Posted on 06/01/2015 10:56:35 AM PDT by Paul46360
Edited on 06/01/2015 11:23:07 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
I don’t know if this story will get widespread coverage, but it’s one we’ve certainly been tracking. We’ve been keeping you apprised of the quest for social egalitarianism in our U.S. military with the inclusion of females in combat billets (duty positions) such as Marine Infantry and U.S. Army Rangers. The Obama administration decreed in 2015 — without Congressional approval — that Army Ranger training and in 2016, U.S. Navy SEAL training would be open to females. After all, to the liberal progressives of the Obama administration and their ilk, it is just a job, which should be open and available to everyone — their definition of social justice.
Well, this recent revelation is quite telling. Remember we last reported about the eight female Soldiers who passed the pre-Ranger indoctrination course? As reported by Yahoo News, “On Friday, the Army is expected to announce that all the women who had attempted to graduate from Ranger School had officially failed to meet the standards, according to a military source. Ranger School, which grooms the Army’s most elite special operations fighting force, opened its doors to women for the first time this year. Eight of the 20 women who originally entered the school’s first co-ed class were allowed to recycle through the program after they fell out in their first go-round.”
“The Friday announcement will confirm that this happened again. The Rangers are the best of the best, and being a Ranger means passing a physical test that pushes body and mind to the breaking point. If women can’t do it, the argument goes, then they shouldn’t be Rangers. But there is another opinion quietly being voiced as well: that Ranger School is more akin to a rite of passage – an opportunity for men to “thump their chest,” as one Ranger puts it – than a realistic preparation for leading in war. That women can actually make Ranger units more effective. And that the standards that keep them out are outdated.”
This isn’t about “chest thumping,” it’s about training the toughest and hardest convention formation light infantry fighters in the U.S. Army. My greatest concern is that soon the belief will be we don’t need tough standards — after all, it’s about every kid getting a trophy. But this is not about everyone getting to play. Elite fighting force has a meaning.
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I'm sure they are going to keep testing them until they can pretend to get the result they want.
Don’t worry. Mountain phase will get them.
“were allowed to recycle through the program after they fell out in their first go-round”
There’s no “do over” in live combat........I’m afraid people are gonna die because of this, probably even some of these females.....I hope not but I wouldn’t doubt it.
Pardon ignorance as I never served, but is this normally a one-time opportunity...if you don’t make it the first time there is no second chance?
No, recycles are allowed
Ok, thank you
“I’m afraid people are gonna die because of this, probably even some of these females.....”
Don’t worry. They’ll get a trophy...posthumously, of course. Maybe Obama will pull out his Greek columns and do it up right.
/s
(Lord...I’m only kidding. Please protect our military members. All of them.)
Agreed. Stay out of my kitchen. God made men to go to war and take out the garbage. Who am I to judge? :-)
seen that pic before, guess she didn’t want to mess up her makeup with that yucky camo face paint.
But I’ve seen so many movies where women are real bad asses and kick the crap out of everyone...
BFL
I’m surprised that the military didn’t just “deem” them to have qualified.
Z-E-R-O!
You can re-apply. Happens in all sorts of special ops training. Just don’t know tho if you don’t make it by the 3rd time is your time up with re-applying.
If the standards or qualifications for the job are reduced, neutralized or otherwise changed to permit unqualified individuals to pass, then it is NOT equality.
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