That includes submarines. I wonder how much it will cost for new toilets and powder rooms.  

The Military Leadership Diversity Commission is apparently making this proposal which will of course have the blessing of Obama as he continues his breakdown of our military.

This is sheer stupidity. It will be interesting to hear an opinion from the NOW, or will they keep their lipsticks shut?

More men will be without physically competent back up in close quarter fighting.

Will there be an outcry if more women are being brought home in body bags? That is assured.

The huge disproportionate numbers will close. Women are still in more of a support role then a combat role. You just made the point about women patrols to deal with the native women.
One can say that when any troop lands on soil in Iraq or Afghanistan is automatically in "combat".

I don't want to lessen the respect for our female troops. They have their respective duties and orders.
They are not ordered into what is considered hand to hand and close quarter combat as a general rule. That is my point. That will have to change in the name of equality, not common sense.

There is no reason why a woman can't serve in combat if she possesses the necessary physical and mental training to fight beside any man.

When I was in the Navy, I was in a rag outfit (in other words a training squadron, nicknamed because of the preponderance of women assigned to training outfits). There was no job I was asked to do that my gender made impossible. Being only 5'1", some jobs did present a challenge, but regardless of what needed to be done, I never had a problem finding a way to get it done.

My sister is a Master Jumpmaster in the Army, she's only 5'4" and it took her two tries to make it through JM school because her stature made inspections difficult. Kind of hard to check on the straps of a soldier who is 6' from her height. But she did it.

I have long felt that the physical fitness standards for women should be adjusted to more closely match the standards set for men. I used to max out my PT tests, and even though I received 100% scores, I still only just barely met the minimum standards for men in the same age bracket. Any woman who barely meets the min standards for females would miss the standards set for males by a mile. That is a woman who is not safe in combat. But any woman who is physically fit enough to withstand the rigors of combat, and has a desire to serve in a combat rating should be allowed to.

Very very few women would mean the minimum standards set for men. Some men don't even pass. Lets face it. If the military has to they will lower the standards just to get some women in combat roles. That would be a travesty and cost more lives. All that in the name of "equality".

I am sure your take about women serving on a submarine will differ from mine. Then it is not a physical issue or a safety issue. It then becomes a discipline matter if not impractical.

Even SOTF didn't take my post that way, and I didn't write the article.
READ my posts in their entirety, but don't say they are equal in combat when they are NOT.

I have the utmost respect for any woman serving in our armed forces, but facts are facts asshole.

Interesting.   It is only a matter of time before first cases come up of sexual harassment, rape and forced sex in bunkers.

Women are in combat.  They are coming home in body bags.  They are going on patrol to help when dealing with women they may encounter.  Women just can't have a "combat arms MOS", but they are in combat.

women in particular. Women are equal to men in almost all aspects of combat.

Your post reeks of bigotry. I call posts the way that I see them. I have female members of my family currently serving in the military. You do all women a disservice.

Most women are stronger than men, if Charlie and Priapus are  test examples.
  You are misunderstanding charlie.
 His communist idealogy is clouding his view,while crying  bigotry,  where it isn't due.
His mind is stuck on picking rice.
No doubt, women should have equal rights in everything, as long as entry tests are the same.
Firefighters and Combat are two examples, unless they pass the same PHYSICAL test, required of the man.  
Anything else will only cause unnecessary deaths, including children dying, when she can't move the water hose on her own.

Thanks Quad. That was my exact point.

All combat jobs dont require physical strength in fact very few do. There are women who can meet the strength requirements for combat and for firefighting and they should be allowed to perform those jobs.

why captured women be treated any differently than captured men?

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Rape is an act of violence against any human being.

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Ever since, women, though trained in the use of weapons and prepared for front-line duties, have not been allowed in front-line units. Following a Supreme Court Decision in 1994, women are now admitted to training as Air Force pilots or navigators.

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts%20About%20Israel/State/The%20Israel%20Defense%20Forces


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Soon after the establishment of the IDF and, within it, the Chen (acronym for cheil nashim and meaning "grace" in Hebrew), the removal of all women from front-line positions was decreed. Decisive for this decision was the very real possibility of falling into enemy hands as prisoners of war. It was fair and equitable, it was argued, to demand from women equal sacrifice and risk; but the risk for women prisoners of rape and sexual molestation was infinitely greater than the same risk for men.

Ever since, women, though trained in the use of weapons and prepared for front-line duties, have not been allowed in front-line units.

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts%20About%20Israel/State/The%20Israel%20Defense%20Forces

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EOM

Is there something that I am missing here?

Re: That sound you hear is my point blowing right over your head. EOM

Your point was not well articulated Tim.

Woman serve in combat every day.  If they are hurt in combat, they dutifully stand in line at the VA when they get home waiting their turn for services.  Unfortunately, because technically woman cannot be in combat, when services are provided, female soldiers who have seen combat at shuttled to the end of the line behind wounded warriors and retirees.  I have been amazed that civilians do not realize their wives, daughters, mothers, sisters, aunts, and friends have seen combat.

1 in 3 female soldiers will be raped by her brother in arms.  Women died, DIED of dehyrdration, rather than risk leaving the safety of their tents to use the latrines at night in Iraq.  Intelligent women would stop drinking fluids at 3pm in the arrid desert afternoons to avoid having to use the bathroom and be raped.  It is called MST, military sexual trauma and it is real and it is here and it is your military's dirty little secret.  http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1968110,00.html

Thank you, Makwa.

Thank you.

Rape is rape is rape to some cultures.  They don't discrimate between male or female.

There are no front lines over there anymore.  They shift and ebb just like the sand dunes.  Don't tell me women aren't on the front lines and are not fighting alongside the men.  Maybe some of them see and do things that fuck them up that they end up on sites like this.

Re: So you think Arabs will rape men as much as women EOM

They do.  Many of the tribes still carry out tradition that says all boys are sexless until puberty.  They rape them, too.  Culturally, rape is a whole different animal to them.  So yes, they will rape a male soldier just as readily as they will a female.

How is it possible to serve on a Navy warship and not be in a combat position? Women do serve on warships! There are women F 18 pilots.

Point being, if they're raping the cooks, the nurses, the supply drivers, what's the damn difference?  Perhaps seeing them in combat roles will garner the respect that seeing them in a uniform does not.  It's different when you're fighting alongside someone.  You would never rape your battle buddy.

Re: Right a hairy ass man over a nice looking girl and in the tribes they probably fuck goats

Well, if one DOES fuck a goat, they have to pay a "bridal price" to the goat's owner, if they are caught.  To be frank, I think everyone's raping everyTHING over there.

Re: I stated the official position of the IDF which is more creditable over you EOM

You don't know me and I'm certain you've never served.