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<blockquote data-quote="av8torntn" data-source="post: 1085121" data-attributes="member: 8259"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that with women now eligible to fill combat roles in the military, commanders must justify why any woman might be excluded – and, if women can’t meet any unit’s standard, the Pentagon will ask: “Does it really have to be that high?”</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span><a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/gen-dempsey-if-women-can-t-meet-military-standard-pentagon-will-ask-does-it-really-have" target="_blank">Link</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Joint Chiefs Chairman seems to disagree with the outgoing Secretary and the Sgt. Maj. about not changing standards even though he has backtracked just a tad since then. I am fairly skeptical this can be done successfully while maintaining effectiveness. Only time will tell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="av8torntn, post: 1085121, member: 8259"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica]Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that with women now eligible to fill combat roles in the military, commanders must justify why any woman might be excluded – and, if women can’t meet any unit’s standard, the Pentagon will ask: “Does it really have to be that high?” [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/gen-dempsey-if-women-can-t-meet-military-standard-pentagon-will-ask-does-it-really-have"]Link[/URL] The Joint Chiefs Chairman seems to disagree with the outgoing Secretary and the Sgt. Maj. about not changing standards even though he has backtracked just a tad since then. I am fairly skeptical this can be done successfully while maintaining effectiveness. Only time will tell. [/QUOTE]
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