Posted on 12/17/2015 11:17:24 AM PST by QT3.14
When President Barack Obama announced that women would be eligible for combat roles in the military earlier this month, he stated “our armed forces have taken another historic step toward harnessing the talents and skills of all our citizens.†Secretary of Defense Ash Carter echoed those thoughts: “Our force of the future must continue to benefit from the best people America has to offer … in the 21st century, that includes drawing strength from the broadest possible pool of people.â€
This change is going to help the military in any number of ways: It’s a step toward greater fairness, and it makes a new talent pool available to combat positions. But before we get too complacent, the Army has another challenge in front of it that opening the door to women is just one small step toward solving: It is understaffed for the challenges it faces, and faces an even bigger recruiting struggle ahead.
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Why should they join? To fight for what? The Saudis? The NWO?
He&& no.
We won’t go.
Women is combat!!! 18 year old girls to register for the draft NOW!!
Your daughters maybe.
My daughters will NOT be janissaries for the saudis.
More liberal BS. Insanity. Hypocrisy. Incompetence.
January 2017 cannot come fast enough.
Why would they want to get into that morass?
Not an accident: The Left are trying to purge the military of white, Christians males until we’ve reached a point where only women, minorities and muzzies are serving.
You forgot trannys and gays.
My husband is a retired Marine but neither of us wants our boys to enlist in a pro-homosexual military where they stand a too-high probability of being sexually assaulted by another male.
The military’s real problem: the CIC.
Military-aged men in my family who would normally join the armed services are choosing other options specifically because of the CIC. Some are waiting to see who wins the next election and may join then.
I have 3 kids. In their 20s and the early 30s. I would not want the to be in the service under the current regime.
There is no way Hussein would be in charge of me.
“This change is going to help the military in any number of ways: It’s a step toward greater fairness...”
That is what this all boils down to!!!
Not, does this decision make our military a more fierce and feared fighting force?
None of these limp wristed, pants wetting, window lickers are concerned about the EFFECTIVENESS of our fighting force, but rather, “iiiissssss iiiiiiittttttttt ffffffaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrr, yeah, fair (said with a lisp).”
Well for F’s sake...I’m sure while the enemy is kicking our a$$ they will most definitely take in to account that at least we were fair. January 21st 2017 (yeah, 399 days) cannot get here fast enough to overturn this lunacy BS...
I think the Roman Empire went this way, as well.
No way with this bunch in power.
Ranks will be filled by the ‘new’ Americans. See?
Political Correctness suppresses more than thought and speech.
State militias sound optional!!
“Fewer Americans are joining”
Give them the right leadership , on all levels , and they will join . Give them a clear mission , with victory as the stated goal , and they will join . Allow them to be and remained armed , on the home from and on bases , and they will join .
Well, let’s see why they’re not joining:
*Women in combat
*Different physical standards set for women and men
*Unisex bathrooms
*Air Force commandant(ette) who’s never flown a plane
*Enemy engagement restrictions (can only return fire)
*Must be willing to kill Americans
*Women on submarines
*Anti-American, muslim loving, American flag hating, so-called Commander-in-Chief
*Can’t be armed on posts
*Terrible pay
*A decidedly hatred attitude from our White House
*Total lack of respect from the White House
*So-called “trans”-sexuals allowed in barracks
*Openly admitting homosexuals into all barracks life
*add your own
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