Panetta Opens Combat Roles To Women

Panetta Opens Combat Roles To Women

By Lolita C. Baldor | Associated Press | 01/23/2013
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WASHINGTON (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 decision gives the military services until January 2016 to seek special exceptions if they believe any positions must remain closed to women.”

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IMO: Well, it sounds like women have been given permission to do front-line combat and other openings that could potentially lead to elite commando jobs in our services.

It is a tremendous show of equality in the armed forces, but are there many women that really want jobs like: search and destroy bombs...go on secret commando operations that have a high mortality rate...or raid an enemy compound and find immediately that you are outnumbered?

I don’t think so!! Women were never meant for wars and death; we were meant for nurturing and giving birth to babies. And that doesn’t mean that men were meant for warfare either.

I think there is a softer side to men that has never been allowed to surface because society loves to sell guns, violent video games, tickets to football games, basketball, tennis games, all while promoting the armed services/patriotism!! Men’s virility is of prime importance for the business world to exploit for vast profits.

War is a profitable business for some countries and their leaders, and war has been indoctrinated into boys in America since birth and is a man’s game. Women should be free to do what they do best, and what suits them best without being dragged into the male war games.

Suddenly women are to be pushed into a warlike stance by society when it is against our very upbringing, as well as of society to put the ‘fairer sex’ into harm’s way. If war gives men PTSD, you can imagine what it will do for women. oy vey.

 

In WW2 some of the finest partisans and soldiers in Europe and Russia were women and its not a matter of wanting with this move women capable of combat specialties can be channeled into those after boot camp at the needs and demands of the military services choice is not an issue. And if there is a draft they can then add women to the lists with men adding many more soldiers and since women are more likely to have a High School diploma and maybe college degrees they are preferable for many areas.

I think this is great.

 

Already a thread on it: http://www.politicalforum.com/current-events/285457-so-leon-panetta-lifts-ban-women-serving-front-lines.html

 

That's fine with me, however they should also become eligible for the draft then.

 

IMHO that is a totally crack pot idea. What will happen to them when they are captured????

 

God help us all.

Women can't even shoot straight, their boobs get in the way.

What a mistake.

Maybe just throw em on the front line to be bullet sponges while the men win the war.

 

Great! So there's no reason you shouldn't now be forced to sign up for the draft, right sweetheart?

Let's be honest... losers, whether they be in a group by sex, skin color or whatever.... losers want special, not equal treatment.

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Hey, maybe we can send them behind enemy lines and have them nag the enemy to death.

 

Hooray for misogyny!


Other countries, such as Israel, have had women in direct combat for years. Welcome to the 21st century.

 

Well all our enemies need to do now are buy a bunch of dogs to walk around sniffing for menstrual cycles for the enemy position.

I'd hate to be stuck in a foxhole for days with that bloody stench.

 

Remember the doomsday talk about letting homosexuals serve openly, this will be the same.

 

On the bright side maybe they can put on a peep show for our boys in the foxholes - might boost morale during combat.

 

What a bunch of sexist horse(*)(*)(*)(*). Do you think dudes smell like (*)(*)(*)(*)ing roses all the time?You are a (*)(*)(*)(*)ing pathetic sad little man who is obviously threatened by women being treated as equals.

Besides, there are ways to not have your period. I imagine women in combat would want to forgo that monthly problem. The stress alone would probably stop it.

 

Your so gullible.



No wonder your a democrat.

 

The Army is going to have to buy alot more ducktape so the chicks can tape their boobs down to make it under barbed wire.

I would start buying stock today.

"(*)(*)(*)(*)it, My nipple is caught on a barb.....HELP!!"

 

Uncle Ferd says ,"Yea, Hillary's an ol' battle-ax...

Panetta Says Hillary Clinton Inspired His Women-in-Combat Decision
February 15, 2013 – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says Hillary Clinton inspired his decision to allow women in combat.

See also:

Panetta Praises Hillary Clinton As Someone Who ‘Understood the Importance of Intelligence Operations’
February 15, 2013 – Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta honored his "dear friend" Hillary Clinton Thursday, calling her "a strong and dedicated partner of the Department of Defense" and "one of the finest public servants of our time."

 

The people that make these 'decisions' are never the ones that choke on the consequences... Its a brutal world that just became slightly more brutal, remember that...

 

It will be funny to watch the ladies trying to get out of the draft, when next major war starts. They should have to register for the selective service immediately.

