Opinion | Women Don’t Belong in Combat Units

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Opinion: The military is watering down fitness standards for combat units because most female recruits can’t meet them, writes HMDatMI

 

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HMDatMI BJP4India INCIndia PMOIndia adgpi Dear politicians of India try to read this report with an unbiased and apolitical mind and with a little bit of logic n then come fwd to debate.

HMDatMI Just because Ms Heather is probably a lazy piece of shit doesn't mean she has a right to comment on things she knows absolutely zero about. She should stick with fluff pieces about Wall Street.

HMDatMI bullshit

HMDatMI How did we become the country to let our 17 year old girls die alongside our 17 year old boys? BadJuju

HMDatMI Marines have never put both men and women to train together. It’s worked for many many years so the old saying if it’s not broke don’t fix it reigns true. Obama screwed up everyone with his crap

HMDatMI So all of the problems created by women and men being in the same unit, automatically means that women shouldn’t be allowed? How about kick out the ones who can’t be professional, man or woman? As it should be with any job.

HMDatMI Considering the abject love by Republicans for Israel, where women are treated no different than men when it comes to compulsory military service, the attitude about it here (and with this silly piece) has always struck me as laughable.

HMDatMI Women have been filling combat roles for decades. The Air Force Security Forces (SP) for example. Women fired and qualified on the M-60, M-203, prior to Desert Storm. (SAW later). They were trained in Air Base Ground Defense (AGD). I was one of them. We had the same standards.

HMDatMI Yea....no homie

HMDatMI Not surprised at all. Obama ruined the US military. It’s very scary what will happen the next time circumstances force the United States to go to war.

HMDatMI Women don’t belong in combat units. Change my mind. I’ll be waiting.

HMDatMI This is so obvious. If some women want and crave it, ok. But no wholesale offer of combat. We are not that type of ppl.

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HMDatMI My guess is it's not about women, but more about our nation's weight and poor physical condition issue.

HMDatMI What makes a woman's life more valuable than a mans? Women want to push the limits and join special units, then they should go in all units.

HMDatMI I have some friends that would disagree. You may have forgotten to ask SNAFU_Sara sgtjanedoe LadyLovesTaft usawtfmJ1 ndkirschmann katebarstool kate_germano pooleejones .just to name a few. I disagree as well.

HMDatMI The Elaine Donnelly of 2019

HMDatMI Oh please just shut the hell up WSJ. 1. Has the author ever served? No? Then don't write an opinion piece on something you know nothing about. Ask actual women vets to write them. 2. Stop using degrading pictures to define what women in combat/women in the military look like.

HMDatMI I guess this is just fake news:

HMDatMI How about you go thru basic training THEN write about your opinion on this subject?

HMDatMI I'm shocked, simply shocked, that integrated units don't perform as well as all male.

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HMDatMI As long as the standards aren't gender specific, don't change them. If someone can't pass, they don't deserve to be there.

HMDatMI Honestly, I’m not even mad at this. Let the men have this shit. I’m over it. 😒

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HMDatMI Remember RVN operations walking 10 - 15 miles across rice paddies carrying 80 lb pack in near 100 degree heat & high humidity. Aside from reality of having to do head calls out in open w/ zero privacy, wouldn't even entertain idea of handing pack over for someone else to carry.

HMDatMI Sounds like Ms McDonald didn't talk to a single female in the course of researching this article. Pretty big oversight. this is a one-sided piece of trash. Do better.

HMDatMI How do we won the war on the ground loven to death with yayayA goodies . Not The word am looking for is appropriate , meaning put tge troops were there better suited and usefull. Get bussy people

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HMDatMI it is fashionable to consider men and women equals in all walks of life...women should not be allowed in combat roles for otherwise you are setting them up for massacre ...

HMDatMI I am a woman lawyer who passed the bar in 1960 in Ohio. I generally favor women being considered for most positions. A fireman has to be strong enough to carry a person down a tall ladder. If a woman could meet this standard, ok but don't lower standards.

HMDatMI Mandatory all serve 2 years in service of some sort to better appreciate how special USA is

HMDatMI Click bait.

HMDatMI Snipess

HMDatMI Not surprising in this BS age

HMDatMI If they lower their standards trump might just get in....

HMDatMI Next..we will file equal standards lawsuit against china to treat all soldiers same next time we have war with russia or china !!!

HMDatMI It is interesting cuz Israel faces pretty much needy requirements than US Army/USMC and actually deploys two mixed combat units.

