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There was also opposing viewpoints that women were at high risk of sexual harassment (Carlson 4). Although that should not get in the way when women can report the individual who did her wrong and also there was a risks of violations back at home. While their daily experiences were different, all women who served were met with the clear realities of danger and death on a daily basis (Women in Vietnam). Once the initial experience of arrival was over, women began to camouflage to their situations and to settle their job that the war offered (“Iris”). They, like the men in uniform who were doing the fighting, came under much of the same enemy fire and risked their lives. They were a rare breed of women who were knew what not so much was coming to them but was able to handle such a traumatic devastation. But along with men, they were able to handle seeing such horrible situations, opposing that women and men should have been allowed to fight the battles regardless of the sex.

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The article addresses the immediate concerns and resolutions concerning military women in combat. David Lerman provided overwhelming evidence that allows the reader to imagine a world with women in a combat role. He also states the pros and cons for women in combat roles. Although it is clear from Mr. Lerman’s tone that he supports women in combat, this article did not overwhelm the reader with positive regards. It fairly suggests important processes that will need to be in place before this implementation can be successful.

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January 24, 2013 Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women serving in combat. For years women have served with honor and distinction. When faced with combat and in an insurgency type of modern warfare, any soldier can potentially see combat. Realistically, there is a difference between experiencing combat on a convoy and going out day after day on combat patrols to perform search and destroy missions. Having served as a Marine Infantryman in Afghanistan twice, I am against the decision to open all combat military occupation specialties (MOSs) to women. My purpose is not to degrade the valuable contributions of women in the military, but to specifically address their role and effect on direct combat Infantry and Special Forces units. I celebrate the decision to lift the previous ban on a social basis for women’s equality, but my personal experiences and knowledge of the way war is experienced makes me ultimately opposed to allowing women to serve in direct ground combat positions.

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Sergeant Hester’s involvement in this active combat situation is an exception. She, like other women in the military, are not permitted to be assigned to combat positions. While on a patrol, she encountered surprise gunfire, but the Department of Defense actually prohibits women from assignments on the front lines for combat. Although Hester acted bravely, worked successfully with her squad, and was even awarded a Silver Star for her bravery, women are still banned from combat positions out of concerns for female safety, questions of ability, and concerns about women impairing the bonds of brotherhood on the front lines. Although there may be a higher risk of violence toward female soldiers, women in the U.S. military should have the same opportunities to fight in combat as men.

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Women and war have always been considered to have little in common. As the gentle sex, women are traditionally associated with the care and creation of life rather than with its destruction. However, over the past twenty years, women have increasingly served, and continue to serve, with valor and integrity in the Unites States Armed Forces (Kamarack, 2015). Although women have successfully proved themselves in the military, they should be restricted from entering into direct combat because they are less physically fit than their male counterparts, create animosity on front lines, and undermine cohesion within a military unit.

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As mentioned in the letter from the editor, this magazine is about lives that made history. Lorenzo de Medici and Prince Henry the Navigator were both powerful and significantly influential people of their time. While Lorenzo de Medici was passionate about being a patron to the arts, Prince Henry “The Navigator” had a passion for exploration and navigation, as suggested by his name. Both men were merchants – amongst other occupations –who were majorly influenced by humanism, and held a secure, both economical and political power. Lorenzo De’ Medici was a heir to his extremely powerful banking family’s incredible legacy which consisted of being the “unofficial rulers of Florence in 1434”

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“Should Women Head Into Combat?” National Journal, 2012. Opposing Viewpoints In Context, go.galegroup.com.catalog.stisd.net:2048/ps/i.do?p=GPS&sw=w&u=j031916004&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE|A295443049&asid=8445d2f3fc63af3ae9ac94cfdd3067fd. Accessed Dec. 2017.

