{"id":27553,"date":"2011-11-18T10:03:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T14:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=27553"},"modified":"2011-11-18T10:19:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T14:19:35","slug":"women-in-combat-discussion-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=27553","title":{"rendered":"Women in combat discussion continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our buddy, Rowan Scarborough at the Washington Times<\/a> writes this morning that the Pentagon is having a little trouble trying to decide whether or not they’re going to allow women in direct combat roles in the military.<\/p>\n

ArmyGen. Raymond T. Odierno, a Joint Chiefs member, has gone on record as saying he wants some restrictions lifted. He said he disagreed with the Army\u2019s report, which was completed before he became chief and was submitted to Mr. Panetta. It apparently recommends the status quo.<\/p>\n

On the WUSA-TV program \u201cThis Week in Defense News,\u201d Gen. Odierno said female intelligence and signal officers, for example, should be able to serve below the brigade level in combat battalions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gen. Odierno did not endorse women as infantry, armor or special operations soldiers in the interview. His spokeswoman declined to comment this week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think, since they’re so determined to put women in the same jobs as men, they’d be doing women a big favor by making PT standards the same for men and women. There are no bullets on the face of the planet that kill or wound differently based on sex and the standards have to be the same for wvwryone. I’ll grant that there are men who can’t meet the standards of their profession, but that is no excuse to treat women like poorly conditioned men. <\/p>\n

I’m not saying that women should be excluded from amle duty positions completely, but they should be able to meet the same standard required of men, or be excluded. <\/p>\n

However, having been involved with the military and training at the entry level, they are mostly willing to pass people to the next step despite soldiers’ abilities for politically expedient reasons – this is not acceptable when we’re talking about survival on the battlefield. <\/p>\n

If the Army is willing to put women in combat, they have a responsibility to those women to insure they are prepared for combat operations. If they’re not willing to do that, then I recommend continuing the status quo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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