Pentagon to Lift Some Restrictions on Women in Combat

The Japanese couldn’t do it. Even the Soviet Union couldn’t do it. But the muslim infiltrator’s plans to destroy the military continue on target…….

Well there is a good idea…Wth has happened to us…I give up..

It’s a great idea! We have started so many wars that we can’t finish, it time for new excuses: The next war that we lose, we’ll just say; “So….so you beat a bunch of women. Big deal!!! “

As soon as one of these women are captured our media will start beating the drums about how she is being sexually abused by her captors and we will give up the battle. A stupid and senseless idea.

What’s going on here is simply evidence of the bureaucratization of the military. It is not seen as a vital part of national security by many politicians and Perfumed Prince generals in the Pentagon, but a career machine. Promotions, especially for officers, are based on getting your ticket punched, very bureaucratic. Serving in the right commands means greater odds of promotion. Combat commands are sought after punches wartime or not. Women were banned from those careerwise lucartive punches so there has been pressure for decades to let women in so female officers especially could get the coveted punch on their tickets. Getting that punch and climbing that ladder is all that matters to a bureaucrat: not trouble with force readiness or anything, just climbing that ladder.

Sad thing is, many generals are more politicians that soldier. So they are thinking about their next stars, political careers or that flush job with a contracter. They aren’t going to resist since that could harm their future career prospects. Well, we’ll see how it works out.

Remember the names. There will be a time when it will be important.

ABC NEWS is really working hard to filter this article! Keep up the good liberal fight ABC! No wonder you’re almost brike and jobless!

You are right James Dean, we need to remember those who are ruining our nation. There should be a reckoning.

And Kimmy, you too are right, the fanatical libs are suppressing thought here, keeping the truth down. Not for long. The dam is fragile and failing. Getting closer to the release.

My Uncle is a long retired 2 star General who served in ww2, Korea, Vietnam. He graduated West Point and had a long distinguished career and so many medals he couldn’t fit them on his uniform. I still have an article he wrote adamantly decrying admitting women to West Point. He didn’t want females in the service at all. I always thought he was a little over the top about it all. I went on to do what all the men in my family have done since the revolution and I became an officer as well. While in the artillery women were admitted to some units. It didn’t work. The men all had to carry their weight and they caused chaos from that, affairs and dating, political correctness rules and regs coming down, harassment charges on and on. When I got out I became a Peace Officer and it was worse there. I have come to realize in my old age that the Lord set us up as men and women with certain roles He wanted us to fulfill. We have eroded His plan in this way and so many others through liberalism. My Uncle was dead right. Good bye America.

Well you should have seen this coming! Thank God we don’t fight wars to win them anymore. This is all part of Obamas, as well as the Dem party, to make the US military the laughing stock of the world! First, the gays now females assisting in combat. This is all by liberal design! I blame this on the “baby boomers’ Americas worst generation of so called leaders. These people have killed every great American institution! Thank God, I don’t care anymore!

IF it had been a good idea for females to fight men in wars, we would have been doing it for the last 5000 years!
And for 5000 years WOMEN have been SMART enough to let the men fight the wars.
Political correctness will not help the overpowered female in combat. God help the next generation, we have been fooled by fairy tales and movies.
(19 yrs 2 days medically retired Infantry, Airborne, Special Forces, Ranger, MMF, Cbt Dvr, officer)

It is about PHYSIOLOGY, not brains or courage, or patriotism …… IT IS PHYSICAL !!!!!

When the Olympic Games become completely gender free (i.e. CO-ED) then we may consider giving the combat thing a chance. Until then, let the brutes (men) beat each other over the heads.

Yes, women can engage in combat, but history shows that only the strong consistently engage successfully. IT IS PHYSICAL!!!!

Some of the comments here make no sense. Women have served around combat for a long time, but the American narrow mindedness has placed a taboo on this action, even if it is inadvertent.
I served and retired at senior rank in the Army. Many women I served with made no bones about being in a situation where they were at risk of harm. I agree we don’t need women in Infantry units, but it is futile for people to argue that they don’t belong there when it was their choice in the first place.
Yes people die in war. That happens even if they are hundreds of miles from the enemy combat action. During Desert Storm the Scud missiles reached structures that housed combat service support people, the rear echelon, and killed soldiers of both genders.
The combat force has evolved since and will continue! Lifting the restrictions helps female Soldiers careers and that is what is important to those Soldiers. Get out of the military’s way and let them do what is right for someone other than the arm chair quarter backs not serving.

