I just don't understand the logic behind this at all. I have not served in the Armed Forces so I will withhold my comments except for this one. If you can't kick my [censored] in hand to hand combat I sure the hell do not want you fighting next to me or watching my back.

How could an army of gays and women possibly emasculate the US military ?

I'll respect the women that are whilling to take a bullet and defend our freedoms, just as I do the men, but I don't think it's a good idea.
I hope these women realize that if they are ever captured, that they will probably be the first ones to be attacked, either raped and/or killed.

Imagine the outrage of the American people when it DOES happen, and it will; look at who we're fighting right now, and will be for a long time.

Here's the problem with it. It's not if women can or can't for the most part. It's an added burden to an already stressed combat leader. Now on top of worrying about training, logisitcs, missions, ect. He has to worry if PFC Jones is dating SPC Smith. Or if SGT White and SGT Black are dropping the soap for each other. Then god forbid there should be in combat with girlfriends and boyfriends, husbands and wives, boyfriends and boyfriends, girlfriends and girlfriends all fighting beside each other and someone gets killed. You've not effectively taken 2 out of action with 1 casualty. And yes, despite what rules end up in place, this will happen. Even the rules they put to "ensure" this doesn't happen will be altered by some court because it is "unfair" to them. This all creates more stress for the soldiers and the leaders, of course the politicans don't care about the guys in the field, just as long as they can rack up political points.

Then we will end up with women claiming discrimination because not enough of them are in combat arms, so they will have to lower the physical standards. Just like we've seen with affirmative action and thier wrriten tests.

This is the left's way of destroying the military.

I just don't understand the logic behind this at all. I have not served in the Armed Forces so I will withhold my comments except for this one. If you can't kick my [censored] in hand to hand combat I sure the hell do not want you fighting next to me or watching my back.

Bambi, I'm at work and unable to do the research on my question. Could you answer? Is it a current "law" passed by the US Congress that women may not serve in primary combat positions? If so, how can Leon Paneta just decide to make a change without Congressional intervention. Also,do you think that these thousands of new open positions will be used as "jobs created" to pad the O's unemployment numbers?

And nothing the muslims would like more than to lop off the heads of women fighting against them.

I've never met you, but I've no doubt there are some who could. However, that is not the only issue or the even major issue here.

When I was 18-30 years old there isn't a women on the face of the earth that could hang with me. And it is a MAJOR issue in my opinion. Women are not physically or mentally able to be on the front line.

There's waaaay too many women that are more man than I around these days for me to say that.

More reason to always go armed I say!

In all seriousness though, women are too civilized to be killers. Can you imagine the outcry in this country if several of our women soldiers are beheaded publicly? Or tortured? We would be sending the white flag up in no time at all.

Men are savages. Women aren't.

And THAT, my friends, is the absolute, boiled to the bottom of the kettle, crux of my problem with this.

Joined the service just before I turned 18. By my early 20's, I was a soldier who would, could, and did sneak up on others and put a dagger into the back of their skull, simply because I had to.
Whack to the head with a machete, bullet to the head or guts, punch in the throat, whatever presents itself is what you do.

Drag your 200lb wounded buddy uphill thru jungle trash under fire to the LZ.
While you're bleeding and trying not to puke.
Whatever it takes, you NEVER leave a man behind.
N-E-V-E-R.

How much does an M60 & ammo weigh?
Can she get up and fight after a grenade or mortar goes off danger close and blows out your eardrum?
If I can smell a sweaty latin bastard in a wet jungle, I can [censored] sure smell her after a week in the hot.

Man gets captured, he gets beat on, electrocuted to the nads, bamboo under the nails, skin pulled off, teeth pulled out, eyes gouged and/or cut, gets burned, waterboarded, hair pulled out, suffocated.

Female get captured, she gets all that as well.
Also, she gets gang raped before, during, and afterwards.

Yeah, "let's put them into combat".

How friggin' noble an idea that is.

Thank you for your insight Sarge, I am glad one of our military personnel chimed in on this sensitive subject. I know I have thanked you before, but thanks again for your service.