Not Everyone Can Do The Job
02 September 2025 • by Bob • Military, Opinion
I saw the following image earlier today, and I have to admit - I felt this way during my tenure in the military.
To be blunt, there were some jobs within the military that not everyone could do. But that had nothing to do with gender or race - it was a question of skills and abilities.
I didn't care if a man or a woman volunteered for any specific position within our armed services - as far as I was concerned, it only mattered if they could accomplish the mission. It didn't matter if ten people were needed for a mission and it took seven women and three men, or eight men and two women, or any mixture of white, black, Hispanic, Asian, etc. soldiers. What screwed things up was when I witnessed firsthand that DEI idiots were demanding that some roles needed to be "easier" so that a "more diverse population" could get in.
I saw a Warrant Officer argue against reducing the skills necessary to complete the Army's Air Assault program so that more women could pass the course. When he was accused of being a chauvinist he replied, "Combat isn't sexist. A bullet doesn't care if you're a man or a woman. The person standing next to needs to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you will be able to have their back when the time comes."
When we reduce the qualifications of certain jobs in the name of "equal outcomes," we jeopardize everyone's safety.