“Because the author may indeed be full of crap on various aspects, that does not mean he or she is wrong to suggest that combat ships should not be coed.”
Well, if he can’t produce facts to support his position, then he is wrong.
“Because you can probably find some woman somewhere who may be able to finish Ranger training does not mean you should open Ranger School and all combat billets to women.”
Women attending Ranger School is a different subject. One needs exceptional strength and stamina to complete the course and even many males drop out. But that’s a level of strength and stamina one doesn’t need to serve on a combat ship.
I strenuously disagree. Just because it is a push button navy right now does not mean that is the way it is going to be in a shooting war. Have you ever served on a combat vessel in war where the crew is fighting to say afloat and save their own lives and the lives of their shipmates?
But my biggest objection to women on combat vessels is not their lack of physical strength.
It is the logistical aspects including things like segregated berthing spaces and heads to things women need that men don’t ranging from feminine hygiene products to birth control pills, and that isn’t even addressing actual pregnancy on a warship. And yes, it happens and will happen.
And just as important (maybe even more so) is the effect on unit cohesion that a coed crew has. Leftists like to say that men and women will be professional, and that sexual relations won’t occur with all the corresponding morale problems all while in the middle of the water thousands of miles from port.
“But that’s a level of strength and stamina one doesn’t need to serve on a combat ship.”
How much sea duty do you have?