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2018-10-01 Home Front: Culture Wars

Gen. Mattis contends 'the jury is out' on women serving in combat jobs

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 the jury is out

Barfing in the rest room?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-10-01 05:08|| 2018-10-01 05:08|| Front Page Top

#2 The Bulge, Tet, the 507th in Iraq. The enemy doesn't care. At some point, we're all infantry.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2018-10-01 07:51|| 2018-10-01 07:51|| Front Page Top

#3 With a few exceptions, women in a combat theater of operation are a distraction and an impediment to victory.

There, I said it.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-01 08:11|| 2018-10-01 08:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Sadly, only the MIA/KIA tallies will 'bring the jury in' with a verdict.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-10-01 10:07|| 2018-10-01 10:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Service Women's Organization.

Ultimately, winning is the goal. Social Justice Warfare or social engineering is not the concern. I'll wait for Mattis' recommendations.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-10-01 10:35|| 2018-10-01 10:35|| Front Page Top

#6
#4 Sadly, only the MIA/KIA tallies will 'bring the jury in' with a verdict.

Well, they do have some 'disparate impact' from over 200 years to address.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2018-10-01 11:09|| 2018-10-01 11:09|| Front Page Top

#7 I'd be curious to see the numbers of the number of women in combat units that get pregnant before deployment.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-10-01 11:36|| 2018-10-01 11:36|| Front Page Top

#8 I wonder where they'll put the "breast feeding rooms" in combat.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2018-10-01 12:50|| 2018-10-01 12:50|| Front Page Top

#9 #7 I'd be curious to see the numbers of the number of women in combat units that get pregnant before deployment.

There was an IG study done after Desert Storm of the units deployed. They classified it.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2018-10-01 13:12|| 2018-10-01 13:12|| Front Page Top

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