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13. I don't have a problem with women in combat arms...
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 09:10 AM
Jan 6

...(Infantry, Armor, Artillery, Air Defense Artillery, Special Forces, Engineers and Aviation), but they MUST be able to do the job, physically and mentally, just as ANY man does. If a Soldier can't, they are a liability in combat.

I held a two MOSes in the Army, one in the Field Artillery (a FO), and the second (and all of my combat time) was as an MP. Both of my (primary) drivers were women, and they were excellent not only when the bullets were flying, IDF hitting the FOB, and the IED, but at the day to day things you do in a combat zone (maintenance, etc.).

Major Hegseth can piss up a rope.

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