The final nail in our military's coffin...

This tops everything thats gone before. GI Jane will be a reality soon and our military will achieve permanent second-rate status.

(Newser) – Another military taboo to fall? It looks like the ban on women serving in direct combat roles is in jeopardy. An advisory panel's draft report declares that the practice of restricting women's duties is behind the times and discriminatory, the Huffington Post reports. Among other things, the panel says it constitutes a glass ceiling for women, since distinction in combat is a primary way that soldiers advance their careers.

"The Commission recommends that DoD and Services remove a structural barrier for women," reads the draft report from the Military Leadership Diversity Commission, made up of 24 senior military officials along with academics and business leaders. It also shot down arguments that integrating women into combat would harm unit morale or cohesion. The draft report is under review and is expected to be out in March.

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I've known some women who were in the military. Some were great to work with, (as was a SCPO who ran the outside machine shop aboard the tender in Scotland) and some stunk to high heaven (an example being the LTJG aboard the tender in Sardinia who allowed herself to be photographed naked while performing oral sex on her married enlisted boyfriend). So there are good and bad, just like the men.

But there are some roles in the military that women shouldn't try to assume and that definetly includes being a member of a unit that will see actual combat. The reason? Too many guys will be worrying about "Susie" and not about the mission. Ask the Israelis, they had women in front line units and finally pulled them out. In addition to the aforementioned problem they also had the one of facing Islamic macho fools who would rather die than surrender to a woman. THAT helps to add to the body count for both sides.

Call me a sexist pig but IMO nothing good comes from this one. You can try convincing yourself all day long that there are no real differences between men and women, therefore their interactions with one another should remain the same as with members of their own sex. Spend some time working in a local high school and you'll see how absurd that is. End of story.

On a lighter note, Cookie commented about this. He's kinda ambivalent. One of his suggestions involved all-female companies in the military. That would be scary. Imagine that many women (80-200 bodies) with weapons and going through PMS at the same time. Wouldn't that be against the Geneva Convention?

But if they were allowed just think of the different names they'd have. "PMS Panzers", "Menstrual Militia", "Tampon Tsunami", "Kotex Commandos", I'm sure there are more possiblities.