DMZFrank, thanks for the interesting history of some very significant battles and the Herculean strength of those manning some very heavy weapon systems.
I am aware of some very brave women who did fight well in some some close fights....While I agree with the need to keep the combat arms branches all male, I have to disagree with you on excluding women from military service all together. They are doing a lot of great and necessary work. — Women do make excellent pilots and in many cases their natural abilities (eye hand coordination and ability to withstand G forces) are superior to mens....
I am afraid that the influence of cultural marxism is so pervasive and powerful as to make these changes that we deplore inevitable should we continue to demand large numbers of women in ANY capacity...I remember the discussion when women were first admitted to the service academies and I said than that this means that we would eventually get to this point in the debate. I was hooted down then as an alarmist.
Perhaps if the nation ever regains it’s sanity, than we might come to a proper understanding, but the environment becomes ever more fanatical.