[mzbzybee]

My son Andrew leaves for basic on Sept 21.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Those men used to be more common in our military if such men can be considered common at all.

[kimosabe31]

A really good article from a source I haven't been aware of. Thanks. However, Gen Scwitter seems strongly committed to the concept of the gender-integrated military, whether out of a sense of resignation to feminist interests OR he really believes US military forces are more effective on the battle field (the bottom line)with women in the force...hard to tell. For my money,it's a convoluted concept...and the women should remain at home raising their children and baking chocolate chip cookies and not on the battlefield enticing our already "horney" GI's. I doubt lectures on sexual harassment are going to be any deterrant.

[NraFreedom]

I have a son who is a Marine. It is good to see the SO training coming to all the branches of the service. I told my son, who probably already had his mind made up that going into the Marines was a smart move just for the fact that their training improves "survivability."

Now that I have four nephews (from two different families) joining the Army, I am glad to see that the Army is changing the emphasis to small independent units combined with the SO mindset.

Overall, this is a real good thing. Now we need to get the training brought back to the level it used to be and get the males and females trained totally separate.