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2015-10-16 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-10-16 08:34|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 I read and correspond with Fred quite a lot. Fred resides in Mexico with his Mexican wife. He has a good way with words.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2015-10-16 08:53|| 2015-10-16 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 "A woman will graduate Ranger School," but she won't be assigned to a Ranger Battalion so we will never get to see if she is actually Ranger material or not (anyway they wouldn't dare risk her in combat).

Half of the Ranger graduates are spread throughout the army to spread their Huwah (however that is spelled) to others. I suspect this Ranger graduate will end up in Public Relations doing a lot of speeches and such to civilians and otherwise wasting the training (such as it is).

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-10-16 09:21|| 2015-10-16 09:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Read the whole thing. It's worth it.

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-10-16 12:22|| 2015-10-16 12:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Read the whole thing. It's worth it.

Don't have to---you think IDF never tried to introduce women into combat roles while I was around?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-10-16 12:35|| 2015-10-16 12:35|| Front Page Top

#5 From The Things I Carried: A Special Forces Officer Reflects

"Relief when I recognized the voice of a West Point company-mate over the radio. She was driving her Chinooks through a hellacious snowstorm to extract Special Forces and Afghan commandos after a big operation. Thanks for coming in hot on a nasty LZ, Jill. You’re the best damned helicopter pilot in the Army."

About those combat roles ..... infantry isn't the only one.

http://www.havokjournal.com/nation/veterans/the-things-i-carried/2/

Posted by Whomosing Speaking for Boskone2972 2015-10-16 12:43|| 2015-10-16 12:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Yeah, so who let it happen?

Posted by Skidmark 2015-10-16 13:40|| 2015-10-16 13:40|| Front Page Top

#7 About those combat roles ..... infantry isn't the only one

Without the infantry there is no army. Someone always has to occupy terrain and keep it, be it with a spear, sword or bayonet.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-10-16 14:24|| 2015-10-16 14:24|| Front Page Top

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