Will the first Female raped tortured and mutilated personally thank each politician that votes for this

Dumb,dumb,dumb. Women should not be in combat,bigger is better in combat.Show me a woman that can carry the pack and equipment that weighs almost as much as the normal woman does,and can carry that 90lb pack twenty five miles at a time and not haaaave to get a man to help her with it. Then talk to me about how she should be there, And with out getting every one else killed in the process.I know that women are vicious enough,any one with an ex-wife can vouch for that. They are just not big enough or strong enough.

Why do people fight wars? People fight wars not because they hate each other, but because they do not understand each other.

We’re putting gay men in combat, right? So we already DO have “women” in combat.

This is why Israel beat the crap out of FOUR countries in the 6-day war….they let their women fight! This is how we will kick the Tali’s behinds…use our women. We have been wanting payback for the way they treat women anyway….what better way to do it than to sick our gals on them…lol.

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT
ADULTERY & FORNICATION?

ADULTERY:
1. Exodus 20:14
“You shall not commit adultery.
Exodus 20:13-15 (in Context) Exodus 20 (Whole Chapter)
2. Leviticus 20:10
‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress, shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 20:9-11 (in Context) Leviticus 20 (Whole Chapter)
3. Deuteronomy 5:18
‘You shall not commit adultery.
Deuteronomy 5:17-19 (in Context) Deuteronomy 5 (Whole Chapter)
4. Proverbs 5:1
[ The Peril of Adultery ] My son, pay attention to my wisdom; Lend your ear to my understanding,
Proverbs 5:1-3 (in Context) Proverbs 5 (Whole Chapter)
5. Proverbs 6:20
[ Beware of Adultery ] My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.
Proverbs 6:19-21 (in Context) Proverbs 6 (Whole Chapter)
6. Proverbs 6:32
Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; He who does so destroys his own soul.
Proverbs 6:31-33 (in Context) Proverbs 6 (Whole Chapter)
7. Jeremiah 3:8
Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.
Jeremiah 3:7-9 (in Context) Jeremiah 3 (Whole Chapter)
8. Jeremiah 3:9
So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
Jeremiah 3:8-10 (in Context) Jeremiah 3 (Whole Chapter)
9. Jeremiah 5:7
“ How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me And sworn by those that are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, Then they committed adultery And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
Jeremiah 5:6-8 (in Context) Jeremiah 5 (Whole Chapter)
10. Jeremiah 7:9
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know,
Jeremiah 7:8-10 (in Context) Jeremiah 7 (Whole Chapter)

FORNICATION
11. Isaiah 23:17
And it shall be, at the end of seventy years, that the LORD will deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire, and commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
Isaiah 23:16-18 (in Context) Isaiah 23 (Whole Chapter)
12. Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
Matthew 15:18-20 (in Context) Matthew 15 (Whole Chapter)
13. Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Mark 7:20-22 (in Context) Mark 7 (Whole Chapter)
14. John 8:41
You do the deeds of your father.” Then they said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father—God.”
John 8:40-42 (in Context) John 8 (Whole Chapter)
15. 2 Corinthians 12:21
lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, fornication, and lewdness which they have practiced.
2 Corinthians 12:20-21 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 12 (Whole Chapter)
16. Galatians 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
Galatians 5:18-20 (in Context) Galatians 5 (Whole Chapter)
17. Ephesians 5:3
But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
Ephesians 5:2-4 (in Context) Ephesians 5 (Whole Chapter)
18. Colossians 3:5
Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:4-6 (in Context) Colossians 3 (Whole Chapter)
19. Revelation 14:8
And another angel followed, saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”
Revelation 14:7-9 (in Context) Revelation 14 (Whole Chapter)
20. Revelation 17:2
with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
Revelation 17:1-3 (in Context) Revelation 17 (Whole Chapter)

The woman now is married to the state so why not have them on the front line.I think they will follow the orders of an authoritive figure more than a man will especially since they are now empowered by feminism.

Comparing a jet pilot to a ground combat troop proves how little most understand what a ground combat troop goes thru and the overwhelming physical requirements and conditions….

Stating that one is exposed to combat means they can handle a combat arms job is equally as stupid.

Listing as a reason to let females into those same positions because to do otherwise “was an obstacle to promotions and career advancement.” is not only politically correct speech but borders on reckless disregard for the “Mission First” axiom that drives ALL combat operations.

Well if we are going to do this lets do it all the way. Blind folks might want to join, plenty of positions as predator drone operators. Someone bound to a wheel chair can be in the infantry, we just have to get our enemies to agree to only fight on highways.

