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Call me a chauvinist if you like, but I see no reason why my wife or daughters should (conceivably) be called away to fight for me. The very idea is is offesnive. I am supposed to fight for them.

My opposition to women in combat has always been very simple: When our daughters and wives to off to war with us, what's left to fight for at home?

In the interest of full disclosure, I've been out of the military for almost ten years now. Mrs. Doohickey is an Aeromedical tech in the USAF Reserve. She's really good at what she does, though she does struggle with lifting 70 lbs. over her head (a requirement for flight qualification). :)