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Army opens Ranger school to women
Breitbart/AP ^ | 9/19/2014 | staff

Posted on 09/19/2014 1:20:15 PM PDT by bkopto

The U.S. Army is opening the door for women to go to Ranger school.

It's one of the first steps in the broader effort to allow women to begin moving into more grueling combat jobs.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: fail; fairness; militarywomen; ranger; specialforces; usarmy; womenincombat
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To: Bigg Red
Hey, not all of us women are as you describe.

Of course not. It was generalized caricature of the post modern feminist destroyers; no offense intended to those rare gems with a meek and quite spirit.

101 posted on 09/19/2014 6:03:38 PM PDT by DaveyB ("When injustice becomes the law; rebellion becomes duty." - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: APatientMan
It’s more complicated than that.

Do tell, do tell.

102 posted on 09/19/2014 6:04:59 PM PDT by DaveyB ("When injustice becomes the law; rebellion becomes duty." - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Night Hides Not

The point remains clear: you cannot do the Spec Ops mission with affirmative action operators. To do so is suicide and it spills over into the rest of the team. The weak link gets the others killed.

For those in the know, those identifiers of Spec Ops operators such as Green Berets, Ranger tabs, SEAL tridents, etc. are indicators of a man apart from others. He has survived the harshest training imaginable and has demonstrated a “continue the mission/no quit” attitude that is common only to others within the spec ops community.

Spec Ops is a job that you absolutely, positively cannot fake. You can either do the job or are killed trying because your warrior ethos will not let you quit.


103 posted on 09/19/2014 6:18:58 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: MasterGunner01

+1


104 posted on 09/19/2014 6:20:32 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: mountainlion
A Grand Mufti would just order widespread pardons in that case. The article you read was probably some PR crap designed to think the civilian policy wonks have a wonderful strategy. Islam (The various sects) has interchangeable "laws" under certain circumstances that makes that counters that wishful "thinking".

The flip side is that if any female combatant is captured by Islamic "crusaders", then I hope they don't mind getting will raped, abused, and possibly impregnated because Allah told Muhammad that was just a "peachy thing to do". If the rapists "pulls out" before climaxing, then Allah gets mighty angry.
105 posted on 09/19/2014 6:21:08 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: mountainlion
Sorry..."that makes that counters that wishful "thinking".
106 posted on 09/19/2014 6:23:11 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
i wonder if this is being done b/c the libtards figure when cwii hits patriots will be less inclined to fire on female imperial troopers.

I suspect the opposite; that female and homosexual imperial troopers will be more likely to fire on patriots.

107 posted on 09/19/2014 7:25:23 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
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To: jsanders2001

“Give’m the opportunity and let them flunk out. It will make the point much better than anything you could ever say.”

Absolutely correct - provided they don’t somehow alter the requirements. A friend has started Ranger School twice but barely missed the initial physical requirements, and he is in peak condition. It will be a very unique woman who can qualify - as long as they don’t change the requirements.


108 posted on 09/19/2014 7:51:34 PM PDT by LibertyOh
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To: LibertyOh
"...as long as they don’t change the requirements."

Of course they'll change the requirements. That's the entire purpose of this.

109 posted on 09/19/2014 7:54:30 PM PDT by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: odds

That’s why we see so many women entering the NFL. Proper training.

/sarc


110 posted on 09/19/2014 8:29:19 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: bkopto; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...

Active Duty ping.


111 posted on 09/19/2014 8:34:01 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: Travis McGee

Um..sarcasm taken but seriously self defense (which was my main point) should be encouraged for women, especially from a young age, given the crazy & violent world we live in. Krav maga (or slight variation of it) teaches techniques that are quite ‘efficient’ if one is attacked & not armed & actually great exercise to keep fit. Willingness & practice is the key though.


112 posted on 09/19/2014 8:46:28 PM PDT by odds
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To: Travis McGee
why does this image always come to mind when i read this kind of crap?

113 posted on 09/19/2014 9:20:44 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: bkopto

Killed the Farm.


114 posted on 09/19/2014 9:24:56 PM PDT by RedHeeler
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To: bkopto

Still no mention of Maj. Robert Rogers, throughout all these posts. YFP.


115 posted on 09/19/2014 9:33:37 PM PDT by RedHeeler
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To: TurboZamboni

I remember in Chu Lai every swingin’ dic...uh...every strac troop wore a beret of one color or another, or some endless variation of a bush hat. Until the rockets fell, and everyone turned out in their steel pot.

Now that was uniformity.


116 posted on 09/19/2014 9:45:27 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: miss marmelstein
In which they’ll flunk out and cry to mama. Congress.

But they won't. The fix is in. The Army will pre-select the first female students and will pre-determine the pass/fail rate based on lowered standards. Those that do "pass" will remain at the Ranger Training Brigade as gender zampolit "advisors" for the next crop of selectees. Once the new program is fully installed, the next step will be to assign a few to the Ranger Regiment staff, then into the operational battalions. Just another form of secular humanism being incrementally worked by fabians.

117 posted on 09/20/2014 12:04:49 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: bkopto
The U.S. Army is opening the door for those who present as women (vs. any of the other 13 or so "sexual orientations") to go to Ranger school.

How dare they refer to them as merely "women". I thought the actual gender was now meaningless and one was now labeled by his/her/its activities vs. actual gender.

118 posted on 09/20/2014 2:56:46 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: DaveyB; APatientMan

“It’s more complicated than that.”

“Do tell, do tell.”

Yes, please do...


119 posted on 09/20/2014 4:20:00 AM PDT by VMI70
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To: DaveyB

Was being sarcastic - should have used /s I guess...


120 posted on 09/20/2014 8:29:57 AM PDT by APatientMan (Pick a side)
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