You are full of it.
More concerned with imagery than reality.
Coop, Servant and many others are right on the money.
This is a topic that the press and leftist press including the phone sexer O'reilly himself are demagoging to belittle the DoD and Rummy. Take it for what it is.
No harm no foul.
Forget imagery...this is what it is and it isn't a good thing on so many different levels,that you and your compatriots are ignoring.
There is still a double standard.Men view females,who act like this, in a different light,than they see women who don't.And YES,that makes a difference within a military unit especially in wartime and in a war zone!
Coop, Servant and you are in a very small "minority" of people who think this behavior was ok and should be tolerated in the military.
You don't seem to understand the ramifications of our troops behaving like this, in countries where the moral ethics can have severe consequences (even death) to our troops who do NOT behave this way! The MAJORITY of our troops don't behave this way. They understand the code of ethics we are all to serve under. The majority do us great honor, and bring honor to all of us while they serve.
This group of people are not the first to serve under great stress. So to say they needed to "relieve" their stress and the only way they could do so, was to strip off their uniforms and roll in mud, is the epitomy of ignorance!
I will say it one last time, they dishonored every woman who has died in uniform. lost a limb or is disabled from serving. I'm one of those woman. I'm offended by this behavior.
Many of us served during extremely difficult or stressful times in our nations history. To suggest we needed to behave this way to somehow "survive" is the most IGNORANT nonsense I've ever heard.
Those kind of statements are sheer stupidity.