What are your thoughts on Oklahoma Congressman asking for test results of female Ranger grads?

Unnamed sources? Doesn't smell legit. There were a lot of eyes on that training....and the eyes have mouths. The NCOs I know throw BS flags loud and proud, I think the moral courage of our Ranger Instructors would have been real-time vocal if they didn't meet the standard. Do I believe we should change huge policies based on what a microsample can do? NO. Do I think there is any value in undermining what these women accomplished? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

Rep. Steve Russell, R-Okla - Sir, why waste peoples time with "silly" tedious reports when someone could easily talk to the school commander/commandant (not sure of the proper term) and get the answer directly. Here's a real issue that has no political bias; you might've heard about it a time or two; 22 a day. That's not $22 dollars, 22 cars or trucks, but 22 LIVES PER day, DEAD Lives Sir. I would like to think that you and your staff would have more pressing issues at hand like improving the VA care in your state, improving the transition from troop to civilian (you do have Ft. Sill, Altus and Tinker AFB and various armories in OK), following other states in with the end of vet homelessness. Maybe using your congressional prowess to maybe get a caucus going of congressman who will no longer take what has been given to the service members and finally hear our voices and say NO MORE? I'm FAR from the smartest man alive, but I know too many vets suffering from PTSD, TBI, various mystery ailments that suddenly have names 40 years later, or missing limbs, and destroyed lives. I doubt for a second any of them are worried if the books were cooked for women in Ranger School, when it's been put out over and over again that it wasn't. Or Sir, I'm wrong. This report that you want (all 25 pages of it) isn't "silly", but represents a very dire need in the military. Maybe with this report and your congressional prowess we can ensure that hard charging women in all branches are relegated to high ranking sammichmakers with no chance of being the professional warriors they already are. I mean there is a Silver Star awarded Medic....but the awardee's a woman and I guess that equates to an LOA (with valor) or a CDR's Coin for the men; the real warriors huh? Sir let's get past the ranger school BS and fight the good and very important fight. Every member of our armed forces at one time in their lives are going to have to hang the uniform up. It's a bittersweet moment filled with tears, hurt, regret, excitement and fear. Let's band together across party lines and make it so that no matter your branch, when you exit service you're given the BEST damn information possible to make good decisions. The process isn't a rubber stamp anymore, you feel part of the team you were in for so long and that in your heart, they never left you nor you them. Let's get the SecofVA some real support. Less with the harassing, and more with the demands for progress. Make it easier for him to get rid of non performers, yet keep those who want to make a difference. Help him help us, the SAME WAY all the warriors (regardless of sex) in this country helped you.

Maybe his district has already solved homelessness, hunger, crime, and the economy, so this is all they have left to worry about. You never know.