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Junfan Wu

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February 9, 2018

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I would love to bring to your attention the actions of Pentagon as regards to the role of women in active combat. In the last month of the year 2015, Pentagon announced that women in the military were allowed to participate in all combat roles unlike before. This announcement allowed women to join the special military forces in the country unlike before where they were not allowed; special forces such as the navy seals, Marine Corps infantry, Green Beret, army rangers and the air force paratroopers. The announcement also allowed women participation in active combat such as mortar firing, military tank driving in a combat zone, leading and being part of infantry soldiers in active combat.

I am opposed to the move by pentagon because of several reasons but the main ones include; the physical inability of women in combat zones, hampering of military readiness, traditional mindset of military men, possible physical abuse by potential enemies and risk of nation’s population growth.

The day to day activities of military personnel involve strenuous activities and the general structure of human bodies favors men as opposed to women when strenuous activities are in question. Not because women are incapable of performing strenuous activities but it is their body structure that limits them. The physical body structure can also hamper the military readiness in cases where female military officers are pregnant and not in a position to participate actively in combat. The situation of being understaffed due to physical limitations has the possibility to exposes the military and the nation as a whole to its enemies.

The traditional mindset of men does not favor mixed gender in combat operations. Men are most likely to be overprotective of their female counterparts thus might affect their mindset in combat zones; this might affect the mission at hand. In the case of capture by enemies, something that is quite common, women are most likely to bear the brunt of physical torture and rape as compared to men and this focus on women might lead to women cracking and giving into the enemies’ demands (Spivack & CQ Press, 2016). They may end up revealing top-secret covert operations.

The last reason as to why I am opposed to this is that women are the source of human life and by putting women in the direct line of fire can be equated to killing humanity. The national’s population growth is at risk should women lives be at risk. There are more than enough reasons for the military to withdraw their decree on women taking all active roles in combat. It is proper to note that the nation stands to lose a lot as compared to what they will gain by having women participate in military combat.

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Gaudion, A. (January 01, 2016). Defending Your Country…and Gender—Legal Challenges and Opportunities Confronting Women in the Military.

In Hunt, R. F., & In Mills, V. W. (2012). Women in combat and the Armed Forces: Policies and perceptions. New York: Novinka.

Skaine, Rosemarie. (2011). Women in Combat. ABC-CLIO.

Spivack, M. S., & CQ Press. (2016). Women in combat: Will they make for a better fighting force?.

Szayna, T. S., Larson, E. V., O'Mahony, A., Robson, S., Schaefer, A. G., Matthews, M., Polich, J. M., ... Welser, W. (2016). Considerations for Integrating Women into Closed Occupations in U.S. Special Operations Forces.