire teams, on up to platoons, companies, etc., or we won’t.
If there is combat and if we do allow that, we will be crushed by enemies who are not delusional themselves.
Everything else that is being discussed is beside the point.
Don’t waste your time.
And why excuse yourself by your “at the risk of being labelled a misogynist..” intro? What do you care if they label you? They will label you whatever you say, if what you say is the truth. F*** ‘em.
Former Army Capt. Tanya Dami NEVER met the men’s standards.
She got by by meeting the lower female standards.
Unless ALL women in the military are forced to meet the men’s standards or GET OUT, there won’t be true “equality”.
Of course, men and women are different.
Forcing TRUE equality upon them would victimize them.
Politics is about rewards. There is no rationality in it. The Democrats are fine with this because they think it appeases the feminists and will bring the Democrats money and votes. Turn it around on them. MAKE women be in the Infantry. Use their favorite policy of Affirmative Action and make all women register for the draft, and then draft them until the Infantry is 60% female. There’s no glamour in the Infantry. Any woman who says she wants to be in the Infantry because it’s so cool and fun and high-paying is a liar and an idiot. The Democrats want to play this game, then rub their nose in it. How many women do you know who want to live in a hole and get their brains blown out? Well, too many women have been voting Democrat with no fear of the consequences. Let’s let them have some of the fear that men have had.
Or worse:
Blunting the tip of the spear is the purpose behind this ridiculous order.
Our military was getting the job done in spite of the outrageous ROE etc. they were saddled with, so the marxist/muslim cabal had to come up with something they plan to sell as “fairness.”
I don’t think menstruating female navy seals having to operate in shark infested waters would be a good idea.
A total turkey.
Boykin acknowledges that women have served bravely under fire. But those situations have largely been in support roles, not offensive operations. They have not served in units trained and equipped to pursue, engage, and destroy a hostile force.
Boykin is correct. Women will drag down our offensive capabilities leading to unnecessary death and possible defeat and all for PC-ness. Dumb.
Women in combat = mistake.
BIG mistake.
It’s a sick society that sends mommies out to kill people. Mommies are supposed to be kind and nurturing, not killers. That is what daddies are for.
Our military has become just another social experiment to "equalize" the sexes. When the real rubber finally meets the hard road, it will fail. But that's what happens when we put Liberals in power; we get failure all the way up and down the line.
We may be kidding ourselves, but we are not kidding our enemies. They are no doubt laughing and licking their chops right now in anticipation of our full implementation of such insane policies. They can smell victory and our looming disaster and must get excited at the thoughts of our gutting our softened, feminized military - even as our government overlords perfume their hankies and demurely waft them over their tender noses to help disguise the oncoming stench of our own death and destruction.
Is it worth this just so a few ambitious females can get on career tracks to the stars? Is it?