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Published Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 | 12:32 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 | 5:40 p.m.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after generations of limits on their service, defense officials said Wednesday. The changes, set to be announced Thursday by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, will not happen overnight. The services must now develop plans for allowing women to seek the combat positions, a senior military official said. Some jobs may open as soon as this year, while assessments for others, such as special operations forces, including Navy SEALS and the Army's Delta Force, may take longer. ...
AP National Security Writer Robert Burns contributed to this report.
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BIG, BIG MISTAKE
we just lost the next war
@truthserum:
WHY is it a "BIG BIG MISTAKE"? Because women aren't capable? Or because you believe that during a firefight, fighting next to a woman is going to turn some 19 year old male soldier on (like that one young soldier implied?) Or that women should be protected? Women are already in combat positions and have been during those unnecessary wars we've been fighting for the last 10 years. They just haven't been on the front lines, but where ARE the front lines when fighting terrorists and insurgents? It's okay for them to drive trucks thru "front lines" but they can't fight? You obviously have never known any females in the military.
This change would also need to be reflected in our selective service laws (sss.gov). Draft registration should be required for women, along with all service responsibilities.
It isn't a matter of EEO. If a female is going to serve in combat she should be "6 feet tall and mean as a snake."