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Pentagon Will Open All Combat Roles to Women
http://www.nytimes.com ^
| December 3, 2015
| MATTHEW ROSENBERG and DAVE PHILIPPS
Posted on 12/03/2015 10:16:18 AM PST by NKP_Vet
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To: NKP_Vet
Great. I can see the NYT headline when the first female combat soldier gets gang raped by some ISIS fanatic — “The Rape Crisis — Violence Against Female Soldiers Caused by GOP Budget Cuts to Pentagon Diversity Outreach Program.”
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:38:21 AM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: NKP_Vet
Nothing says, “Storming the beaches of Normandy” better than a 130 lb women loaded with 80 lbs of gear floundering in the surf. Sad.
To: NKP_Vet
"Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter on Thursday announced that the Pentagon will open all combat jobs to women. Oh yeah, that's going to work real well.
Has the military bought into the common Hollywood/TV show myth of 110lb girls karate chopping/kicking 220lb men into the ground? Yeah, looks like they have. How many of these female "warriors" are really going to fight? I suspect they'll fall to pieces and start crying after they hear the first bullet whiz by.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:39:50 AM PST
by
StormEye
To: ryan71
The story of King David and Uriah comes to mind.
The ‘wrong sort’ of men will, of course, be dead. The ‘right sort’ will man supply depots stateside.
To: NKP_Vet
The goal is to remove the military from the military.
To: NKP_Vet
Mr. Carter said that, after a three-year review, the Army, Navy, Air Force and Special Operations Command agreed that all combat positions should be open to qualified women. You mean, after die Oberste Fuhrer ordered his General-Feldmarschall to implement Gleichschaltung, all lower levels of rank found no reason to object.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:40:21 AM PST
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
To: RummyChick
The prisoner issue is issue number one.
Is the public prepared to have female prisoners raped and tortured?
It is clear that our politicians are good with it.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:41:51 AM PST
by
cgbg
(Epistemology is not a spectator sport.)
To: NKP_Vet
While everyone is distracted by yet another terrorist attack in the US, this time in San Bernardino, Obama makes his move.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:42:05 AM PST
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: olepap
I heard a woman is equivalent to 13 year old in physical prowess concerning combat.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:43:38 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: oncebitten
My Grandfather was a combat engineer that went ashore on Omaha Beach on D-Day in the first amphibious assault wave. He’s been gone nearly 6 years and I miss him dearly, though I’m glad he’s not around to hear of this.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:43:52 AM PST
by
mrmeyer
(You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. � Robert Heinlein)
To: NKP_Vet
This is a colossal mistake. Offering up young women as cannon fodder is not the best way to assure a country’s future.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:46:30 AM PST
by
lastchance
(Credo.)
To: MSF BU
Or how soon before women make the USMA Football team? How low can they go?
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:46:40 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: NKP_Vet
And yet the Army still has a separate and much easier physical fitness test for women...
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:48:58 AM PST
by
2banana
(rrian Army which was)
To: NKP_Vet
... which should render the Selective Service Act unconstitutional. Rather than expand it, eliminate it.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:49:13 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act)
To: servo1969
The goal is to remove the military from the military.Put another way, our general officers are Courtney Massengales, but we need Sam Damons.
Reference to "Once an Eagle", a novel used in the curriculum at the Army War College. It summed up my basic problem as a brash young lieutenant, and later Captain: my thinking was usually ten years ahead of my superiors, and ended a promising military career prematurely...lmao.
Good thing I never planned on a career in the Army. Eight years was enough for me...loved every day except for the last 4-5 months.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:51:04 AM PST
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
To: Pollster1
Let the gals have their own squads, teams, battalions, etc. Just think of the cute names, like “Seal Team V”, home of the split tails.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:51:04 AM PST
by
biff
To: cgbg
It isn't just the civilian politicians either. The secretaries of the Navy, Army and Air Force and the commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command all recommended opening all positions to women. Only the commandant of the Marine Corps at the time Dunford recommended keeping some positions closed to women, including infantry and reconnaissance positions. All I can say is, I'm glad that I'm out. I have seen what happens when you have one or two females around an infantry company. Young soldiers change, and mostly in a negative way. It will be interesting to see how this unfolds. I believe it to be a mistake.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:51:31 AM PST
by
corlorde
To: CivilWarBrewing
When women start playing in men’s professional sports, as in NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL, they MIGHT be ready for the Special Forces, which has harder requirements than any sports team.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:51:52 AM PST
by
NKP_Vet
(In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
To: NKP_Vet
Men can survive in an enervating combat zone day after day month after month year after year. Women could last a day.
Read history about the Civil War and forced marches in July in Virginia.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:52:07 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: NKP_Vet
We are so going to get our ass kicked next time we fight a real war.
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posted on
12/03/2015 10:53:40 AM PST
by
Kozak
(ALLAH AKBAR = HEIL HITLER)
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