Better yet we can let all of these politicians and I include the both the Military Leadership Diversity Commission and the gay lobby to take over all combat arms units and fill them from within their ranks so the real combat arms troops who have been fighting for over 10 years can get a rest for the two months it will take for their “replacements” to get slaughtered.

No takers? I did fail to notice those long lines of gays waiting to join the army during a time of war, perhaps they are waiting for the war to end before they decide to serve their country?

If we are going this route perhaps we could now allow our current combat arms troop the option to leave the service if they wanted to, a right the DOD denied them when gays were allowed in? Even the Dutch army did that when they went gay.

What is DOD and the politicians afraid of?

i think women should be put ahead of he front-line. they can flush-out the enemy. it’s about time female casualty stats start to reach the same levels as males. i’m a feminist and this is about equality.

I am not a service member, but the female soldiers I have been privileged to know are tougher then a lot of men. Have some respect for the people serving this country. These comments made my jaw drop. Are there really people alive that still think this way? Apparently some people missed the part of the article that discussed how long this has already been going on! These rule changes are little more then formalities! Do you think for one second these women don’t know what possibly awaits them? Everyone has seen the videos of POWs getting decapitated. You don’t think they ponder this when they kiss their families goodbye? What if they get their period! Is someone really worried about that! ARE YOU KIDDING!!! It can’t be worse then the soldiers who lose control of their bowels under fire, since we are being so vulgar.
The wonderful thing about this country, according to Paul Johnson, is how vigilant we are with correcting our mistakes. We search out injustice and attack it. We take action to correct past mistakes. This includes how we are continually striving to make sure that opportunities previously denied to minorities, women, etc. are made available. It has been trial and error, but how proud I am of my country that it keeps striving to be a perfect example of democracy and justice to the world. Its a high standard, but those with high standards are often criticized when they fail to meet their goals. But this country has been in a constant state of analysis and improvement since out founders envisioned this great experiment.
Those of you who disrespect these soldiers, these women, these LADIES (and yes they are) should be grateful that for this. You have a constitutional right to walk around with your head up your rear. God bless our soldiers and keep them ALL safe!

The wheelchair battalion? Having a vagina is not a disability.

INSANE! ABSOLUTELY INSANE!! I hope America finally realizes the horrible mistake they made electing this demonic foreign enemy of the United States as president! Imagine a group of American soldiers are taken prisoner, two or three of them women. The enemy needs vital information; troop movements, positions, force strength, covert assets, etc! The enemy confiscates letters and pictures the male soldiers are carrying revealing the names of their wives, girl friends, mother and sister. The enemy strips the female American soldiers naked and addresses them using these names, even putting the pictures and letters on their NAKED bodies. THEN, IN FRONT OF THE AMERICAN MALE SOLDIERS, THEY BRUTALLY, VICIOUSLY , REPEATEDLY GANG RAPE AND GENITALLY MUTILATE THE CAPTURED FEMALE AMERICAN SOLDIERS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AS THEY CALL THEM BY THE NAMES OF THE MALE SOLDIERS GIRL FRIEND AND WIFE AND MOTHER AND SISTER. As the male soldiers watch and listen to the blood curdling screams and moans to “MAKE IT STOP!!!!! MAKE IT STOP!!!! MAKE IT STOP!!!!!”, how long do you think before the information is given up???? American male soldiers are trained to resist torture, and throughout history many have heroically done so even unto death, but this would go beyond natural will power and exceed the ability to resist! And if you don’t think the enemy would resort to such conduct, well, consider that they do this to their OWN women!!!! Yeah, women in combat fighting guys who torture and genitally mutilate their own women!! The nightmare of the 2008 election needs to be corrected now! Right NOW!!!!!

More social experimentation with the military, anyone that has not served need not comment. If you have served and support it, then you’re part of the problem…

Picture looks like Sweet Mary put on all of her equipment… what is that shade of lipstick? Seriously, the females who want to kill for whatever reason they can cover themselves with, should be put on the frontlines first. No second best, these females. Give them the first shot at it. They are angry females, men haters, and hate their own gender. Send them in first. Tell them it is the most important job and they can get first crack awards. Seriously, these are mean broads and are usable idiots. Unfortunately, those who come back get some kind of authority job, even head nurse in doctors’ offices. You can smell the mean on them even when they read off the usual doc questions. Doctors need to be more concerned about patients but that is a dream in most instances, too. Cheer those females on, give them guns and lead dog positions. they know very well what use they will get when captured, and thrill at the idea of the opportunity to hate men even more. Slap em on the back and send them out.

It really isn’t a problem with the women per se its the distraction to the men. Also, I have seen leaders buckle to female cajoling but if I tried that with the same leader he would have me doing something very unpleasant. There is a double standard within the military that is tilted toward the female for example look at PFT standards.

