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flowers:

--- Quote ---An Army officer writing in a prestigious journal says the services should not overemphasize physical strength when deciding whether a woman qualifies for direct ground combat.

Col. Ellen Haring, on the staff of the U.S. Army War College, says commanders need to downplay obstacle courses and judge a service member’s ability to stay calm and think quickly.

The Pentagon has lifted its ban on women serving in the infantry, tanks and special operations, and the branches are examining all their physical standards in preparation for introducing women into these units in 2015.

Some military analysts fear the Pentagon will discard some standards to ensure that a significant number of women qualify.

“Perhaps it is time to take a hard look at what really makes a competent combat soldier and not rely on traditional notions of masculine brawn that celebrate strength over other qualities,” Col. Haring says in the current issue of Armed Forces Journal.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/12/army-colonel-physical-strength-not-end-all-be-all/#ixzz2bmeSkSXT
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Cincinnatus:
January, 2013
--- Quote --- Col. Ellen Haring, of the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, was one of two complainants to file a lawsuit in May in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., demanding the U.S. Department of Defense allow women on the front lines.

The American Civil Liberties Union subsequently filed its own lawsuit on this issue.

The Pentagon filed a motion to dismiss Haring and Command Sgt. Maj. Jane Baldwin's lawsuit in September.

Haring said she didn't expect the Department of Defense to make such a monumental decision in overturning the ban of women in combat on its own last week.
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The article follows with an interview with Haring and this statement:


--- Quote ---Haring grew up in Norther Virginia and graduated from West Point in 1984.

She is part of the War College's strategic outreach branch, and works with community institutions and groups to link the college with its surroundings.
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http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/01/army_war_colleges_col_ellen_ha.html

mountaineer:

--- Quote ---Col. Ellen Haring, of the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, was one of two complainants to file a lawsuit in May in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., demanding the U.S. Department of Defense allow women on the front lines.
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I bet she doesn't want to be on the front lines herself, but thinks it would be just swell in principle.

famousdayandyear:
Answer:  Reassign her immediately to an FOB outside the wire in Afghanistan for 9 months.  (Down side the rest of her squad would have to carry her useless a** during missions)

DCPatriot:
Geez...everybody that has ever watched Lara Croft or Salt could tell you that!    :tongue2:

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