[KeyLargo]

U.S. Marines rest in an amphibious assault vehicle.

Mr. Smith served as a Marine infantryman in Iraq. He is now an attorney.

[ClearCase_guy]

The relationships among members of a unit can be irreparably harmed by forcing them to violate societal norms.

Well ... yeah. That's the plan.

[yarddog]

I would think artillery and combat engineers would be even more hostile to weak soldiers than infantry.

[Dick Bachert]

Since the clear goal of the Obama MALadministration is to eonomically, culturally, morally and MILITARILY weaken and destroy the America he as clearly HATES, this is but one more element of the plan.

And since the service academies have been infested with PC/diversity BS starting around 30 years ago, the brass hats in the Pentagon will go along with it either because they do, in fact, been brainwashed into a belief in his plan or will just keep their yaps shut rather than risk those all-important promotions.

And Obama’s fundamental transformatio(i.e. DESTRUCTION) of America continues apace...

[Chode]

vaginal and urinary tract infections to start with, then it's all down hill form there...

[MrEdd]

Its really simple.
Anyone in a combat MOS needs to be spending time on the line.
Period.
No exceptions.
Stateside base postings and billets in allied nations provide respite for warriors between combat tours.

If a woman is filling a slot in the MOS, she needs to be pulling her whole weight.
All of it.

That means combat too.

Don't like that?

Too effing bad. That is the reality of it.

Putting women in deployable MOS fields was a bad idea. This is why. Keeping them in those fields but immune to deployments is worse than sending them to combat. It is a desirable compromise for people too stupid or too dishonest to address reality.

[Fiji Hill]

I keep hearing that women are now “allowed” on the battlefield. How long will it be before women in the military are required to go into battle?

[Slyfox]

The BFLAN knows exactly what he is doing. He wants a compromised military. What better way than to insert women, no matter how good they may be at carrying their packs and shooting the enemy. A good male soldier will always defer to a female because of his protective sensibilities. The bowel and bladder issues, and the male-female sexual attractions all work to disarm unit cohesion which is the ultimate goal..

This president will go down in history as the WORST ever.

[Jack Hydrazine]

The IDF learned long ago to keep women out of combat positions such as the special forces, armor, and infantry because of what the Arabs would do when they captured them.

Plus, we have to deal with women being on submarines.

The Left will do anything to get a female general.

[PIF]

From the article for those who are too busy to read it:

“The invasion was a blitzkrieg. The goal was to move as fast to Baghdad as possible. The column would not stop for a lance corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, or even a company commander to go to the restroom. Sometimes we spent over 48 hours on the move without exiting the vehicles. We were forced to urinate in empty water bottles inches from our comrades.

Many Marines developed dysentery from the complete lack of sanitary conditions. When an uncontrollable urge hit a Marine, he would be forced to stand, as best he could, hold an MRE bag up to his rear, and defecate inches from his seated comrade’s face.

During the invasion, we wore chemical protective suits because of the fear of chemical or biological weapon attack. These are equivalent to a ski jumpsuit and hold in the heat. We also had to wear black rubber boots over our desert boots. On the occasions the column did stop, we would quickly peel off our rubber boots, desert boots and socks to let our feet air out.

Due to the heat and sweat, layers of our skin would peel off our feet. However, we rarely had time to remove our suits or perform even the most basic hygiene. We quickly developed sores on our bodies. ...”