HMDatMI I'm sure someone who ran Boeing's Supply and Operations chain will be able to straighten this out. He's so we'll qualified.

HMDatMI Wrong. Send them to the most dangerous situations. When an equal number of women as men have died in combat then we will have true equality. They have a lot of years to make up for. Won’t be effective until only women combat details are in place!

HMDatMI But Y'all wanna be equal, right?

HMDatMI Political correctness strikes again. Throughout history, men have fought, there's a reason for that; the male physique is simply superior for such activities.

HMDatMI If they can't meet the standards then they should go not the standards lowered. Lowering the standards to create equality is never a smart idea as we've seen in our schools.

HMDatMI Military needs to have a set standards for a soldier. If you meet the requirements then you can be a soldier, if not, oh well. The best of the best should be out there. Not just anyone who wants to play cowboys and indians

HMDatMI They're just saying this to rile ppl up. They're lowering the standard bc nobodies enlisting anymore

HMDatMI No the military is not water watering down its fitness standards. Go back and look at the new physical fitness programs standards being implemented.

HMDatMI Oh Please. Stop putting down women with this nonsense. Women have and are continuing to meet fitness standards just like men. Just because you don't think women belong in combat units does not make garbage like this true

HMDatMI bullets don't care about equal rights. When you cant keep up, then what? Others get killed assisting? Dead is dead...

HMDatMI Opinion: The military is watering down psychological standards for combat units because most recruits can’t meet them...

HMDatMI I'm sure someone who ran Boeing's supply and operations can straighten this out... So we'll qualified.

HMDatMI This is incorrect. The standards are changing because out of boot camp the jobs of most of the military do not require, nor afford the opportunity to maintain the standards. The metrics used are increasingly being assessed as a poor evaluation of overall health.

HMDatMI Equality means Equality.

HMDatMI ある程度の基準を設定して、訓練するべきでは?

HMDatMI foolish and dangerous

HMDatMI The military isn't making recruitment targets and hasn't been for a while. They have been upping signing bonuses and issuing waivers for those with physical, mental and criminal issues. Qualified people don't want to risk their lives fighting in undefined wars that never end.

HMDatMI Just wow by the . Pretty crazy of them! AuthorKimberley

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HMDatMI Lots of them men i train with are overweight dumbasses, i would happily take one disabled women to take the place of 3 of my men.

HMDatMI IN MY BED YEP ! IN MY FOXHOLE? NOPE!.....WOMEN DO MANY THINGS MEN CANNOT..BUT PISSING THERE NAME IN THE SAND THEY CANNOT ! ..LOVE EM ALL!!

HMDatMI Haha. I can't carry a full gear set can I only carry my weapon and one magazine. No body armor cause it's to heavy. No more PT. It may make someone feel bad about themselves. Will have an hr and go around and talk about out feelings.

HMDatMI Spend 3/4 of trillion dollars on defense but they can't find freaking helmet that fits her

HMDatMI Gender Equality my foot

HMDatMI You've obviously never met any of the women with whom I've had the privilege to serve.

HMDatMI No they don't......men and women.....viva la difference....

HMDatMI This z just bringing down standards like make an eagle a crow.

HMDatMI Plenty of men wash out. Tempted to say just leave the fitness standards right where they are and a number of men and a smaller number of women will pass them If they can perform like a soldier they can be one That is leaving out sexist, abusive elements that need systemic reform

HMDatMI I trust an Oped by some conservative wonk. Who never served a day to tell me about defense policy

HMDatMI I hope this isn't true. Our combat forces have to be in peak shape to win whatever situation they face. Combat units are not the place for social experimentation, dammit !! Crap like this gets good warfighters dead. Stop it !! Stop it NOW !!

HMDatMI Being involved in armed combat you need to be physically fit. To handle the demands physically and the stress involved. You have to be physically conditioned for the situation.

HMDatMI This is also true with local law enforcement and fire department requirements.

HMDatMI look like this soldiers uniform is no good it is like the military dont care for their soldiers I blame the men for this

HMDatMI In the name of equality, why not.

HMDatMI This PC nonsense is killing our nation.

HMDatMI R u telling me that GI Jane thing was a lie...anyway let me roll another one.....

HMDatMI While no one likes the idea of a bunch of softies defending the Country, let's be realistic--physical conditioning matters far less in modern combat. It's not like ordinary combat arms troops engage in hand-to-hand combat in anything but the most extreme of circumstances.

HMDatMI I thought they were not allowed to speak of this. Heads will roll for whoever is caught saying it out loud.

HMDatMI PC run amok.

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