Posted on 12/16/2015 6:19:34 AM PST by Kaslin
The mere fact that we had to invent the word undeployable saddens me.
Many soldiers are going to die due to the decisions of obama and democrats to show how progressive they are.
And their children won’t be the one’s fighting and dying...
obama’s efforts to destroy the US military are succeeding.
Too bad; Yeltsin and our ISIS enemies are laughing at us, not to mention the Chinese and... everybody else.
They just appointed a female Commandant for West Point. I always knew that was a school for “Whooshies”. Their football team proves it against Navy every year.
Because women have double standards to uphold...
PT requirements and standards should be broken down to three categories: Combat, Combat Support, and Support. Combat should be the most demanding with Support being the least demanding.
Combat requirements should also include a sprint, squats and pullups. The 2 mile run should be replaced with a 5 mile forced march. Combat Support should include a sprint and squats and keep the 2 mile. Support could keep the current male standards. There should not be a “break” for females.
Understand my bias is as a former Infantryman
We do?
Robotic infantry.
Robotic pilots.
Paint breasts, vaginas, and different skin colors on half of them.
Then, brag that diversity is the secret of our strength!
Reparations are due to women after centuries of discrimination and exclusion from the military. For a period of time, say 10 or 50 years only women should be allowed to enlist and only women should be accepted at the service academies.
Ones. I dont think you meant to make it possessive.
the average woman has 20 percent lower aerobic power, 40 percent lower muscle strength, 47 percent less lifting strength and 26 percent slower marching speed than the average man.
Easy solution! Just sew a penis on them! Then they will be men!
Yeltsin? Did you mean Putin? Yeltsin died in 2007.
Why is there no gender integration on the football teams?
If women can handle infantry combat, it is obvious they can successfully compete against men on the athletic field.
I didn't go to West Point, though I was accused of it when I was a young Captain...lol. I was a member of an active ROTC program at a Jesuit university...a volatile mix.
The 4th quarter against Navy was an absolute embarrassment. It was so bad, I was thrust about 35 years back in time, when I was forced to wear two hats during a tac eval: Maintenance Officer and XO.
My soldiers and I suffered through one platoon leader missing his morning mission time by 30 minutes, and the Battery Commander screwing up the coordinates on a mission so badly it was nearly the stuff of legend: he gave a platoon a 10 KM long route defense when their weapons systems had a max effective range of 1 KM.
IMHO, that's how badly Army gagged.
Don't give these people any ideas...
The article starts out discussing tanks.
There is one very common and critical task associated with tank warfare - loading the gun. And loading it fast - really fast. Everything done at gunnery is based on speed. And for obvious reasons. The entire crew’s lives depend on firing fast, fast, fast.
I’ve seen women attempt to load a tank...a parked tank, so not even moving. These women were cadets - most were very physically fit and would score near the top of the charts on the fitness test, using the men’s scale.
But they couldn’t load the gun fast :(
The heaviest rounds are around 40 pounds I think. Not tremendous. Most men, even smaller guys, can sling them around fairly easily. But something about the confined space making it hard to get the legs and hips involved makes it very difficult for women, even very fit women.
Its a small thing, but the first thing I thought of...well the first thing I thought of after contemplating the logistics of having 4 stinking bodies cohabitating for weeks in a steel can, and possible romance/relationship issues arising.
...and the perfumed princes, the Courtney Massengales of our officer corps, have smartly saluted and said, "Yes Sir!"
I wouldn’t be surprised if today’s military leaders call for an amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions to make the hand-to-hand killing of a female fighter a war crime.
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ISIS says “sure, sign us up ..... oh wait, Geneva Conventions? What’s that?”. /sarc
Whoops!
Yes, my (very) bad.
Thanks for the correction.
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