 

Women training in artillery...

Female soldiers breaking new ground in combat roles in the Army and Fort Bragg
March 31, 2013 - The question of whether women can serve in Army roles previously restricted to men is being answered on Fort Bragg, where the male-only world of artillery has opened to female soldiers.

See also:

Moving toward a 'gender-neutral' Army
March 24, 2013 - It was 2004 in Iraq, and Cassandra Partee knew something didn't feel right.

 

Granny ready - she gettin' out her ol' army boots from the 'Big One'...

US military vows to put women in combat roles by 2016
July 25, 2013 > Officials from all military service branches told Congress this week they can open combat positions to women by 2016 without lowering physical or performance standards.

 

Rumors that Ranger School was Fixed so Women Could Pass not true...

Army Denies that Ranger School was Fixed so Women Could Pass
Sep 27, 2015 | The U.S. Army issued a blistering denial late Friday that the recent Ranger school course was “fixed” to allow women to pass and earn the coveted Ranger tab.

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Navy Commander Welcomes Female SEALs, Warns of Higher Injury Risk
Sep 25, 2015 | WASHINGTON — The commander of the Navy's special warfare units is recommending that the SEALs and combat crew jobs be opened to women, but he warns that women will have greater risk of injury and says the service may be pressured to adjust or lower standards for the jobs.

 

Kickin' the can down the road...

Carter to Decide in January on Whether to Open Combat Jobs to Women
Sep 30, 2015 | Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday he has all the reports from the services on whether to open up all military jobs to women but that he won't be making any decisions until January.

See also:

Group Blasts Marines Over Study of Women in Combat
Sep 30, 2015 | WASHINGTON -- Advocates for fully integrating the armed forces on Tuesday accused the Marines of cherry-picking data to bolster the case to keep women from certain combat jobs.

 

Granny woulda joined the Navy Seals - but she didn't know how to swim...

Navy Preparing to Open SEAL Screening Process to Women
Dec 08, 2015 -- The U.S. Naval Academy is preparing to open its screening process for Navy SEAL training next year to women who are juniors at the academy, the superintendent said Monday.

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US Navy's Top Officer Sees Technological Gap 'Starting to Open'
Dec 08, 2015 | The Navy's top officer said he sees a widening gap between the service's performance and its potential -- but also opportunities to move ahead quickly with technological advances.

 

It is accurate that there are women who will not join because they do not want the extreme focus and scrutiny placed on them not placed upon men. Most people don't like to be put under the experimental microscope as people are raging against them even being there. In fact there are many men in the military determined to blow out/fail any woman that comes under their command. If all else fails, they can engage in minor harassment coaxing the woman to complain, which will lead to the CO receiving a trival reprimand and the woman reassigned as a way to get rid of her.

Boot camp DIs and pass or fail anyone they want to. If a DI wants women to fail, they will fail. If a DI wants women to pass, they will pass.

 

TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIF. — Marine officials announced they have apprehended Lance Cpl. Jennifer Cruz for defacing port-a-johns throughout the Twentynine Palms area with pictures of vaginas and clitorises.

Waiving her rights to speak to an attorney, Cruz said, “The whole time I’ve been out here, I’ve been thinking of getting my clam slammed by footlong (*)(*)(*)(*). Yet, for some inexplicable reason, I’ve been obsessed with drawing pictures of (*)(*)(*)(*)(*).”

“(*)(*)(*)(*) if I can explain it.”

NCIS claims they had been hot on Cruz’ snail trail for weeks, even though she proved to be hard to get initially.
“We were mystified,” said NCIS Special Agent Steve Michaelson. “We just couldn’t figure out who was writing ‘Wagner luvs puss’ all over the port-a-johns.”
“I mean, obviously Wagner must be an alpha chick who’s hooked up with half the guys in her local area. But does she like (*)(*)(*)(*)(*) as well?” Michaelson asked. “It’s quite baffling.”

Forensics art critics were confident, however, the elusive artist was a female.

“Usually, when guys draw a vagina, it’s completely wrong,” according to Serge Hirshorn, an art analyst who consults with NCIS. “This vagina was actually anatomically correct. It even had a clitoris and everything.”

Cruz was especially proud of her rendition of a clitoris bulging from beneath her perfectly-formed lips.

Marine Pfc. Joshua Neville, who first reported the vagina drawings, had to have the details explained to him. When the clitoris in particular was pointed out, he simply responded, “Huh, never noticed that before.”


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