Personally I feel women should be banned from combat, if they have kids they should be at  home with their kids - the children don't need both parents, maimed, missing or dead.  Leaving them with relatives just to pursue a military or any career is not worth it.  Being a stay home is a great idea and there are a lot of homebased opportunities. Right now children need structure, discipline and  mother at home.   I believe warfare is for men and positions for women are there to assist not take over and control.  All women think about is taking over and controlling - that's what's creating, and fueling these gender wars.  It's also causing the deaths of so many spouses and children. We've got a battlefields in Iraq, Afghanstan and right in our homes.  This is got to end. 

The Dugger's are most role model family I've seen in a long time. I'm very proud of them. 

i agree with you on that but i feel women shouldn't be where the men are  in the military because it gives men and women to cheat on their spouses and it's cheating on their children and that's not right  my husband is in the military

 and i am very strong against women being there

and i am very strong against women being there

 

 

Only because you think your husband will cheat ? So im not entitled to do my job because your afraid of what your husband might do ? Maybe your husband should stay at home.

I do believe the purpose of this board is to send messages of support to our military families, not to digress into your own reasons why we should or should not be there, or whether women should be in combat or not.  You should stick to voicing your support and keep your own political views off this board...there are other discussions, I am sure, to talk about your disapproval.

As the spouse of an active duty sailor currently deployed in the middle east, I can tell you that we don't need to hear about someone else's political views.  It doesn't change our situation, or our reality.  My heart is still going to stop momentarily when I hear a knock at the door, and my children are still going to miss their father.  I will still have to explain to my 5 year old why her daddy can't be home for Christmas, and I am still going to have to wipe their tears away while trying to stay strong for them.  And I am still going to keep on going in the face of fear, anger and disappointment.  The fact that you disagree with women in combat doesn't change anything for me one iota.

For all of the other spouses who are, like me, surviving day by day I want you to know that I feel your pain and it sure sucks.  No matter how many times I say I am sorry, it won't change anything, so I won't say it.  I will just say stay strong, reach out to one another, and live for that day when you will be reunited.