No wonder the Chinese are confidently expanding their blue water navy and
asserting their control over the South China Sea. The gender-integrated U.S. Navy can't even manage to sail
straight without getting its sailors killed.
In an 11-hour hearing, prosecutors painted a picture of
Lt. Irian Woodley, the ship’s surface warfare coordinator, and Lt. Natalie
Combs, the tactical action officer, as failing at their jobs, not using the
tools at their disposal properly and not communicating adequately. They became
complacent with faulty equipment and did not seek to get it fixed, and they
failed to communicate with the bridge, the prosecution argued. Had they done
those things, the government contended, they would have been able to avert the
collision.
That two of the officers — Coppock and Combs — involved in this fatal incident were female suggests that discipline and training standards have been lowered for the sake of “gender integration,” which was a major policy push at the Pentagon during the Obama administration. It could be that senior officers, knowing their promotions may hinge on enthusiastic support for “gender integration,” are reluctant to enforce standards for the women under their command.
This was the story of Kara Hultgreen, the Navy pilot who died in a 1994 F-14 crash. Investigation showed that Hultgreen had been allowed to proceed in her training after errors that would have meant a washout for any male pilot. But the Clinton administration was pushing for female fighter pilots, which resulted in a competition between the Navy and Air Force to put women into these combat roles. It is not necessary to believe that (a) women shouldn’t be fighter pilots, in order to believe (b) lowering standards for the sake of quotas is a bad idea. Of course, you may believe both (a) and (b), but it is (b) that gets people killed.
It seems obvious that the Pentagon (and the liberal media) sought to suppress full knowledge of what happened to the Fitzgerald in the immediate aftermath of the June 2017 incident that killed seven sailors, in the same way the details of Kara Hultgreen’s death were suppressed. It took investigative reporters like Rowan Scarborough of the Washington Times a lot of hard work to find out what actually happened to Hultgreen. Let’s hope other reporters will dig into what’s happening in our military with the “gender intergration” agenda at the Pentagon now.
That two of the officers — Coppock and Combs — involved in this fatal incident were female suggests that discipline and training standards have been lowered for the sake of “gender integration,” which was a major policy push at the Pentagon during the Obama administration. It could be that senior officers, knowing their promotions may hinge on enthusiastic support for “gender integration,” are reluctant to enforce standards for the women under their command.
This was the story of Kara Hultgreen, the Navy pilot who died in a 1994 F-14 crash. Investigation showed that Hultgreen had been allowed to proceed in her training after errors that would have meant a washout for any male pilot. But the Clinton administration was pushing for female fighter pilots, which resulted in a competition between the Navy and Air Force to put women into these combat roles. It is not necessary to believe that (a) women shouldn’t be fighter pilots, in order to believe (b) lowering standards for the sake of quotas is a bad idea. Of course, you may believe both (a) and (b), but it is (b) that gets people killed.
It seems obvious that the Pentagon (and the liberal media) sought to suppress full knowledge of what happened to the Fitzgerald in the immediate aftermath of the June 2017 incident that killed seven sailors, in the same way the details of Kara Hultgreen’s death were suppressed. It took investigative reporters like Rowan Scarborough of the Washington Times a lot of hard work to find out what actually happened to Hultgreen. Let’s hope other reporters will dig into what’s happening in our military with the “gender intergration” agenda at the Pentagon now.
The Navy has followed the usual
pattern. Declare that women are just as good as men. Discover that they're not,
for one reason or another. Deny that this is true while simultaneously lowering
their standards. Dissemble about the reasons things are no longer working the
way they should.
This is what the end of empire looks like. One stupid, indefensible decision after another.
UPDATE: Even the famous Gurkhas are being converged.
This is what the end of empire looks like. One stupid, indefensible decision after another.
UPDATE: Even the famous Gurkhas are being converged.
The Gurkhas are set to open up their ranks to women for the first time. The
group, who have served in the British Army for more than 200 years will allow
female soldiers to join from next year, but they will have to pass the same
gruelling selection test the men do.
That's what they
always say. And then, when the women can't pass it, they lower the standards.
It never ceases to amaze me how no organization ever seems to look at what
happened to similar organizations that already did what they are contemplating.
