He won’t answer because he doesn’t want women at all. And I doubt he was a Marine at all.

That's a great reason then to apply that standard to all MOS s whether required or not so we can keep women out, isn't it?

I have replied to both our naysayers here yet neither has responded, while they have addressed others. That might be because after 20 years in the army, including actual combat, as a woman, I have serious——indeed overwhelming——doubts as to the veracity of their anecdotes and complaints.

“Packet” is milspeak for your......records. But, yeah, that guy has been VERY quiet since then.

The truly awful thing about this petty asshole’s diatribes is that they obscure just how amazing the military can be for women. I joined at 27, and it was the first time in my life I had been treated as a human being, first and foremost......not “fuckable or not.” I worked harder than I’d ever worked, but I learned I…

HAHAHAHA. Oh, God, dude, seriously, this shows how ignorant you and he are. There have been male and female drills for DECADES. I had three drills at Basic over 20 years ago, and they were striking in the mature way they treated female troops, you know, with our periods and stuff.

His life isn’t in the line because he’s a poseur spouting Fox News talking points. I was in the Army 20 years, I WAS in combat——unlike him——and he’s full of shit.

Yeah, I actually served in the military AND in combat, AND am female, and I don’t buy a single claim he’s making. Every last thing he says are Fox News urban legends, including the 300lb. Sooper Trooper. Any *real* grunt would tell that a guy that size is not combat effective, could actually be a risk to his squad’s…

“You suck”? Yeah, that’s it. You’re 12.

I’m pretty sure you’re sexist, for the simple reason that you view women as ALL stupid, weak, and inadequate, and because you do so despite having last interacter with a woman at birth.

I don’t know that I believe this guy about *anything.* His stories are like the ones guys like to tell about that nasty feminist who screams at men for opening the door for her, or the woman who frivolously has an abortion at eight months, three weeks, and six days, or the way some guys claim that most rape…

Exactly. I lost so much weight during Basic, but I gained lots of muscle, too. It was amazing. And we’re drinking gallons of water during training and in hot climates.

I wanted to add that I omitted a word: “No effective fighting force consists solely of big huge muscley guys.”

Yeah, I’m surprised he didn’t complain about night vision.

The actual female Rangers——you know, the three out of three women who qualified——-turned around and demanded he show HIS packet.

Yeah, it's hard to find exemplary women when they're figments of your imagination.

I was walking to chow one day when I fell in behind some late teen fetus.....carrying his M-16 by the handle, causing the muzzle to swing up and down. Treat *every* weapon as loaded. I told him to shape up, he saw only a woman, and then I locked him up and bawled him out in front of everybody. Funny thing is, though,…

I’m female. I was in combat. Combat is not physically strenuous, so I have no idea what this dude is talking about. We got repeatedly pinned down and we had to manuever but that’s no big deal at all.

He has NO first understanding. Check out some of my comments.

That’s funny, because I’m a woman with both combat experience AND nearly two decades in the ranks. The only thing about your stories is how they come straight from conservative myths about women, not from actual life. I have been deployed several times and never seen anything like what you say, but *certain* groups…