[peeve23]

I spent a career in the army. I have a pretty good idea of what women can and can't do as well as men. (I'm speaking for the Army.)

They can't run as fast, jump as high, lift as much, or stay unpregnated nearly as well.

When I first came in we had the WACs. That was great and should have stayed that way. No one doubted the contribution of nurses, admin assistants, etc.

What about the other specialties. There's combat, combat support, and combat service support. I generally have no problem with females being throughout combat service support provided they can do their own lifting for any specific job that gets mention.

[IGOTMINE]

I spent ten years in the Marine Corps...six in the infantry and four in intelligence. Bottom line is that I would like to see the women's role in the military minimized, but Poohbah has it right...not enough guys are enlisting.

I belive that Lynch's case is set to be politicized beyond what the poor woman knows at this point.