Women in Combat *January of 2013*

**January 2013**

I couldn't post this on Facebook, for fear of personal attacks against my ideas.

Unfortunately, the Secretary of Defense has lifted the ban on women serving in direct combatant roles in the U.S. Military.

Where have our values gone? Why are we putting mothers on the front line? Since the beginning of time, it has been the males duty to protect the female. To keep her and her children out of harms way and to provide for them. Now we throw that value at the dirt and place women right next to men on the front lines of combat.

I believe that women and men are equal but have completely different roles. A woman should not try to do everything a man can, just as a man shouldn't do everything women do. We need to respect and compromise with our counterparts and form strong families.

I believe that the protective nature of men are engrained in our very being. If men on the front lines of our wars have to add the stress of having female comrades, their emotions will get the better of them, and in times of high stakes, that protective nature could end up killing entire squads.

A woman gets shot, the man behind her stops to help her and they are all killed. I am not saying this wouldn't happen if the woman were instead a man but the emotions involved would be much different.

Thats not a risk I would be willing to take.

God made man and woman different. And for good reason. No one would ever expect a male to give birth. Why would we expect women to engage in high risk special operations? Especially considering the enemy: Terrorists who will torture and rape women for the sake of torturing and raping. :(

Women are not and never will be as strong as men. That is a simple fact that cannot be disputed. Look at our bodies. We are completely different in size, stature and body composition. If a 200 pound Pararescuman with 150 pounds of gear on his back was shot and injured and the only person he had to drag him 2 miles out of harms way was a 150 pound woman, how would they fare? Im afraid the outcome looks grim.

These are simply the thoughts scrolling through my mind. Take them as you will. But I disagree with the secretary of defenses decision.