Better yet, the recent decision to station women on submarines is going to work out so well. /more sarcasm.
As everybody says on this board and others, political correctness is turning American strength into a "wussified" secondary power.
I remember years ago about the libs using Israel for the model of women in combat. I've read that Israel has reversed that policy some years back because it just didn't work. Maybe I'm wrong. Correct me if so.
Funny you would mention this.
I went to college about 3 years ago with a guy who was a flaming FDRQ. We were in Culinary Arts together, and I must say he was fine cook (albeit with a weird sense of what went together, for example, wasabi taffy. I kid you not.)
When he got close to graduating, I asked him if he wanted to continue to pursue the culinary field. He replied, “No, I am joining the Navy.” I was shocked, so I asked him why and what he intended to do. “I want to serve my country, and I want to be a nuclear power specialist.” Apparently, He tested rather high in certain areas of his ASVAB, and the recruiter offered him the nuke propulsion program on the spot. He went in 2 months after he graduated from college (with a culinary degree).
IF he survived boot camp, he’s probably finishing his nuke training soon.
I did ask him if he was concerned his ‘orientation’ was going to cause him problems, and he SAID he wasn’t concerned.
Well, he may not be...but I AM. I am not sure I want someone like him working near a nuclear power plant on one of our Navy ships of the line.
I have heard from many older navy guys (who knew/saw both policies) that putting females aboard combatants has totally changed they dynamics onboard the vessels. It’s tough for me to understand how putting the females aboard, who everybody accepts are significantly less physically capable on average, is not detrimental to damage control.