I was already sick of seeing some little girl “coming home” from war being greeted by her hubby and kids that I could have puked. Reminds me of the old combat song “What are we fightin’ for?” I don’t need some petite 5’2 18 year old girl parading around with a rifle that is nearly bigger than she is acting like she’d defending MY country. The military already has an epidemic of pregnancies that they don’t know how to deal with, and the sexual liasons in combat areas are enuf to sicken people if they knew what was really going on. And that’s not even counting the gay and lesbian “hookups.” We are doomed with a weak army of little girls and sexual perversity like you could never imagine. This isn’t America any more.

Yeah great idea…

This will stop the first time a platoon is overrun and we find 5 women tied up, wearing their uterus as a hat

ridiculous.

A wise military man said: “why wold a woman swap the best duty of being a woman (mother) for the worst of being a man (dangers of being a soldier). More chickification of our country. Gee, how do we spell doomed?

You can’t compare the wars we fight now to WWII. We push a button and launch a missile. We do not retain the same rate of causalities. I am not minimizing the danger over there, but the facts support this. Look at survival rates, or life expectancy. Chickification? Wow, makes me want to run home and pop out a kid! Who are you to tell me that simply having a baby is the best satisfaction in life I can hope for? However, given the level of “voluptuous” males I see, you might have a point…. Everyone is missing the point. This is already happening! Where is the doom and carnage? Where are the women menstruating all over the dessert? More importantly, where are the uterus hats??? LOLOL!!!! The rules are being brought up to date with what is already happening

Everything that is not “Rah, Rah Women! You go, girl!” is not misogyny or male insecurity. There are very real reasons to take exception to this and other gender issues.

Only the Israelis have tried this, and they gave it up very quickly … it didn’t work. I thought it was a mistake to put women on Minuteman Missile Launch Crews in the 70′s and later into fighter planes, but this is truly insane.

Every American woman servicemember that has been captured in the past 30 years has been gang raped. Every…single….one…. Do I have a problem with that? Heck no. Ladies need to get in the fight too. America’s sons aren’t the only ones good enough to die for their country.

Another benefit to women in combat roles is more chicks to look at. After years of being in combat zones I can say the guys would love to have an equal number of females around. Sure would make life easier on those cold lonely nights.

How about a trade ladies? You can join men in the meat grinder of combat and get all of your civil rights you demand.

In return men must get their civil rights too. Men must be able to challenge paternity laws. Men must be given equal opportunity in family law. Men must be given every opportunity to be equal just as the ladies have demanded.

What, r they afraid, they will kill our men too fast and run out?

Good. Now women can register for the draft, like they should have been required to 25 yrs ago along w/ men.

It’s not a matter of women wanting to serve in combat, it’s a matter of the risk they present to the men. Their weakness in both physical strength and emotions puts the men in danger. I for one would want and trust the smallest man at my back fighting rather then the biggest toughest women. I was in the Marines in the early 70s and I will always believe women should not even be in the service in any position. That means officers or enlisted. I don’t believe I would have ever taken orders from a female officer no matter what rank some moron gave her for political power.

Who could possibly think this is a good idea?
I wish the moral cowards in the Pentagon would get sacked. They are more interested in social engineering than in keeping America safe.

Having women in military is a bad idea period. All of us guys have to pick up their slack and work twice as hard to make up for their inability to keep up. Having them at the workplace increases gossip, polarizes office politics, and infuses a completely unnecessary level of intrigue into daily work. Thousands of man hours of work lost, hundreds of marriages destroyed.

Women out of the military, now!

As a Military Police Officer with more than 21 years active duty, I have served with women in the MP Corps on 3 combat tours and 1 hazardous duty tour. I had women with me during numerous firefights and combat situations. A woman gunner pulling the trigger of a .50 cal is just as intimidating and effective as a man. These women served as well as, or better than men in some cases. I can’t speak for other combat arms positions, but they have been a tremendous asset to the MP Corps.

Thank you Danny. I was starting to lose faith! I know there are modern thinking, secure men, real men. I was just wondering where they all were or maybe they skipped this article.

When in iraq my troop was given a female translator to go on combat missions outside the gate we were to be out for two weeks she had to be helicoptered back after two days female anatomy doesn’t handle no showers very long with out giving your postion away due to smell the guys in my troop alone begged for the translator not to ride with them because of the smell is was baaaaddd

From a man’s point of view:

What is NEGATIVE about women encroaching upon men’s occupational space is not truly found within the usual topics and talking points that are brought up in a situation like this.

