Women in the Combat Arms

Blackfive   "So, the Marine Corps has been running some tests.  I know you've read about the top-line ones, such as women testing at the Infantry Officers' Course.  But it's a much broader effort, and some of the results have begun to be analyzed by independent agencies.

"Now, remember that these are women who have already succeeded in becoming Marines, and have further self-selected by volunteering to be tested as examples of female strength and endurance.  They're the very best, in other words, and deserve a great deal of respect both for achieving the title of Marine and for putting themselves forward in this way.

"So look at the results*, and let's talk about whether this policy is the right one for the US military."

Posted by Grim on October 08, 2014 at 10:35 PM in Caring For The Defenders, Current Affairs, Military | Permalink

 

*U.S. Marines' tests undermine women-in-combat agenda    "Artillery simulation revealed 28 times as many females as males failed". 

... "The results were found in Marine Corps documentation by the Center for Military Readiness, which issued a report called “U.S. Marine Corps Research Findings: Where is the Case for Co-Ed Ground Combat?”

 

"According to CMR, a non-profit think tank, the Obama administration expects the Marine Corps to find a way to assign women to ground combat units without lowering standards.

 

“In the independent view of CMR, quantitative research done so far indicates that these expectations cannot be met,” the group said." ...   Read more

But...but, in the cop shows the women are in command and can beat men up with little effort. In TV commercials and sit-coms the women are the intelligent ones and the men are shallow nincompoops, often told by women to go back to their caves.