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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, isn’t the solution that not all women should be allowed in combat roles, but that those that can meet the thresholds are? I mean, not every male who seeks to join the military is accepted or placed in a combat role, so should we say no men should then be allowed? Use some logic here, people. It’s not an all-or-nothing approach for either women or men.[/quote]

You use some logic.  Meeting training standards and being able to do a very physically demanding, laborious job for 4+ years are entirely different animals.  Even if a woman passes the same training standards the odds of her maintaining that physical load for her entire contracted time are low. Injury is high among men in combat arms.  They carry 100+ lbs around all day, for months at a time during deployments.  Women do not have the bone density or proportional muscle mass that men do.  Odd of injury with some portion of lifetime disability pay off would be very high and disrupting to the combat missions. From a mission, readiness, and cost standpoint, it makes zero logically sense to have women in combat arms roles. This isn’t the place to fight for equality. [/quote]

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