Some advice on women in combat from a female veteran

Hot Air ^ | January 27, 2013 | Jazz Shaw

[Hojczyk]

It was from one of America’s female veterans who served in Iraq, delivered with a first hand, been there, done that background. The Marine in question – who for purposes of publication will go by the pseudonym of “Sentry” – had previously submitted this history and opinion as a comment at National Review, but her story was compelling enough that I checked into her background, contacted her and decided to republish it here in its entirety

Lastly, this country and our military are NOT prepared to see what the enemy will do to female POWs. The Taliban, AQ, insurgents, jihadis, whatever you want to call them, they don’t abide by the Geneva Conventions and treat women worse than livestock. Google Thomas Tucker and Kristian Menchaca if you want to see what they do to our men (and don’t google it unless you have a strong stomach) and then imagine a woman in their hands. How is our 24/7 news cycle going to cover a captured, raped, mutilated woman? After the first one, how are the men in the military going to treat their female comrades? ONE Thomasina Tucker is going to mean the men in the military will move heaven and earth to protect women, never mind what it does to the mission. I present you with Exhibit A: Jessica Lynch. Male lives will be lost trying to protect their female comrades. And the people of the US are NOT, based on the Jessica Lynch episode, prepared to treat a female POW the same way they do a man.

I say again, I would have loved to be in the infantry. I think I could have done it physically, I could’ve met almost all the male standards (jumping aside), and I think I’m mentally tough enough to handle whatever came.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I agree. Its not fair to the men who will be serving with women in combat. Its bad enough for them to have to watch their captured comrades be beaten, tortured and murdered but having to watch a female comrade raped to death is going to be terrible.

[ken5050]

For another excellent perspective on this issue, here's a superb article from the Marine Corps Gazette by a female Marine officer:

We are not all created equal

[momtothree]

“... wouldn’t you do the same so your terrorist allies could destroy your military..”

That is exactly what I would do if I wanted to weaken the U.S. via weakening the military. I would allows gays to serve openly and I would allow women to serve in the front lines. Next... I would have women/gays given slots in special forces (Delta, Seals etc). Finally, I would reduce/eliminate any sort of physical standards like weight, etc (I believe this part is coming). A hundred pounds overweight and can’t walk to your mailbox? Fine... sign here and you can be a Ranger (or name whatever you want to do). All part of the big plan IMHO.

[The Great RJ]

Obama would transform our military from a fighting force to peacekeepers, relief aid delivery forces and social workers. He and other liberals have no concept that the capability to wage real wars is needed to protect this country. If we are unfortunate enough to be hit with another 9-11 size attack, Obama’s response will be to use DHS and the FBI and maybe call on the UN.

[PapaBear3625]

The Israelis learned after the 1948 war what happens when you have women in combat.

It’s not just that men will worry more about protecting the women than the mission. It’s not just that they will be angry when one of their female soldiers gets killed.

It’s that killing and mutilating a female soldier, as Muslims really know how to do, will make our troops so pissed off that they will thereafter MASSACRE the next group of jihadis they meet, and their won’t be a damn thing their officers will be able to do to stop them.