I think that some have missed the point here. It’s not “the guys have special ops teams, so I think we should have one too”. There is special ops, and anyone – regardless of ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation – that can make the cut with one set of standards, should be let in. It’s not golf. You can’t lower the requirements, and fight war with a handicap. The success of the team relies on every soldier, and they are there for carrying out a mission, and they might just die. I find creating a woman only special-ops team just as probable as having a special-ops for gay men.
I think most men can do their work with women around, I think boys can do well in school with girls around, and I think men can fight war with women at the front.
Now, most women would have a problem making it into the elite sections. Most men have a problem as well.
I think women like these two probably would do well: √. (Kelli White and Chryste Gaines)
I think many would acknowledge that elite female athletes can kick most well trained mens ass. Sure, the strongest and fastest people on the planet are men, but I think we should ask “can they do the job?”.
Try them, train them, put them into action and evaluate. Special ops or not, I believe there are loads of women who would do well in combat. Let them prove it.
As a side note, the military seem to have a big issue with sex, don’t it. Women in the army creates a sex issue, and gay men seem to be good soldiers until someone finds out they are gay. And at the same time the military has such big problems getting recruits they lower the recruitment standards. They now recruit violent criminals, gang bangers and extremists as long as they are not gay. What is that?