Gear up, Ladies. You may be going to War!

[Roland99]

Female soldiers eyed for combat
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20041022-120846-1796r.htm

The Army is negotiating with civilian leaders about eliminating a women-in-combat ban so it can place mixed-sex support companies within warfighting units, starting with a division going to Iraq in January.
Despite the legal prohibition, Army plans already have included such collocation of women-men units in blueprints for a lighter force of 10 active divisions, according to Defense Department sources.

An Army spokesman yesterday, in response to questions from The Washington Times, said the Army is now in discussions with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's staff to see whether the 10-year-old ban in this one area should be lifted. The ban prohibits the Army from putting women in units that "collocate" with ground combatants.

If Bush hadn't invaded countries unjustly, causing a huge strain on our armed forces, this wouldn't be an issue.

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1. Also:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/171522_draft01.html

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Sometimes being 55 is good.

n/t

[Walt Starr]

3. They called up a 70 year old today for Iraq duty!

EVERYBODY fights in bush's wars.

EVERYBODY!!!

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4. What to hell was a 70-year-old....

doing in the National Guard or Reserves?

Jeez. If he is wounded, will it be covered by Medicare?

[Roland99]

8. Found a link!

http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P1377

KNTV (NBC's San Francisco Bay Area affiliate) reports that Ted Wallace of Los Gatos just received orders to report for deployment to Iraq.

The 70-year-old Wallace acknowledges that he "probably owes the army two years," but was surprised at being called up many years after he left the military. He checked the documents with his local recruiting office and they told him they were accurate and authentic. He says he is going to report to duty but hopes they don't put him on the front line. He also hopes that the army will put off his deployment until after his upcoming knee surgery.

He seemed pretty spry, but I can see the bottom of the barrel much more clearly.

[Roland99]

5. Got a link for that one??

[Renew Deal]

7. I saw it before.

The guy is hoping to be let go, but he feels that he still owes 2 years. I am not sure from when.

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6. All of a sudden

Women are good enough to be worthy cannon fodder, after the rethugs fought this for decades.

The irony is too thick.