Ash Carter Sec. of Defense has now ordered all branches to open all MOS's to females.Already women can serve in 78% of all MOS's in the various branches. As a former medic I know that females have been rewarded CMBs in Iraq and Afghanistan. They earned them. Women are dying in combat, mostly in support and MP jobs too because these wars don't have fronts, uniforms and definable targets, they fight us from the shadows and logistics and MPs are easier targets. But my concern is this. Opening up combat arms (infantry/artillery and armor) to` females is hiding from the truth here. Young men aren't joining, and when they do they don't choose combat arms to face multiple deployments and come home to shit benefits and few job prospects and now we are now filling those gaps with women?? Am I wrong?

"In general" General is the operative word. Speaking in generalities. I'm not trying to be PC. In general women can't do the sort of things required of combat arms troops. I NEVER have know a woman who could hump the hills in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam with a heavy ruck sack on their back and slug through the jungle. Just common sense stuff.

"In general" General is the operative word. Speaking in generalities. I'm not trying to be PC. In general women can't do the sort of things required of combat arms troops. I NEVER have know a woman who could hump the hills in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam with a heavy ruck sack on their back and slug through the jungle. Just common sense stuff.

cup I guess this is just over your head.Its not about women. They already served in 78% of all MOS's ( combined) in the branches. Its about the reality that we have been at war for nearly 12 years and multiple deployments are straining our force in ways that DOD isn't talking about.So they are scrambling... WAKE UP!