DOD Official on Women in Combat: ‘Numbers May Be Very, Very Small Or None At All’

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-04-26 04:34

Article here. Excerpt:

'A Defense Department (DOD) official said on Friday that for the number of women who want to fill combat posts heretofore not open to them, and then being able to meet the standard set for those posts, the number who actually serve will be “very, very small or none at all.”

“There’s a full recognition that the numbers may be very, very small or none at all,” Juliet Beyler, principal director, force resiliency in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness, said at a discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C.

“And that’s what the secretary said – that equal opportunity does not mean equal participation,” Beyler said.

As one of the panelists at the discussion, Beyler was asked if the military had a quota for how many women would fill these newly available military posts.

Beyler said there are no quotas and that any post across all military branches requires meeting a certain standard, regardless of gender. Beyler said Secretary of Defense Ash Carter’s decision in December to open all military positions to women sparked a review of the standards required for each post.'

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... if, just like men, women were assigned a combat MOS even if they didn't volunteer for it. That's what happens to men, even men of lesser physical prowess.

Equality, my arse.

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2016-04-26 12:55

I've been saying that the number of women showing up to serve in combat will be small. If women are ordered into combat, then I would not be surprised if the number of women in the military drops.

In the meantime, male soldiers will be treated as "the problem" to be solved so women can serve--even though men will still perform the primary functions of the military and die more often. Men will remain necessary to the military; women will still be an "option." But the optional sex will end up making all the rules: men will be forced to accommodate women, even while men make the largest sacrifices.

Even the Israelis figured out women in combat doesn't work. They no longer use mixed-sex units for direct combat. Women are mostly assigned to guard duty and patrol duty.

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Submitted by el cid on Tue, 2016-04-26 12:59

... would join today's armed forces is beyond me. "Come in son, sign up, we need you, now let us treat you like shit based on your maleness..."

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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2016-04-27 00:26