U.S. special forces not ready to integrate women, report finds

Washington Times ^ | 2/15/16 | Rowan Scarborough

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At a time when U.S. special operations are devising plans for the mission of accepting women into the male domains of SEALs, Green Berets and Army Rangers, the terrorist-fighting community is facing a looming readiness problem.

The new challenge is tucked inside President Obama’s 2017 defense budget. It states that U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and its 69,000 personnel are up against “training challenges” and is seeing “minor impacts to the forces’ ability to accomplish missions” that could grow worse.

Army Green Berets and Navy SEALs face some limits on training due to cutbacks in fleet and training range operations, according to a budget overview document sent to Congress last week.

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POSTURE Act Intended To Prevent Obama Budget From Depleting Military Under the President’s proposal, the active duty land force could be as low as 450,000, the lowest it has been since 1940.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2016/02/15/posture-act-intended-to-prevent-obama-budget-from-depleting-military-n2118803?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Cruz supports Posture Act
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/rubio-cruz-gop-debate-rebuild-our-weakened-military-crush-isis