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Report: Marines Seek to Close Combat Jobs to Women
NBC San Diego ^ | 9/18

Posted on 09/18/2015 4:33:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The debate over women in combat roles puts Gen. Joseph Dunford, the Marine Corps commandant, in the spotlight as he prepares to start his new job next week

The commandant of the Marine Corps has recommended that women be excluded from competing for certain front-line combat jobs, U.S. officials said Friday, as the Corps distanced itself from the other military services that are expected to allow women to serve in battlefield posts.

Officials said Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford submitted his recommendation to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Thursday. Mabus has made it clear he opposes the proposal from and recommended that women be allowed to compete for any Navy or Marine Corps combat jobs.

The developments have raised questions about whether Mabus can veto the Marine Corps proposal to prohibit women from serving in certain infantry and reconnaissance positions.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcsandiego.com ...


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1 posted on 09/18/2015 4:33:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I want no women in combat ZERO!!


2 posted on 09/18/2015 4:42:54 PM PDT by WENDLE (The big question is who will be VP!! I like Cruz!!)
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To: nickcarraway

Look for Dunford to retire quietly in the next week.


3 posted on 09/18/2015 4:52:58 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: nickcarraway

The US Marine Corps is not a place for more liberal social engineering .

Watch for mass exits when enlistments are up.

Does any serious, thinking patriot really believe combat units comprised of twinkies, she-men, illegal aliens, unemployables, constantly pregnant females and other liberal victim groups can protect America?


4 posted on 09/18/2015 4:53:15 PM PDT by Iron Munro (CITY: A liberal run holding pen for useless headcount.)
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To: nickcarraway

FFS, finally we see some sanity.


5 posted on 09/18/2015 4:56:55 PM PDT by snowrip (Liberal? You are a socialist idiot with no rational argument.)
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To: nickcarraway

Makes sense. I quit lifting 200lb motorcycle engines out by myself after I couldn’t do it anymore.


6 posted on 09/18/2015 5:03:08 PM PDT by soycd
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To: nickcarraway

Semper Fi.


7 posted on 09/18/2015 5:04:15 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: Iron Munro

“Does any serious, thinking patriot really believe combat units comprised of twinkies, she-men, illegal aliens, unemployables, constantly pregnant females and other liberal victim groups can protect America?”

None of these groups belong in the military. No country seriously concerned with self preservation would allow it.


8 posted on 09/18/2015 5:04:31 PM PDT by mom of young patriots
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To: WENDLE

And personally i would want no men fighting corporate wars and such either.


9 posted on 09/18/2015 5:23:54 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Ping


10 posted on 09/18/2015 5:49:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...

Active Duty ping.


11 posted on 09/18/2015 5:51:51 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Iron Munro

Does any serious, thinking patriot really believe combat units comprised of twinkies, she-men, illegal aliens, unemployables, constantly pregnant females and other liberal victim groups can protect America?

&&&
Not even the leftists believe that such a military can protect us, but that is precisely the point; they want our military to be weakened so that we can be conquered.


12 posted on 09/18/2015 6:06:08 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: nickcarraway; mom of young patriots; Iron Munro; Bigg Red; WENDLE; snowrip

The Washington Times had a similar article to which I sent this op-ed and letter as a responce.

RE: Marines Seek to Close Combat Jobs to Women (Op-ed)

The tragedy of women in combat provides another reason I now always council men to never enter the armed forces. Social engineering that amalgamates GLBT acolytes and feminist aspirants everywhere has now become the over arching imperative to which all operational capabilities must submit.

Combat operations entail applying and enduring unimaginable brutality until victory. Therefore, only the highest physical abilities and most severe restrictions on human emotions and behaviors can foster the required high morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion required. Human sexuality simply cannot intrude into this one dimensional world where only those displaying the greatest savagely can hope to win. Resorting to war for national defense entails the ultimate Olympics, so there is much less excuse for merging men and women into this environment than exists for the athletic competitions every four years.

Combat forms personnel into small, rigid, task oriented units. These people continuously face extraordinary stress punctuated by killing other humans. At the point of collision, men face environments requiring extraordinary physical capabilities and unbelievably demanding sacrificial, primitive and intimate relations. Such environments are inherently chaotic and brittle. They can be overcome only by a totalitarian leadership and narrow focus unimaginable for those who see any opportunity for social engineering.

The regimental combat teams for infantry, mechanized and armored units are now the playthings of bureaucrats committed to equal opportunity, and dismissive of the warriors enduring the brutal carnage imperative for victory. Institutional memories no longer exist for fighting ferocious, shrewd enemies such as the Germans, Japanese, Chinese, and North Vietnamese, who utilized a full array of modern weapons. If one notes the ribbons on any senior officer’s uniform, they show they fought the Arabs the Israelis beat three times at 20 to 1 odds, and never fought the enemies mentioned. Such people now question the necessity of high standards which already allow inferior female performance.

Women not only do not belong at the pointy end of the spear, but should not be holding it to the extent the infantry must depend on their savagery. There is no reason to depart from the writings of Rudyard Kipling and George Orwell that can be synthesized into the quote, “Men sleep peacefully in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”

RE: Marines Seek to Close Combat Jobs to Women (Letter)

Marines have it right, because combat operations entail applying and enduring unimaginable brutality until victory. Therefore, only the highest physical abilities and most severe restrictions on human emotions and behaviors can foster the required high morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion required. Human sexuality simply cannot intrude into this one dimensional world where only those displaying the greatest savagely can hope to win. Resorting to war for national defense entails the ultimate Olympics, so there is much less excuse for merging men and women into this environment than exists for the athletic competitions every four years.

Combat forms personnel into small, rigid, task oriented units. These people continuously face extraordinary stress punctuated by killing other humans. At the point of collision, men face environments requiring extraordinary physical capabilities and unbelievably demanding sacrificial, primitive and intimate relations. Such environments are inherently chaotic and brittle. They can be overcome only by a totalitarian leadership and narrow focus unimaginable for those who see any opportunity for social engineering.

Women not only do not belong at the pointy end of the spear, but should not be holding it to the extent the infantry must depend on their savagery. There is no reason to depart from the writings of Rudyard Kipling and George Orwell that can be synthesized into the quote, “Men sleep peacefully in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”


13 posted on 09/18/2015 6:38:43 PM PDT by Retain Mike
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To: Retain Mike

Well said. Thank you for sharing that


14 posted on 09/18/2015 7:32:58 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: headstamp 2

Dunford has already been approved as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He doesn’t have to worry about Mabus anymore.


15 posted on 09/19/2015 2:49:53 PM PDT by opbuzz (Right way, wrong way, Marine way)
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To: Retain Mike

Wow. Thanks for posting this.

I will add what I have learned from Dr. Warner’s site and books. He is dedicated to getting the truth out. His books are worth reading. He has put countless hours of his own time into reading complicated Islamic texts and putting them into understandable format. I have even been buying and giving away copies of the Abridged Koran to friends who express an interesting in learning about the Islamic threat.

People need to read the book that Muslims are following to know that there is no such thing as a “radical” Muslim. You can’t get any more radical (as in hate, rape, thievery, torture, murder, bloodthirst) than pure Islam as it is laid out in their own Koran.

Folks also need to read the Sirah - a biography of Mohammad’s life. It is crucial to understand who the man Mohammad was because that is who Muslim terrorists throughout history have always emulated.


16 posted on 09/19/2015 7:32:51 PM PDT by mom of young patriots
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To: Bigg Red; mom of young patriots

Thank you.


17 posted on 09/19/2015 10:12:56 PM PDT by Retain Mike
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