The Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden says there is a welcome mat out for women SEALs if they can meet the grueling physical and mental standards that exist today.
Former Chief Petty Officer Robert O’Neill, whose handpicked SEAL Team Six unit raided bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan, answered “absolutely” when asked if women can meet the demands of sea, undersea, ground and airborne warriors.
Asked by The Washington Times how he knows, Mr. O’Neill said, “I’ve met women that I think can beat me up. I’m not joking. Here in the states. There are some tough women out there.”
The Pentagon in 2013 lifted the ban on women serving in direct land combat units, such as infantry, armor and special operations.
U.S. commands have been validating physical standards for their units, among them the SEALs. If naval special warfare wants to keep the SEALs all-male, it must make that case to Pentagon civilian leaders.
Both the Army and Marine Corps have been conducting combat training experiments with women. The SEALs to date have not.
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4 comments:
This is a joke. Women don't belong. They can't and never have been able to do the same physically demanding work. It's pure genetic science
PASS THE TESTS.
Don't water them down so some people can fulfill their dreams.
Believe it or not, LIVES depend on those skills.
Maybe they can dumb down the test for astronaut so people who couldn't do the job of astronaut can feel good about themselves, even though they couldn't qualify to fly a paper airplane.
Political correctness should go right out the window when it comes to health, safety, and security.
Let the hatin' begin.
OK...calm down!! Stand down!! I have NO DESIRE to join a bunch of guys on their stomachs in the mud. You macho guys are safe from me. Hahaha
Navy should up the age requirements to 35 to join the seals
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