re: There’s about to be a female Green Beret

Yeah the guy who can't articulate an argument against what I said so he just says "ur stupood" is definitely intelligent.

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I agree with this, but there is a bigger issue folks - even if she can acutely man up and complete this course on an "even" footing (although there is effectively a 0% chance this is actually true or could be true) with men, women as a group:

1. Are weaker per pound
2. Have lower bone density then comparably sized men
3. Have reproductive/urinary tract novelties compared to men, that

...in combination result in women in austere conditions, such as those experienced by combat units, breaking down at a much higher, more rapid rate than their male counterparts. Couple that with a special forces operational tempo and that will likely skyrocket over even conventional combat units.

This is all a social experiment that is wrong-headed and does not result in a more capable, effective fighting force. Period. Full stop.

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Shhhhh...your overlords don’t want you to speak about those.

General rule: women make the military weaker and less lethal as a whole. Women do not belong in the military and, like voting it was a mistake to let them in.

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Because women are not worth the recruitment efforts for combat units.

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Women don't belong in combat units.

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I don't think I've ever disagreed with either of these as a blanket rule.

I think there are women who are certainly capable, but would say that there aren't enough to make it worth the recruitment effort.

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No reasoning why, just a "I know so it's right"?

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There has been extensive research done on this. Women (of military age, which also heavily aligns with childbearing age) get higher rates of urinary tract infections in the field. When physical stress is amplified (such as prolonged periods of combat or other similar physical stress), they develop dehydration, exhaustion, stress fractures, non-combat injuries at higher rates.

I'm not making this stuff up - I was a leader in this very same organization (the U.S. Army) for 3 decades.

I'm not biased against women serving - I had excellent luck with female superiors and female subordinates - they are some of the best troops with whom I served. I had less good luck with female peers over time, but that's a different story for a different day.

The 2 nations with the most experience with women in combat roles during actual combat conditions are the Soviet Union and Israel, certainly in the modern combat environment and it is not even close - several orders of magnitude over any other nation.

Neither (obviously I'm saying Russia now as the successor state to the USSR) do it any longer.

If women actually increased combat effectiveness in combat roles, why do you suppose they would make such a change?


I'll help you out - because there is no good reason to do it until you have no other choice. We have plenty of other choices than putting women into combat roles, particularly in special operations units.

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your overlords don’t want you to speak about those

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I'm retired - they can do frick all to me right now.

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Google USS Acadia.

36 Women Pregnant Aboard a Navy Ship That Served in Gulf

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I’ve got no problem with requiring women in the military to have to have an IUD. There should be no excuse for pregnancies. But “they might have sex” isn’t a reason to prevent them from serving in the military

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(I would assume she’s got an IUD) who cares if they frick.

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It's possible but why would you assume that?

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The head of the Navy came out and said the results of those weren't valid because somehow the study wasn't done correctly. Needless to say the women who participated in that study were not happy with the comments.

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Correct, they were pissed off because they felt like they volunteered for this tough, demanding experiment and it was all bs. The brass had already decided what the "truth" was going to be before it ever began.

Props to her. She earned it.

Meh. A PT test is a very very small part of the selection process.