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Aristus

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3. There are going to howls of protest from some of the gorillas in and out of the service.

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 19, 2017, 03:12 PM

Jan 2017

I subscribe to a number of FB sites for tank crewmen, past and present, and when the Army opened up combat service positions to women, a lot of the guys spewed "political correctness gone wild!", despite the fact that physical training standards have not been changed in any way to accomodate this.

I'm sure the hyper-macho Rangers are going to have a shit-fit.

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This woman will be the first to join the Army's elite 75th Ranger Regiment [View all] NWCorona Jan 2017 OP

I hope she can keep her job. My understanding is that Ilsa Jan 2017 #1

There are going to howls of protest from some of the gorillas in and out of the service. Aristus Jan 2017 #3

Congrats! Good that she got in before Trump IronLionZion Jan 2017 #2

I thought the same thing! NWCorona Jan 2017 #5

I hope she gets to keep it. Doreen Jan 2017 #4