Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to Marines and sailors of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command at Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 17, 2013. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Steven Fox
Marines Share Frank Views With Hagel On Women In Combat -- New York Times
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – The 15 sergeants, lieutenants and captains at the Marine Corps infantry school sat at the conference table with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to debate changes to the American way of war – in particular, the Pentagon’s new decision to integrate women into front-line combat positions.
One first sergeant objected strongly, saying that if women could add anything of value to combat infantry units, they would have been handed those missions long ago.
One staff sergeant worried that the Marine Corps’ high standards would have to be lowered if women were assigned to combat. Other Marines in the group agreed, warning that women would not be accepted by their male counterparts living in spartan wartime conditions, or that family lives would suffer, especially for those female Marines hoping to have children.
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My Comment: They can share their frank views with Hagel all they want .... but this is now official White House policy, and the man in the Oval Office is not going to change his mind.
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