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Now that women have been participating in direct combat it is possible to look at the challenges they encounter in direct combat and whether their presence benefits the United States military. On the battlefield women tend to face higher rates of injury and evacuation as compared to men. A study in 2010 by US army physicians found that women had more than three times the evacuation rate than that of men. The physicians studied 4,122 soldiers and of the female soldiers that had to be evacuated for non combat injury seventy four percent of them were issues related to pregnancy. Adding women to combat groups can also disrupt group cohesion which is especially dangerous when groups are in combat. Studies were taken regarding cohesion between men and women within the military and these proved cohesion will not be disrupted within a group unless dating is present. Although this might seem like a counter argument it is very difficult to find out whether two members of a group are in a relationship and probably even harder to prevent it. Women are also prone to more types of injuries such as pelvic stress fractures. One women out of every 367 had pelvic stress fractures compared to one in every 40,000 men. Women are discharged for muscle or skeletal conditions nearly twice as often as men. Since women have much higher rates of injury and evacuation it is necessary to ask what are the benefits of having women on the front lines of battlefield.

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Women are very skilled at these jobs, and help the country in many ways that we can’t imagine. But the one thing that is stirring up arguments across the country, is should women in the U.S. military engage in combat? Women across the country argue that women should be given the equal rights and opportunities in the military and in combat situations. Although many

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After we left Cierce Island of paradise for the second time, Odysseus told us to start rowing to the mysterious island of the sirens. As we were rowing, Odysseus explained to us what Cierce told him about the island of the sirens and how to avoid the sirens voices luring us to our own death. Cierce also instructed Odysseus to tell the crew members to tie him up with very strong ropes and not to release him until they got pass the sirens because Odysseus alone can only hear the voices of the sirens.

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However, this thinking misses the point. History has shown as far back as the Revolutionary War, women such as Molly Pitcher, who took up her husband’s position as an artillery gunner, after he was injured in combat. More recently during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have had many women put into stressful combat situations, with very little training, and were able to engage the enemy effectively, and in some cases displayed courageous actions that saved lives. They were able to physically and mentally handle the combat stress equally with their male counterparts.

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Women are vital to the stability and efficiency of all branches of the United States armed forces. Although women’s presence may be necessary to the operation of the military, their placement in combat positions would prove to be a devastating mistake. The body of a woman is not made to brave combat positions, and placing women into positions dominated by men could create a hostile working environment. The atmosphere of battle is already heated, and placing more problems into the equation could lead to the unraveling of military effectiveness as the country knows it. Consequently, women should continued to be excluded from combat oriented positions in order to preserve the superb work of the United States armed forces.

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After years of discussion and debate it appears that soon women will be sent into combat operations in the United States military. This is the way it should be because women are ready and competent to be put into combat roles in the U.S. military. Indeed, slowly but surely, the Defense Department and Congress have been inching towards a decision that will formalize the policy; in fact the National Defense Authorization Act, put before Congress in May, 2012 by U.S. Senators John McCain and Carl Levin will in effect order the military "…to come up with a plan to send women into battle" (McAuliff, 2012). Hopes are high that this will be approved by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama.

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Recently, a group of Chinese scientists has shocked the world by successfully creating a genetically modified embryo in their lab using CRISPR, a powerful defense system in bacteria against viruses. Although some scientists celebrated the achievement as a monument, some argued that the experiment was wrong and unethical. They claimed that we should not use CRISPR as a tool to edit human genome and overcome certain diseases or against age because these may be contradicting to the natural evolutionary pathway (Radiolab, 2015). Indeed, changes in DNA would cause enormous impacts that even humans are unable to control. Besides artificially editing DNA sequences, there are indirect ways. Environmental interactions could be an ethical solution.

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When it comes to combat assignments and the needs of the military, men take precedence over all other considerations, including career prospects of female service members. Female military members have been encouraged to pursue opportunities and career enhancement within the armed forces, which limit them only to the needs and good of the service due to women being not as “similarly situated” as their male counterparts when it comes to strength or aggressiveness, and are not able to handle combat situations.

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