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The failing effort to add women to infantry, special operations forces
Tampa Bay Times ^ | 10/21/2016 | Dan O'Shea

Posted on 10/24/2016 10:01:10 AM PDT by tekrat

In January 2013, the Department of Defense announced it was removing the combat exclusion ban that kept women out of infantry units and special operations forces like Navy SEALs and Army Green Berets.

Where do we stand nearly four years later?

Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta argued, "If members of our military can meet the qualifications for a job — and let me be clear, we are not reducing qualifications — then they should have the right to serve."

And the day the change in policy was announced, Col. Ellen Haring of the U.S. Army Reserves, who filed a lawsuit challenging the combat exclusion ban, said, "Nobody ever asked for special considerations or reduced standards; just let us compete at the standards as they exist."

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KEYWORDS: equality; hard; lowerstandards
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Sum it up: some women want to join the infantry but can't make the current standard. They are unable to meet the standard men do. So they want a special standard for them. The military says no (for now) because that will endanger everyone involved when their on the field.
1 posted on 10/24/2016 10:01:10 AM PDT by tekrat
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Looks like they might have to resort to genetic engineering to obtain qualified female combat personnel.


2 posted on 10/24/2016 10:07:59 AM PDT by Will88
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To: tekrat

The onky thing that should matter is if the SHTF and their post is overrun, then they can pick up a weapon and point it in the direction of the enemy and return fire.


3 posted on 10/24/2016 10:08:44 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: tekrat

The only effort that fails are the efforts of the women trying to meet the standard.


4 posted on 10/24/2016 10:08:56 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: tekrat

It was long well known, that the DACOWITS Witches and women LIBERS were wrong, but they wouldn’t listen.


5 posted on 10/24/2016 10:12:52 AM PDT by SandRat ( (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?))
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To: tekrat

I think that we all knew that the bar would be lowered.

Since there is still no “diversity”, they will create it.


6 posted on 10/24/2016 10:13:19 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: tekrat

I don’t think they actually want these tough military jobs. These ticket punching careerists just want Ranger tabs and such for their resumes, IMO.


7 posted on 10/24/2016 10:13:49 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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As long as they can expect and fully understand that they enemy will surely single them out for prolonged torture in earshot of their comrades and be fully aware our troops have to be trained to resist exactly this sort of pressure, sure, let them.


8 posted on 10/24/2016 10:14:31 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: shotgun

Paraplegics can do that.


9 posted on 10/24/2016 10:15:18 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: equaviator

It’s going to be disproportionate, but not exclusive.


10 posted on 10/24/2016 10:16:24 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: shotgun

Yeah, that’s what non grunts think, “can they point a weapon and shoot?”. The problem comes when they get pregnant a week before a deployment and leave holes in your trained up squad. Or when they get pregnant while deployed.
Or when they flirt and get attention from NCOs and Officers....
You are a grunt, burning shitters, and you never seem to notice her getting that duty.
Your wives send you off with females to an emotionally intense environment. THAT’S good for morale.

Its a lot more than “can they shoot”.

In the real world, under the yellow sun, grunt work is a lot of hard physical manual labor. It is long long periods of time stuck away in boring places. Both of those are huge trouble if you have women there.
Shooting weapons is the sexy part everyone sees. But there’s a lot more to it than that.


11 posted on 10/24/2016 10:18:15 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Novermber 8th. AMERICA'S BREXIT!)
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To: shotgun

“The onky thing that should matter is if the SHTF and their post is overrun, then they can pick up a weapon and point it in the direction of the enemy and return fire.”

Cool! We can stop wasting all that money on weeks of BCT, and just have a rifle range to qualify for getting in to the military.

But wait, the current and likely future administrations don’t want civilians to know how to shoot rifles...


12 posted on 10/24/2016 10:20:27 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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The only way a “female” will succeed in this area is as a cross dresser,er....transgendered woman. How long before the social leftists at the Pentagon lower the standards???


13 posted on 10/24/2016 10:21:23 AM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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You are a grunt, burning shitters, and you never seem to notice her getting that duty.


Because she is busy giving a nooner to the NCO. That will do wonders for moral. No doubt.


14 posted on 10/24/2016 10:21:51 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: shotgun

I cannot tell if this is sarcasm, so I’ll bite:

The ability to fire a weapon is about 5% of combat arms activity. Being able to hump your own sack, carry a buddy, haul a mortar base plate, etc.


15 posted on 10/24/2016 10:23:29 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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It’s not as simple and easy peasey as that. Would that it
were. - In combat, there are situations that call for
upper body strength that women do not possess.

Over 20 yrs. ago, a retired Army medical officer stated
that his unit got the “bug-out” order; which meant they had
to load a lot of heavy medical equipment on trucks. The
unit was mostly nurses and medical staff. The could not lift
the heavy machines. - They did not bug out. - In battle
conditions, you cannot just refuse to do whatever is needed.

If your buddy is wounded in combat, you may have to throw
him across your shoulder and lug him out to get him out of
the line of fire and to medical help ASAP. Try that as a
110 lb. female attempting to lift a 230 lb. male (or
heavier). Wishes are not reality.


16 posted on 10/24/2016 10:23:55 AM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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I’m an old lady and my generation KNEW that men were physically stronger than women-——and we liked it that way.

Men protect,women nurture.

.


17 posted on 10/24/2016 10:24:04 AM PDT by Mears
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Duh! What genius inspired this plan?


18 posted on 10/24/2016 10:24:30 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Stay ignorant, my friends! (if you watch mainstream media, you will!))
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To: lodi90

And in any group of men that functions well, add in 5% females and watch the unit destruction as they pair up with their favorite males. (invariably the ones with power)

Unit cohesiveness matters a lot.


19 posted on 10/24/2016 10:29:04 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Novermber 8th. AMERICA'S BREXIT!)
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To: tekrat

Besides, they should be home creating families.


20 posted on 10/24/2016 10:29:43 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Novermber 8th. AMERICA'S BREXIT!)
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