Double Standard: Pentagon Hints at Changes to Allow More Women in Ground Combat by Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times.
Public statements from the Pentagon since it removed the ban on direct ground combat jobs for women signal that the armed services plan to change their physical standards to ensure integration of the sexes, analysts say.
A review of news conferences and congressional testimony shows that the top brass repeatedly use the word “validate” - not necessarily “retain” - when talking about ongoing studies of tasks to qualify for infantry, armored and special operations jobs.
In other words, some physical standards would be lowered for men and women on the argument that certain tasks are outdated or irrelevant…
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gute - the reason you don't have all female platoons is they would clearly demonstrate the idiocy of the policy. Imagine a company moving to an objective and one platoon falling behind. When you disperse women you can spread the load of what the women can't accomplish on the men.
Ever wonder why we don't use raw scores on PT tests? The point system hides the lower standards expected of women. On paper both soldiers scored ___ points but the reality is the women did 40% less in pushups and ran 20% slower.
Completely agree Major Rod. The fix was in from the beginning and all the talk about the same standards was a lie. Well, maybe not. Now we just lower the standards for men so women can get in. What I don't understand is this push for integration of men and women in combat units. Put the women in female only platoons. This has nothing to do with national security or a lack of males - this is feminist b.s.
Folks, this is a done deal.
I have a long time highly placed friend at Ft. Benning. The fix is in. He explained to me even asking questions about the policy is seen as not supporting the policy and is considered "disloyal". As anyone who has served in positions of responsibility in the Army the word "disloyal" has evaluation implications. He further explained officers are TERRIFIED.
Think about the implications of developing let alone implementing policy if junior leaders are afraid to even ask questions.
The final straw is that women in the 11th Engineer BN have already been promised Ranger school slots before the "evaluation" of standards is complete. They are quite vocal about it as they train in the post gym.