{"id":62105,"date":"2015-10-01T15:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=62105"},"modified":"2015-10-01T15:00:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T19:00:45","slug":"ray-mabus-chooses-politics-over-troops-welfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62105","title":{"rendered":"Ray Mabus chooses politics over troops’ welfare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief Tango sends us a link from Stars & Stripes<\/a> which reports that Navy Secretary Ray Mabus completely disregarded the recommendations of his generals when he submitted his preference to the Defense Secretary in regards to the women in combat arms issue. You might remember that the Marines recently conducted a 9-month experiment which evaluated gender-integrated units. The study said that, on the average, women Marines didn’t shoot as well as thier male counterparts and they got injured more often.<\/p>\n

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus submitted his recommendations to Carter on behalf of the Navy and Marine Corps, and he did not request any exemptions, a spokesman said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Army and Air Force secretaries also submitted their recommendations, but declined to say whether they asked to keep any positions closed to women.<\/p>\n

The Marine Corps reportedly asked Mabus to keep some front-line units, likely the infantry and reconnaissance, all-male. But Mabus was emphatic that gender restrictions had to go, since even the Navy SEALs are ready to accept women into their grueling BUD\/S program training the elite commandos.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, this is not my shocked face that Mabus would choose the side of the social justice warriors instead of common sense. I hope the generals see how much confidence their civilian leader has in their opinions. According to the article, the Marines have one last chance to get their way – the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is the former Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Joseph Dunford, who get a vote in the final decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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