The Liberals will squeal that it’s discriminatory and all of that.
But isn’t it a fact there are a number of medical or mental conditions which disqualify people from military service?
Let’s have that debate.
We can definitely have a good debate about how someone who is undergoing constant hormone treatments or other transgender treatments ,does not belong in a combat zone for example.
The military is not the same as civilian Society. Let’s also have that discussion with the Liberals that you can’t just apply the same Sort of anti-discrimination laws and policies To military service that you would to civilian life.
“The military is not the same as civilian Society. Let’s also have that discussion with the Liberals that you can’t just apply the same Sort of anti-discrimination laws and policies To military service that you would to civilian life.”
True, and it is all heavily based on “uniformity”. To the point of even court martial for not being uniform by code.
It would be interesting to know how many people do not want to serve in the military because they don’t want to put up with all the DEI crap. Its all a huge distraction in an often demanding and dangerous environment where cohesion, dedication and competence are so vital to mission success.
And it is.
Discrimination is a good thing. Remember when saying that someone has "discriminating tastes" was a compliment?
In this case, we're discriminating between those whose presence facilitates military readiness and those whose presence detracts from military readiness.
“...anti-discrimination laws and policies To military service that you would to civilian life.”
Medically speaking, there are some similarities. Police, Fire, some abulance, and park ranger require a certain amount of need to be accomplished properly. But the government doesn’t have to relieve solders, marines, or airmen based upon sexual designation. All they really have to do is create a single standard of required capacity to work within the field based upon a standard to a moderate proportion rather than a minimum standard and enforce it so it doesn’t reach a question of go/no go.
The military just like any other “job” has failure situations. If a person can’t do the job, why create lower standards to fill in squares for those who can’t do it? Should a person who can’t respond well because they are disabled for a police position that requires street duty? Do you make blind people artilary spotters or park ranger tower fire spotters? If that’s the case, do you require people who are not physically fit for a position to be assigned to fill a partisan angle?
I spent over 35 years in the military at different levels training soldiers, airmen, and marines for combat, physically. Some did not make it. Some shouldn’t have. But I don’t set the standards, just train and test for standards established by people who don’t play the game and in too many cases ignore the recommendations of their underlings that are in the pits. We would be a better force if people were actually assigned with good faith into what they can do rather than what they are expected to do.
wy69
Yes, there are, and mental illness should be put back on the list.