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Female Green Berets....
IntellectualConservative.com ^ | 11/24/2018 | Jeffrey A. Friedberg

Posted on 11/26/2018 10:00:03 AM PST by RArtfulogerDodger

[THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE'S AUTHOR WAS REQUESTED TO POST THIS "TIP" WHEREVER IT MIGHT GET "COVERAGE." IT COMES FROM ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS WELL-QUALIFIED TO TALK ABOUT THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S GREEN BERETS---AND WHO BRINGS WHAT IS FELT TO BE A "DIRE WARNING."]

I recently spent some time at the Special Forces Decade Association Headquarters, talking with a few generations of our finest.

There were some serious allegations about the first woman to pass the Special Forces “Q,” Assessment and Selection Phase course, recently. If these allegations are true, they represent to me significant corruption, ethical and leadership failures, and potentially serious future problems.

What I heard was this: the Assessment and Selection Committee Sergeant Major resigned his position in objection to what his NCO Cadres were ordered to accept.

The Cadre of the Assessment and Selection Committee were ordered to sign non-disclosure agreements to prevent anyone knowing that the woman in question was in fact non-selected by the committee for several glaring performance failures.

She failed in her peer review ratings during “team week;” she failed the land navigation phase by being too close to the road (she was “road kill” more than once—and “once” is failed), and she didn’t find all the points required.

However, despite non-selection by those charged with and authorized to pass candidates as qualified, Major General Sontag, the J.F.K. Special Warfare Center and Schools Commander, personally intervened and changed the evaluation—thereby reversing the Cadre’s findings.

During an after-discussion , those who spoke with knowledgeable sources made the point that it was entirely possible that a qualified woman candidate would be able to make it through without changing and lowering the standards applied to all equally.

If the above alleged facts are true, the manipulation to reach a dishonest result will affect the high standard of pride and moral of the men and future women who have and will succeed in receiving Green Berets.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: femalegreenberets; militarywomen; secdefmattis; trumpdod; womangreenberets; womengreenberets; womenincombat
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1 posted on 11/26/2018 10:00:03 AM PST by RArtfulogerDodger
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To: RArtfulogerDodger

This PC crap is the stuff that will get our brave MEN killed. She either performs at their level, or goes home. This PC garbage has to stop.


2 posted on 11/26/2018 10:05:08 AM PST by dwg2
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To: RArtfulogerDodger

Why would someone want to graduate under pretense? How could they feel proud of being a Green Beret?


3 posted on 11/26/2018 10:08:38 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: RArtfulogerDodger

When America gets its comeuppance on the battlefield it will be brutal and posted for all to see on the web.


4 posted on 11/26/2018 10:09:42 AM PST by soupbone1
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To: dwg2

Gonna get their showcase women killed even faster....


5 posted on 11/26/2018 10:10:25 AM PST by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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To: RArtfulogerDodger
And then there's the 32 yr. old, Mom of 2 who "passed" to an elite combat team...

Also, from a couple years ago, the women undergoing training got more sleep and food than the guys did. (and still only 2 "passed")

To understand why the military allows this corruption, you only need to know of their dependence on the wimps in congress for their funding.

6 posted on 11/26/2018 10:10:41 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: \/\/ayne
Why would someone want to run around in public, claiming falsely to be a veteran and wearing a (usually jacked up) imitation of a uniform? How could they feel proud of being a veteran?

Some people are assholes.

7 posted on 11/26/2018 10:12:45 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: RArtfulogerDodger
Dirty Harry: "That's a helluva price to pay for being 'stylish.'"

https://youtu.be/9rcIJIWqYmo?t=196

8 posted on 11/26/2018 10:14:38 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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9 posted on 11/26/2018 10:14:42 AM PST by Baynative ("A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore)
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To: \/\/ayne

A huge part of the inertia is career advancement for female officers. Not on the part of the military itself so much but of the political apparatchicks and civilians who resent the overwhelmingly male dominated upper echelons of the military. They don’t want the women to live the life, they want the jewelry and fast track for plum flag officer spots.


10 posted on 11/26/2018 10:16:38 AM PST by jz638
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To: RArtfulogerDodger

They are going to get people killed


11 posted on 11/26/2018 10:21:38 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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"...During an after-discussion , those who spoke with knowledgeable sources made the point that it was entirely possible that a qualified woman candidate would be able to make it through without changing and lowering the standards applied to all equally..."

That "passing" would be a snapshot in time, and the woman would have be trained to an extreme peak to pass if standards were not lowered. The problem for women is that they don't have naturally produced steroids like men do that give them an innate advantage...testosterone.

Men can reach a physical peak and stay there far longer then women can with less strenuous training. As soon as a woman stops intense training, her conditioning will fall off faster than a man's does, so she would have to keep exercising at a much higher level to keep her anywhere near the bottom level of physical fitness held by the bottom tier of men in Special Forces.

This is not a knock on women, it is a statement of fact.

It is unrealistic and dangerous to place an expectation that women will be able to do this without lowering of standards, and the lowering of standards is inherently dangerous.

12 posted on 11/26/2018 10:22:09 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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“Why would someone want to graduate under pretense? How could they feel proud of being a Green Beret?”

Book deal and lifetime political “career” promised by her recruiters/handlers.


13 posted on 11/26/2018 10:23:13 AM PST by treetopsandroofs
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We went through this same crap in 1980 with the infamous CPT Katy Wilder. Any of you Brothers remember that debacle? The PC crowd are doing the same thing in Ranger School. When will these “Perfumed Prince” Flag Officers learn.


14 posted on 11/26/2018 10:24:42 AM PST by mosaicwolf
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To: \/\/ayne

Don’t think the real Green Berets are going to want them in their outfit. I know I wouldn’t if they don’t measure up.


15 posted on 11/26/2018 10:28:45 AM PST by oldtech
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To: \/\/ayne
Why would someone want to graduate under pretense?

Ask Kara Hultgreen.

16 posted on 11/26/2018 10:30:58 AM PST by pfflier
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To: \/\/ayne

“Why would someone want to graduate under pretense? How could they feel proud of being a Green Beret?”

It’s likely she too was ordered to keep her mouth shut.


17 posted on 11/26/2018 10:31:56 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: RArtfulogerDodger

Kara Hultgreen, Sarah Coppock, Natalie Combs... nothing new here.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3664507/posts


18 posted on 11/26/2018 10:36:32 AM PST by horsappl
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Why would someone want to graduate under pretense?

More to the point why become something one cannot perform adequately as? For reasons of personal survival if no other. This person as a team leader would be a great example of what most of us in uniform have heard ,’You will get yourself and your squad killed or captured.”

19 posted on 11/26/2018 10:36:43 AM PST by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: dwg2

Story sound just like the one that was attached (without as many details) to the 32 year old mother of 2 that passed Ranger school ...

Sec Def Mattis will not stop it, he talks tough but when put on the spot ... crickets ...


20 posted on 11/26/2018 10:39:33 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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