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Women In Combat Roles Face These “Disproportionate Medical Risks”
http://hotair.com ^ | July 26, 2017 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 07/27/2017 7:22:49 PM PDT by NKP_Vet

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To: 17th Miss Regt
" But you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs!"

Which means what? Are you saying that you'd be happy with more of our guys getting killed to satisfy the fantasies of the Democrats?

41 posted on 07/28/2017 4:33:08 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Bobalu
I have absolutely no problem with women or trans people serving...just not in certain roles.

Women and trans people, if they want to serve, should serve as non-military civilian employees.

Military training is expensive. The purpose of giving it to all recruits is so that, when it hits the fan, those military people doing clerical, supply, etc jobs in the rear, can be moved to the front to fight. If you staff those jobs with people who CANNOT be reassigned to combat, then you LOSE that reserve capacity which might be critical to winning the fight.

42 posted on 07/28/2017 5:03:52 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: octex
Some of the Soviets’ best snipers were women.

There is a HUGE difference between a defensive sniper, who sits by a window waiting for the enemy to come around to her area (and can be relieved at end of shift to eat in a mess room and sleep in a bed), versus an offensive sniper who goes out to look for the enemy, carrying several days worth of supplies on his back.

43 posted on 07/28/2017 5:12:43 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: Professional; Wyrd bið ful aræd

Your daughter sounds like a fine young lady. But let me tell you what she will experience in the Army or Marines. She will be surrounded by young, physically fit young men at their sexual prime. She will be propositioned constantly by many of these men for sex. She will be exposed to these young men discussing their sexual conquests from the weekend before, in lurid detail. If she complains she will be labeled a bitch and shunned by most of her teammates, except for the ones that still are trying to sleep with her. If she wants to fit in she will laugh at their tales of debauchery and go out drinking with them. She will invariably be attracted to one of her fellow Soldiers and sleep with them. This will offend the other young men who were trying to sleep with her and they will treat her like dirt.

The Marines and Army are not filled with choir boys, they are filled with hard fighting, hard drinking, and hard f$&@ing men. Do you really want your daughter exposed to that?


44 posted on 07/28/2017 5:38:38 AM PDT by OIFVeteran
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To: NKP_Vet

Grown women have the same athletic ability as 13 year old boys.


45 posted on 07/28/2017 5:43:19 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Bobalu
I have absolutely no problem with women or trans people serving...just not in certain roles.

Stupid post of the day.

46 posted on 07/28/2017 5:46:26 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Professional

She won’t be able to hump as much belt ammo for the SAW as a male. In a fire fight that could cost everyone their lives.


47 posted on 07/28/2017 5:48:44 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: PapaBear3625

You make a valid point! :-)


48 posted on 07/28/2017 5:51:15 AM PDT by Bobalu ( Healthcare - someone must pay. Who should it be, and how did they get that obligation?)
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To: Vendome

“medic! I’ve got an axe wound over here! Medic!”


49 posted on 07/28/2017 5:54:42 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Trump's election does not release you from your prepping responsibilites!)
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To: OIFVeteran

Your post should be required reading for every woman entering the recruiting office. For the women, there is no true comradeship. Every time a woman leaves the room, they are staring at her a$$. She will want to belong, to do her best, but as you said, almost everyone will resent her because she won’t have sex with them. If she does give in to pressure, she will be labeled a slut. If she gets ahead more quickly than her contemporaries, everyone will just assume that’s because she slept with someone higher up. Either way she loses. The more operational a unit is, the more this will be a problem. Join if you want to ladies, as it will be an opportunity to learn new things, go new places, and test your courage and endurance. Just learn, however, to never, ever mix your messages and be prepared to keep to yourself.


50 posted on 07/28/2017 7:31:13 AM PDT by binreadin
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To: Chainmail
Are you saying that you'd be happy with more of our guys getting killed to satisfy the fantasies of the Democrats?

No, but the Democrats certainly are. They hate the military anyway.

51 posted on 07/28/2017 7:45:18 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: binreadin

Thank you. I disagree with you though on saying serve if you want ladies. In a sane soceity we would recognized that war is a man’s job and women don’t belong. Now, thanks to the feminist movement, we have women trying out for special operations units. Men proclaiming they have women’s penises, and females having an addadiktomy operations. It’s batshit crazy.

Here is another example of how women hurt operational readiness. I am not the best runner in the world. During Marine basic I had problems with some of the group runs, never dropped out, but it pushed me to my limits.
Fast forward 11 years and I’m in Army OCS, which is not sex segregated like Marine basic, and I had absolutely no problems with any of the group runs. I had not become a better runner in those 11 years. So I left OCS not having been pushed to my physical limit. So you do not train the males to their peak and you now have men pass OCS that wouldn’t have if women were not included.


52 posted on 07/28/2017 8:00:03 AM PDT by OIFVeteran
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To: OIFVeteran

For good measure, Throw in butch dykes at every level from peer to command to make life hell

Add the chip on shoulder blacks and gang bangers to her peers

Talking about “ God” wont make her any safer - in fact her naivete is disturbing

And thats before she ever gets to face a foreign enemy


53 posted on 07/28/2017 8:15:20 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: Bobalu
I met Ms. Hopper once. We were both scheduled to give lectures on the same day at a Department of Energy center. I inquired of her about encouraging my daughter to go into computer programming. She was for it. As it turned out, though, my daughter's interest in the field faded, and she made other choices.
54 posted on 07/28/2017 8:48:24 AM PDT by JoeFromSidney
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To: OIFVeteran

Unless standards are lowered, there is no woman alive becoming an enlisted Navy Seal, Marine Force Recon, Air Force Pararescue, Air Force Combat Controller, or Army Ranger. Mattis, Kelly and Dunsford were all against women in combat when It was forced on the services.


55 posted on 07/28/2017 11:01:35 PM PDT by NKP_Vet ("Man without God descends into madness")
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To: NKP_Vet

Agree. I was never special forces and know that I probably could not have hacked it if I would have tried. Marine Corps boot camp kicked my butt, and special forces is way tougher than that.

I do have two friends that completed Ranger school and I talked to them when those three women completed Ranger school. They both believed that there was no way those women passed without help.


56 posted on 07/29/2017 6:19:05 AM PDT by OIFVeteran
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To: NKP_Vet

I was wondering how Israel handles this? They have mandatory requirements for military service for men and women, question is do they have mandatory requirements as far as duties they perform.

I did read awhile ago they had a transgender enlist as a woman.


57 posted on 07/29/2017 8:12:50 AM PDT by Dawn53Fl
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To: Dawn53Fl

Israel tried women in combat. It was a dismal failure. Women still serve in support roles.


58 posted on 07/29/2017 11:17:15 AM PDT by NKP_Vet ("Man without God descends into madness")
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To: NKP_Vet

thanks for the info


59 posted on 07/29/2017 5:14:27 PM PDT by Dawn53Fl
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To: Dawn53Fl
I was wondering how Israel handles this? They have mandatory requirements for military service for men and women, question is do they have mandatory requirements as far as duties they perform.

Israel seems to put the women into jobs like training recruits, and border patrol. For Israel, it makes a lot of sense to give all the women military training, as they would be the last line of defense for the kids, should the enemy break through the front lines.

It also results in young Israeli women meeting a wide variety of marriageable young men.

60 posted on 08/02/2017 5:57:05 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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