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Navy SEALs ready to open doors to women
MSN News ^ | September 25, 2015 | LOLITA C. BALDOR

Posted on 09/25/2015 2:43:50 PM PDT by detective

The commander of the Navy's special warfare units is recommending that the SEALs and combat crew jobs be opened to women, but he warns that women will have greater risk of injury and says the service may be pressured to adjust or lower standards for the jobs.

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To: DuncanWaring
Never mind the upper body strength requirements, just put ANY women in an infected tropical slime swamp up to their necks for a week and see how they fare. No cleaning up, no getting out, nothing, just perfect silence, ready to slit throats every moment. Live (eat, sleep, piss, s#it etc) in this stuff for a week, then another week.


81 posted on 09/26/2015 5:28:27 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Israelis do NOT have women in combat units. They serve in the military, but NOT in combat arms. The IDF learned from that mistake many decades ago.


82 posted on 09/26/2015 5:29:38 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Good to see you back, TM.


83 posted on 09/26/2015 5:39:03 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: exit82

Thanks. Check out this 5 minute Youtube video: I was able to go dive-planing with dolphins behind my boat this summer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXwNLaeNOXQ&feature=youtu.be


84 posted on 09/26/2015 6:41:55 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

On an entirely different topic, how do you keep your barrel unobstructed in that environment?


85 posted on 09/26/2015 7:29:33 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Travis McGee

They may not now. I know women did serve in Israeli combat units many years ago.


86 posted on 09/26/2015 8:06:36 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Travis McGee

Matt, that was a totally awesome video.

Thanks so much for sharing. Like the SEALplane idea as well.


87 posted on 09/26/2015 10:22:19 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: DuncanWaring

Black plastic shoot-through muzzle caps that fit snugly around the entire flash suppressor. Or at least that was how we did it long ago.


88 posted on 09/26/2015 11:34:41 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: exit82

THanks. It was a blast to finally do it with dolphins, something we had been trying to do for 20 years. Usually they take off before you can get a dive plane ready and get in the water.


89 posted on 09/26/2015 11:35:54 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Wow!! How cool is that! What fun!!


90 posted on 09/26/2015 11:47:27 AM PDT by Finny (Be ready to own what you vote for. Voting "against" is imaginary.)
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