Argumentative Essay On Women In Military Combat

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In recent years, the people of the United States have made clear the fact that the allowance of women in military combat is highly controversial. Since women were first allowed to participate in military combat, the year of 1917, the citizens of United States has been debating about this privilege, however, it was not until recently that the topic has been realized by many different types of people. Men, women, politicians and veterans alike have taken more notice to the sensitive topic, some calling the possible limitation unconstitutional others calling it a grand idea. But which side is truly justified? To answer this question, we must achieve a greater understanding of the following topics,
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This is a very big question that must be addressed first before we cover any other question. Overlooking the societal impacts such as outrage, protesting, and rioting let us first look at this question from purely a military standpoint. Statistics show that today women make up 15.6 percent of the US military, that is a total of 171,000 personnel that we would be losing by withdrawing females from the line of military combat. Many of these 171,000 Women hold high ranking positions in the military, for example, in the march of 2012 Ann E. Dunwoody and Janet C. Wolfenbarger were both awarded the rank of 4-star general, this rank is just under five star general, the highest ranking as of current in the US military. The rank of five-star general was only awarded to nine men in the history of our military. Apart from those who are high ranking, there also have been many women who have proven themselves in combat, Leigh Ann Hester was among these women being the first to receive the silver star award, the third highest decoration of honor in the US military. A woman named Kim Campbell was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for landing her A-10 Thunderbolt II while the hydraulics weren’t working due to combat damage. Not only does banning women from military …show more content…

However, over time more combat jobs have been opened to women. According to an article by the New York Post in the year 2015 two women have passed the grueling and rigorous ranger training that the US offers, ever since they had passed this training, people have been advocating for our military to open their special forces branches, such as the Navy Seals, to women. Throughout this paper many points have been established and many questions answered to the fullest. Considering that a ban on women in the line of military combat is not only unconstitutional, but would cause us to lose 171,000 valuable combat personnel, do you think that it would be worth it to follow through with this? Military abuse is preventable and though all male combat units prove to be slightly more efficient, would it equate to taking 171,000 people out of our force to get a slight edge on efficiency? The US military is starting to overcome segregation within all of its corps, as shown by the opening of more combat jobs for women, signaling the beginnings of true equal opportunity and if we don’t take women away from the military now, many people can see our nation coming closer together and our military

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