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Let Putin tremble
2015-12-04
h/t Instapundit
Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said Thursday that he is opening all jobs in combat units to women, a landmark decision that would for the first time allow female service members to join the country's most elite military forces.

Women will now be eligible to join the Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces and other Special Operations Units. It also opens the Marine Corps infantry, a battle-hardened force that many service officials had openly advocated keeping closed to female service members.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#8  ...When our ruling class has to face defeat in our next war, they can take some comfort in the fact that we will have had the most diverse force to ever lose in combat.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2015-12-04 17:32  

#7  I, for one, look forward to the next draft composed entirely of women to make up for over two hundred years of disparate impact upon the other gender.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-12-04 15:37  

#6  So when will the gay special forces unit

A story I've heard, from a former green beret, they had such a unit in Vietnam.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-12-04 14:20  

#5  Where are they gonna pee?
Posted by: Capsu 78   2015-12-04 13:24  

#4  Create a few all new all female combat units so that the experiment doesn't disrupt functioning units.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2015-12-04 13:19  

#3  Carter is just doing what 0 has decreed. I would imagine that the Joint Chiefs are trying to make it through the rest of 0's term on a starvation diet of hope and change.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2015-12-04 12:53  

#2  The Russians had women in their tank crews fighting the Germans in WWII. They had to shave their heads and wash with diesel fuel to keep the lice in check. They were that desperate. Somehow I don't believe Carter understands that.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2015-12-04 12:22  

#1  So when will the gay special forces unit with the hot pink tutu's be commissioned.
It was prophesied in a mid-70s SciFi novel.
Posted by: 3dc   2015-12-04 12:11  

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