New Secretary of Defense Weighs In on Women in Combat Roles – Here’s His Take (Video)
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Just judging from what I personally witnessed during my military college days and time as an officer in the Navy, the standards have been lowered since at least 1975 when the first female cadets attended Academies. That's just fact because I witnessed it. The lowering of standards has only gotten press in the past several years because the standards went so low. Back in 1978 I saw men failing to pass the obstacle course and being kicked out of the Aviation program because they couldn't scale a 12' wall using the knotted rope attached to the top. It was a measure of upper body strength and coordination, none of which appeared to be related to flying a plane, but it was there nonetheless. The very few women in that program at the time got to run past the wall instead of going over it. So while I won't argue the necessity of having to climb that wall to qualify as an aviator in the Navy, I will say that the double standard there was just one example of the Navy accommodating the differences between the sexes. Men were kicked out of a program over something women didn't have to do. Pretty unfair and like I said, just one example and not my main point.
There are cases of a few women who can pass all the requirements of some programs on equal footing with the men. However now you have another issue, that of morale and cohesive team spirit. This isn't women's fault, but when you put a few females among a team of men it's VERY disruptive. When you have a team where all but a couple are suffering being away from society, family, etc but some of them are not because they are getting laid, it starts issues. Then you have the issue of facilities. Most military facilities are laid out with common showers and bunks. This is obviously not appropriate for a mixed team. But, that usually means the men get all jammed into one small space while just a few women get a bunk/shower facility built for dozens. This are but a few of the many issues that arise having women in combat roles.
Now if the military were to really bring standards back to what they were when I was a member, damn few women would qualify and a lot of the men showing up for duty wouldn't either. Just the weight qualifications would disqualify many of them. So do we really need to completely screw up the various fighting units of the military to accommodate the relatively few women that would qualify? It's not just about equal rights, it's about what is right for the mission. So my opinion is that they shouldn't be in combat roles. The best that can happen is that they aren't disruptive, but all the units I've been assigned to that had women, experienced the issues above. I won't even go into the problems on deployment between married and unmarried sailors. It's really nothing but problems that shouldn't even exist and I realize it's not always or even mostly the fault of women in general, but we don't mix well in close quarters for long periods of time. Human nature will not be denied. Just IMO.
I agree totally with you. Men and women are not alike in most things. They should not be forced to be together in the ways you describe. No women in combat!!
That has cost female naval aviators their lives too.
I agree completely with All of your points. I will say this as well- women need different training than men. We are not built or designed the same way. I don’t agree with saying a woman should never expect combat. You put on the uniform be prepared for that or don’t step up. That doesn’t mean women should be infantry. It does mean if you are serving at a base and you have to help defend you can in a capacity that ACTUALLY helps. Lowering male standards is ridiculous. No woman should qualify based on lower standards. An MOS should have no sliding scale. There is definitely more drama when groups of women get together and I am no arguing there. That should not be an excuse drama is conduct and be met with swift deterrents ESPECIALLY in the armed forces. Create the standard and except no excuses. WHEN did that change? I agree women and men serving together is Hollywood BS and makes more problems than solutions and not just for men. You would be surprised how many women agree completely. THIS needs to be the talking points to roll back some of this DEI nonsense. All your points are valid and accurate. I only disagree with women not serving in combat as logistics or medical. In an ideal world that would not be necessary but can you honestly say we have enough men currently to be successful without that? We have ALOT of work to do before we are there IMHO. In an ideal world you won’t NEED women in combat. Last I checked we are a long way from ideal.