[Chode]

.....

[Chode]

BAMs

[2ndDivisionVet]

Maude

[Jet Jaguar]

Ping.

Thanks Chode.

[ForYourChildren]

Ya. Because as Obama said, women are just as strong as men.

[GrootheWanderer]

A woman carrying the mortar?

[NorthMountain]

That miserable faggot Ash Carter can’t be gone soon enough.

[Salvavida]

Poor ladies. This will not end well for them. The physical punishment on the body, trying to keep pace with the rest of the lads......this is all too predictable. And then they are going to want to have children.

[PROCON]

Marines will die but at least there's "diversity".

*SPIT*

[Organic Panic]

“three female officers in its ranks for several months to help integrate the enlisted females into the unit, “

All the while saying there will be no special provisions.

Combat units must not be co-ed. It is bad for moral.

[smokingfrog]

A fool’s errand.

[Falconspeed]

St. Valentine (d. 273) was tortured for disobeying Emperor Claudius, since Valentine rejected that only single men should be soldiers. He knew that married men make good soldiers, since they wish to defend both their country and family. Fools in US Federal government today are ignorant of history. Women in combat? Sounds suspicious. I enjoy learning from FR comments.

[DesertRhino]

Sickening. A terrible day for the Corps. A true slap in the face.

[sargon]

Wherever one may come down on with regard to whether women belong in combat, there is no doubt that they have been involved in combat, for all practical intents and purposes, in many places worldwide.

As such, when women are indeed serving in a de facto combat role, they should certainly be recognized for having done so. There certainly shouldn't be semantic games being played.

Women who serve well under combat conditions deserve every bit of recognition that any male soldier would merit for doing the same duty and actions.

I'm reminded of the real woman behind the "Molly Pitcher" Legend from the Battle of Monmouth in the American Revolution. If I'm not mistaken, this woman was, later in life, granted honorary rank, as well as a modest but very real military pension, for having served during the war in an artillerist's role...

[Roman_War_Criminal]

And yet there are some trolls and FReepers who believe this is a great idea...

[Jack Hammer]

How many fine Marines will die covering their asses...?

[stylin19a]

hmmm. I wonder what happened to these 3 ? (or are these 3 those 3?)

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/archives/2013/11/22/first-female-marines-to-graduate-infantry-training-it-takes-everything/78544108/

[arrogantsob]

How many lives will this cost?

[huldah1776]

Being the mother of a former 1/8 Marine I am angry that the idiots put a girl in the unit with guys weighing 180-190 lbs and over 6’ tall.

Besides that, THE 1/8 MARINES ARE THE BEIRUT MARINES. This is a direct hit on those Marines who died in Beirut and to me a spit on their graves. I am positive that it has not been missed by General Mattis.

[youngidiot]

This is nothing to be celebrated.

[FreedomPoster]

I want to see these women hump a mortar baseplate a few miles.