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Army opens Ranger school to women
Breitbart/AP ^ | 9/19/2014 | staff

Posted on 09/19/2014 1:20:15 PM PDT by bkopto

The U.S. Army is opening the door for women to go to Ranger school.

It's one of the first steps in the broader effort to allow women to begin moving into more grueling combat jobs.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: fail; fairness; militarywomen; ranger; specialforces; usarmy; womenincombat
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To: MasterGunner01
What's next, Navy SEALs?

Yes.

41 posted on 09/19/2014 1:56:54 PM PDT by BruceS
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To: hal ogen
I hold that if Americans knew about the excess (on all levels) around the WDC area, there would be a repeat of the French revolution.

I concur. I represented a highly regulated company in WDC. My first assignment was to fly to WDC and attend a FERC meeting. It cost my company $1500 to fly me there, another $200 (it was 20 years ago) for the hotel and I don't remember the food bill. You know what we did there? We spent 4 hours determining when we could meet again. It was unbelievable watching the highly paid lawyers in their $1000 suits wasting precious time and their clients' money negotiating their calendars! Walking down the streets you could feel the immense government buildings (the bureaucracies) vacuuming the money out of your pockets. And yes, I am moving from very angry to very sad.

As long as the very high Ranger standards are met, I am OK with allowing women to compete. If standards are lowered, well then, those who pass the new lowered standards, by definition ARE NOT true Rangers.

42 posted on 09/19/2014 1:59:32 PM PDT by Chgogal (-Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: MuttTheHoople

Does the fourth Rangerette from the left have something running down her leg, or is that just a run in her stocking?


43 posted on 09/19/2014 1:59:34 PM PDT by Kenton
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To: bkopto

STUPID PC move. In a real war these imbecile women will get good Rangers killed covering their unqualified a$$es


44 posted on 09/19/2014 2:00:15 PM PDT by clamper1797 (I'm a Tea Party Conservative ... in my opinion that makes me "Politically Correct")
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To: bkopto

If women can now become Army Rangers, will the Army Rangers now become women?


45 posted on 09/19/2014 2:00:19 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: bkopto
Using the Iraq/Syria meltdown, the Ebola epidemic and the Ukraine invasion for cover, LOTS of bad things are being done by team Obama to include REMOVING 'so help me God' from Air Force oath and now female Rangers, among other cr*p.

Female Rangers isn't about females at all.. It's about DESTROYING MORALE and discouraging enlistments by straight white Christian males into the military.

46 posted on 09/19/2014 2:00:19 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: MasterGunner01
How can they expect us to accept this then get worked up over some guy punching out his girlfriend in an elevator.

Sorry folks, its either one way or the other.

47 posted on 09/19/2014 2:02:03 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: bkopto
All this female inclusion crap would cease if the men refused to enter the program(s)

Imagine no men going to OCS, or Ranger school, or Airborne or _______ (fill in the blank)

They want women so much .... let 'em HAVE 'em.

48 posted on 09/19/2014 2:02:42 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: bkopto

Basic Training is now a quick run through the Girl Scout Handbook.


49 posted on 09/19/2014 2:02:57 PM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: Vermont Lt

They need the woman who threw a long table at some melee and caught a metal folding chair with one hand (the gif gets posted here occasionally). She could probably handle herself in the Rangers.


50 posted on 09/19/2014 2:03:35 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: bkopto

> They won’t flunk out. Alternative standards will be instituted or standards will be lowered across the board. You have to understand how these people think. They don’t take “no” for an answer.

In their mind, gender is a social construct which, with a little social engineering, can be overcome and male and female will be equal.

I guess reality will have to hit them squarely in the face when finally figure out their squads are not accomplishing missions because the have to stop for potty breaks too often or are ambushed when putting their makeup on in the morning...


51 posted on 09/19/2014 2:04:39 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001
Give’m the opportunity and let them flunk out. It will make the point much better than anything you could ever say.

Except, that is not what will happen. They will come up with testing that will be easier for women to pass. The physical fitness testing will be watered down. This isn't about women doing the same job as men; this is about women getting the same position as a man; but, with different and less demanding qualifications.

52 posted on 09/19/2014 2:05:30 PM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: yarddog

> I have watched Ranger training on “The History Channel”.

I doubt there is a single woman in the world who could pass.

Hell, few men could pass...


53 posted on 09/19/2014 2:05:34 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: bkopto

American Shield Maidens? Where the hell are all the able bodied men we use to have? Are we trying to keep them out now? Has it become our kinder and gentler rangers? Female seals are next.


54 posted on 09/19/2014 2:07:28 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Hillary or Warren 2016! Why? Just to have a woman for Historical Purpose?? At least pick a looker!)
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To: jsanders2001

I was a very fine athlete in high school and college. I could run the 100 faster than the Women’s world record. I could not pass Ranger training. I would not even try.


55 posted on 09/19/2014 2:10:06 PM PDT by yarddog (G)
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To: bkopto

In which they’ll flunk out and cry to mama.


56 posted on 09/19/2014 2:11:57 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
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To: yarddog; All

I guess the first clue about standards being the same would be if all the females had to show up in the same buzz cut the men have to.


57 posted on 09/19/2014 2:12:36 PM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: jsanders2001

The day my 10 year old nephew knocked me to the ground (a loving gesture, apparently) told me everything I ever needed to know about gender/social construct.


58 posted on 09/19/2014 2:14:39 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
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ping


59 posted on 09/19/2014 2:14:43 PM PDT by mykroar (This is an insult to the nation's intelligence and these days, that isn't easy.)
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To: bkopto
"Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said Friday that he believes he will be able to put women in the Ranger course next spring."

Traitorobama buttboy!


60 posted on 09/19/2014 2:16:19 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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