Posted on 10/18/2015 7:49:16 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
Maj. Gen. Scott Miller’s voice held frustration late Friday afternoon during a quickly arranged media roundtable on the fourth floor of McGinnis-Wickam Hall, headquarters of the Army’s Maneuver Center of Excellence.
The commanding general of Fort Benning has been fighting allegations for months that female soldiers were given special treatment to pass Ranger School, the most physically and mentally demanding training offered by the Army.
Four hours after the third woman graduated, Miller sat front and center with Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Metheny to his right and four members of the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade, including the commander, Col. David Fivecoat, and Command Sgt. Maj. Curtis Arnold, on his left flank.
“There are some people who obviously have some concerns,” Miller said. “I can’t address them if they are opaque. These guys can’t address them or fix them if they are opaque.”
Among the three reporters was Susan Keating, a People magazine correspondent who has reported that multiple unnamed sources have told her there was unfair assistance given to the women.
The most telling moment came more than 50 minutes into an interview that lasted almost an hour and a half. Miller, who won the Bronze Star for Valor as Delta Force ground commander in the Battle of Mogadishu, was asked if his credibility had been damaged by the allegations.
“I have thick skin and I am a public figure, but I will tell you who doesn’t deserve this is these guys,” he said, pointing to the Ranger instructors. “They don’t deserve this. ... I keep telling everybody I will put my name on anything I say or do. If they are not willing to put their name on it or come back to me. ...”
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Riiiiiiightttttttt...!
Won a bronze star at Mogadishu. So I dont feel obliged to rip on him.
Powers higher than him are dictating events.
“Come out so we can identify you. We promise that there won’t be blowback.” No one with any smarts will fall for that one.
Funny how some Freepers on the previous threads just accepted it that women passed the test and gave her glowing reviews LOL. I knew there was something fishy knowing we have an idiot in chief who loves this diversity crap and I;m double sure someone up the ranks has the general in a bind.
Don’t know about Mogadishu, but every officer assigned to a certain famous combat unit I know of, that was in afghanistan in 2012, received a bronze star. They were also handing them out to most sergeants as though they were attendance awards. Pissed off many people, because they felt it made the hardware of little or no value when they are handed out like that. I’m just saying, it’s happened before, and this guy could have received his medal the same way.
Also, just because someone has a medal, earned or not, that doesn’t guarantee that they had integrity or lost integrity after such event. I’m not claiming this guy is a liar (because I really don’t know) but don’t let hero hardware make this guy untouchable. Everyone can be compromised. Everyone.
The fact that Obama wanted his photo op with the women Rangers tells us all we need to know.
You’d expect that in a civilian newspaper but not in Stars and Stripes.
Any award for anything given out too easily undermines its significance.
I’m sure anyone can be bought. Money has a terrible attraction. As does power.
My mother sold her house and is closing on Nov 15th. I told her my sisters and I wont take a penny!!
Then she talked us into taking 2k each. Now trying for 5k.
I’m going back to ZERO k.
You just reminded me why I didn’t want any in the first place.
Shoot, I did not know that! That explains it. The only way women can best men physically is when you place “50% shoe sale saturday” 50 feet in front of them.
And, the purpose of women in combat is......certainly not a stronger force.
As they say in the Army...never volunteer.
The Army can investigate anonymous claims.
The Inspector General is obligated to investigate anonymous claims.
And every general in the Army knows that.
He’s blaming the instructors? For doing what he was told to do, so he told an LTC who told some captain who called the instructors in to his office and said, “I don’t like it anymore than you do. But do it.”?
Oh yeah. “And make sure the reports are shredded.”?
Obama is running out of good things to corrupt. Wait!
The Marines are still resisting this BS...
Every one of them will get put down on their @$$.
It's probably coming directly from the white hut.
I guarantee that women would not have been able to cut it with armored cavalry in Vietnam. And I knew infantry units that were even more raw.
How much longer will the Marines be able to resist the communist?
Disobey a direct order? Both the Rangers, and next the Marines are in untenable positions.
But a good commander takes responsibility for his own actions, regardless of efficiency reports.
they will resist as long as they have a man of integrity in charge.
This whole thing is just funny. Who in their right mind would believe a woman could pass Ranger training if it was worth a shit? Sorry but the fact that a woman can pass just tells me that their training is too easy. If women were put through BUDS as it stands today THEY WOULD NOT MAKE IT PAST WEEK 1. And that is a guarantee. However, when the first woman steps foot into training, the order that she will pass would have already infected every instructor that has contact with that female recruit. Don’t doubt it. Just read about the sad case of Kara Spears Hultgreen, the female pilot the Navy wouldn’t let fail.
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