I don’t give a crap about career progression for females or males.
I don’t care about the traditions of infantry, armor, or artillery.
I could care less about the Ranger ethos.
I care about winning the wars that confront and will confront the United States of America.
Period.
In my many years in the Army, I ran into some really fine female officers, warrants, nco’s, and junior enlisted. I mean they were exceptional in many ways.
However, and this includes the most athletic female officer I ever met, a young woman at a major military school, they weren’t able to hang physically with the same standards as the guys. What this means is that you can go ahead and drop her to capture an airfield in enemy territory, but you better pray she never has to do in-close combat or haul or lift anything heavy. She would fail her troops and she would probably die.
And you better not load her down with as much gear and ammo as the other rangers carry.
If the issue is winning wars, then decisions should be based on what enhances chances of battlefield success.
Have you heard from your peers still on active duty how the sodomy indoctrination process is going?