This is not really about concerns of utility – of a woman’s ability to perform.

What is at stake and not normally *articulated* – is that men, all men, subtly lose part of their identity and sense of purpose in a society when a role that is exclusively performed by them, is ‘taken away’.

Men need to feel needed, to feel useful to others (including/especially women), as part of their identity.

Women’s obvious and vital role to any society is that of the gender who gives birth to (and primarily raises), children. A role that is supremely important, and not interchangeable between men and women (men are not campaigning for the right to give childbirth….)

A big part of men’s identity and sense of self-esteem (and belonging) comes from feeling valued by society – the tribe. If a man can do an *exclusive* role – something useful to everyone – he feels a great sense of purpose.

An exclusive male role can be *terrible* – dangerous, dirty, etc – but as long as it is relied upon by everyone else in some way – men will want to do it.

Women moving into men’s exclusive space (roles) in a society greatly harms men’s sense of self – the sense of self of ALL MEN – and not just those in the military.

For men, if they are honest, it brings up the existential question – “What are we for?”

It is a subtle point, but vitally important for the self-esteem of 50% of the population, young and old alike.

Ultimately, it is why there should be *some roles* in society that are the sole domains of men.

So, career and advancement is the reason for this change–not that women can enhance the success of military objectives. Mmm. If I was from an enemy country, I’d want America to send as many women on the battlefield as possible.

what will Rachel Maddow say when a female POW is forced to perform oral sex on her lesbian captors? she’ll say it’s another step towards equally.

National In-security! It’ll be a boon for the body-bag production industry. These kinds of headlines – and the kinds we’ve had lately – will awaken a sleeping tiger, if he still has any backbone. Meaning, an administration that seeks to purge our nation of its faith foundations and time-honored traditions in favor of IRRATIONAL policies…needs nothing short of revolt.

As of late, our adversaries tend to be Islamists. Their opinions on females, in general, are outright barbaric and disgusting. I would hate for any American female to be subject to them. I don’t like the idea of women being so close to harms way.

If they can pass the tests to be a soldier, let them be soldiers, if they can’t they can do something else in the Armed Forces. Having two standards is stupid, The Average 120lb girl isn’t going to be able to lug 100lbs of batteries and ammo up and down mountains for days at a time. Nor is she going to be able to drag a 200 lb soldier with a 100 lb pack to cover after he has been injured. The Israelies tried it and much to their horror found out that the men would take stupid risks to protect the women damn the mission, take suicidal stands, attack unteneable positions.

They are so late…First, there are no front lines anymore as we seen conducting convoy missions. Secondly, females have been right along side the infantry as we brought them to the fight pull security. It’s time we are recongnized for our ability to work and fight anywhere.

This is a slap in the face to all of us that were up “front”. We are the ones that pushed through all the barriers of a mans Army. Rucking the same distace, same weight of a 200 lb man, firng and carrying weapons designed to be fired by a man. Conducting briefing and leading convoys, kicking down doors. I think the USA is ready to know that the women in the military are more than capable and we have been doing it for years while taking care of our familes at the same time.

I am a women and I think this is stupid. This administrtion is killing our military and making us the laughing stock of the world. They just want to put women in high ranking places because they are women not because they are even qualified. i am sick of this meeting a quota business because of race or gender. Quit the crap already.

I support this decision, but it does not go far enough! Women should make up half of the military and half of the frontline positions. Women have been pushing to become half of congress, half of Fortune 500 CEOs, etc. I say we let them once they make up half of the war casualties.

It is about time that the Pentagon is matching the Army policies to the practices that are already in place. As a woman who has already “been there and done that” for over a decade now, I am personally glad to see the policies are finally starting to catch up to the reality.

I am a soldier, aviator, officer and female in the Army. I have served in “male-only” combat units at the battalion level for over a decade now. In 1998, I was assigned to 1st Squadron 4th Cavalry 1st Infantry Division, a divisional heavy armored cavalry unit, a “male-only” combat unit. I served alongside all of the men in the tactical operations center and lived and worked in the field alongside my other male counterparts.

Later in 2003-2004, I served in Iraq with 1st Squadron 10th Calvary 4th Infantry Division, a unit with a long history of combat action. From day one in the unit, I experienced more combat through an IED explosion in Iraq than most of the unit had during their entire tour. I was evacuated to the local combat hospital where they examined my shrapnel wounds, stitched me up, and sent me back on a convoy. No one got emotional over my condition, and I showed up for work the next day.

No one whom I served with cared that I was a woman, they just cared that I did my job.

MAJ Mary Riley
MAJ, U.S. Army
ILE Student