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Last Hoorah: Panetta Lifts Ban on Women in Combat

rigby4 Wrote: Jan 23, 2013 9:36 PM
During WW2 they used female pilots to ferry aircraft from factories to bases.
Tinsldr2 Wrote: Jan 23, 2013 9:48 PM
And? We have female truck drivers, medics, MPs, clerks, signal communication people, Attack helicopter pilots, mechanics, and some Artillery units along with Air Defense,

We have females that can be assigned to Infantry BRIGADE units.

We have to female veterans in Congress, one of whom lost her legs!

But they are not in Infantry and Armor units that go for extended periods off bases and engage in consistent ground combat!
Cambermeister Wrote: Jan 23, 2013 10:21 PM
Rob 1948 Wrote: Jan 23, 2013 10:49 PM
How about we just form a brigade of female combat soldiers (no men at all) and see how they do? How about we have some destroyers or even an aircraft carrier manned entirely by females

Are you willing to put your money where you fat mouth is chump, and see this through?

I doubt it..............morons are always full of excuses.
Earl29 Wrote: Jan 23, 2013 11:56 PM
Sounds like a great idea to me, Rob. They could play some war games and see how it works out. Should settle the matter.
MudontheTires Wrote: Jan 24, 2013 12:35 AM
"morons are always full of excuses. "

Does that include YOU, Rob?

Are you a vet Rob? I am, and I know from experience that you are full of it.

Start by reading "Women in the Military" by Brian Mitchell. Then look up the history of the 1st Gulf War. There were 2 female soldiers who were captured, and BOTH testified before the US Senate that they were sexually assaulted by Iraqi troops.

On his way out the door as Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta has lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles on the front lines of our wars. More from AP:

Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.

The groundbreaking move recommended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff overturns a 1994 rule banning women from being assigned to smaller ground combat units. Panetta's...

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