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71 posted on Saturday, February 18, 2012 8:11:11 PM by Sarajevo: “My, my, my....attitudes change at FR.
Female Sergeant wins Silver Star - Terrorists Humiliated By Woman Warrior From Hell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1431644/posts “

Thank you, Sarajevo!

Today's reaction to what I thought was a good news story from the Fort Leonard Wood on-post newspaper was not at all what I expected.

I respect people's right to their opinion, but what I've seen today on this thread on Free Republic simply does not track with anything I've seen in the last ten years covering the Army or the Air Force, either from the active duty or recently retired community.

The comments on the link to the article about Sgt. Hester are a fair reflection of what I usually hear from the military community about women in the military.

I respect people's right to their opinion, but what I've seen today on this thread on Free Republic simply does not track with anything I've seen in the last ten years covering the Army or the Air Force, either from the active duty or recently retired community.

People in the service, especially the younger ones, are not immune from political correctness. This is especially true of those troops furthest from combat roles. They are conditioned to feel warm and fuzzy when things supposedly prove that women are equal to men in the field. I had a friend who was a lifer in the Air Force who spoke highly of many females who were in the NCO ranks. However, I was a grunt in the US Army, and it was ridiculously apparent that he and I had massively different standards regarding what was hardcore military and what was not. He worked in supply, which was a severe REMF job, and as such was not subjected to the stresses of what I would consider "actual military". I, on the other hand, was around nothing but full combat troops all the time. When the higher-ups make their decisions regarding women in the military, they tend to cite the opinions of troops like my friend while ignoring the opinions of troops like me, because troops like me laugh at the notion that women belong in the military in anything other than the least demanding far-rear support positions.

Today's reaction to what I thought was a good news story from the Fort Leonard Wood on-post newspaper was not at all what I expected.

No prob. I just think she's a little looney for doing it at the ripe age of 51 though. She's in my present age category.

I retired at the age of 41. The Team Sergeant was the next oldest on the team, and he was 36. It was a bear trying to keep up with those young'uns, especially on the runs.