During WWII, the Allied forces maintained a holding action in the pacific Theater until the fall of Berlin.
Oh, so that’s what Trump would say, is it?
Trump’s right - at this point, we really can’t, for a litany of reasons, not the least of which is cash.
That women are being considered for combat duty is another. That they are put in a position to be captured by Iranian gunboats is probably another, even though its not a ‘combat’ position.
There’s a show my wife watches called ‘Below Deck’ that is a reality piece depicting what life is like in the crew of a luxury charter yacht. The captain hired this 89 pound hottie to be on the deck gang.
It was fun to hear from the other two male deckhands who had to grouse about her not being able to haul the large fenders, or how much difficulty they were having deploying the inflatable water slide.
As such, the debate rages, even in the charter yacht business.
You might want to dust off that old history degree of yours: While we were landing in North Africa we were also landing the 1st Marine Division in Guadalcanal. Then we fought in the Gilberts and the Marshalls in '43 through '44, the Philippines in '44 while we also fought in Sicily, Italy and then landed at Normandy. The landings in Leyte Gulf in October '44 were nearly the same scale as the US portions of the landing at Normandy 4 months earlier. The landings in Okinawa in early '45 were even larger.
Is that your idea of a "holding action"?