We are moving closer - Ash Carter: Military Should Let Women Meet Standards for Combat Jobs.

Female Major recently made the point that the Military is no longer a "boy's club." My thought is, boys might go to war but, once there, they grow up quickly and they do so in Squads and Platoons not clubs. The last time I woke up with night sweats was about two months ago and I'm from a much earlier era. Obviously, I don't know the science of it but intuitively I feel the more empathetic nature of the female would make them even more prone to this kind of lingering effect. To me, that's just one more consideration in the plethora of reasons why women should not be infantry soldiers. Other reasons include the data analysis done by the Army Research Institute (ARI) in earlier studies, the "on the record" opinion of SGM Lehew, the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer serving on the Marine Corps' "Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force" and the controversy surrounding the graduation of two females from Ranger School. I am in no way trying to denigrate the contributions of the females in our military. Their contributions, and their sacrifices (we have lost over 100 to combat actions in the Middle East vs the total of eight US females killed in theater during the entirety of the Vietnam War), have been extraordinary but, if I were in ground combat today, I would say to the ladies I very much need you at my six, not on point.

Good for the women. I know they will be able to get the job done.

like the title says: Let women meet the standards; not change them