Lobbyist groups are advocating lowering standards for female infantry

Unless there are verified medical limitations, women should not be given special treatment in order to work in infantry or any other military specialty. We can't have anyone serving in the military who cannot carry their own weight fully.

There should be one standard for Combat MOS'. Period. We're talking lives here.

If you can't haul, you shouldn't be combat infantry.

If you can't do maintenance on the vehicles, such as pulling track, you shouldn't be there.

If you can't physically do the job....NO!

If you can...GREAT! Get it done.

I am a retired Marine Grunt and Army Warrant Officer. The lobbyist are using the wrong word, it is not lowering the standards but instead developing standards that recognizes men and women physical/mental differencies. I have years of expirences training men and women in the military when I served as a Drill SGT at Ft Jackson and a TAC Officer at the Warrent Officer training school. I welcome anyone who serves our country and I respect their choice of roll. American military is made up of marines, soldiers, saliors and airmen, not men and women.

Richard English

I am pretty certain the pretty girl didn't make it judging by the look on her face..

No matter what the job, it doesn't get easier because of your gender. There will be women who can do the job and men who can't. Plain and simple. But to consider gender for any standard is sexist

Civilians have no right to impress PC, civilian societal norms on the military. We have a culture and structure that is not in any way like the civilian world. We use to assimilate soldiers when they joined, and now, as we have gotten "nicer," are suffering the ramifications of our more soft nature. Im sick of this discussion. If females want to go combat arms, fine...but the standard MUST be upheld. Civilians have no right to chime in with their opinions.

Keep the standards where they are at. If an individual wishes to perform that job specification then they should be required to pass the standards that are set. If we expect our military to be the best in the world, then tough standards should not be lowered. Well unless we want to have the so-so military in the world.

In the Us, we have been lowering the educational standards for years in order not to offend someone or hurt their feelings. Look where we are now with education. We have more students that cannot read, write, or even do basic mathematical functions such as adding and subtracting. Now don't get me wrong, there are some individuals that due to a disease such as cerebral palsy or autism may not be able to meet the standards should be given a chance to prove that they can do what they can based on their ability and the limitations of their disease.

This is a link to an exam administered to 8th grade students in 1895. How many of us could pass this exam today? I highly doubt many of us would pass this exam.

http://grandfather-economic-report.com/1895-test.htm

It just shows how much our education system has been dumbed down in order to accommodate individuals who do not wish to even try to pass a class and blame the teachers for their failure.

Now if we take this same approach as the US has done with education and apply it to military requirements and standards, where will our military be in twenty years from now?

I always did not like the idea of some people people that walked the 1 mile test instead of running it. I could see minor time allowances for age but these are military personnel and should be able to run 1 mile.

They wanted females in combat, they got it. I fully support that. If they want to fight, let them, women are just as capable as men when it comes to firing guns and things. However, my wife and I are firm believers that they need to meet the standard set for men; they NEED to be able to carry a 200 lb guy out of the line of fire, its their job, and if we lower standards for them it makes us as a force weaker.