Lift of Military Ban Creating Opportunity

I considered joining the military at one point in time. Around that same time the defense secretary, Panetta, lifted the ban on women serving front lines in the military. I personally was happy about this because I felt as though I had more options to choose from. I imagine other women felt this way as well. I have thoroughly thought this through and I support the lift of this ban because not only does it open approximately 237,000 jobs to women, but it also allows more opportunity to be a stronger military as a whole due to the diversity. There are specific physical and mental requirements in every branch for each job, such as carrying a certain amount of weight, or running a distance in a specific amount of time, and much more. If women can meet the same requirements that men have had to, they should be allowed to be in any position as well. In the links I provided, there was a logical comment made about how women have technically been serving front lines alongside the men for quite some time anyway. On the other hand, some may say that women may weaken the military, but how? Some men may not be as strong physically or mentally, so why are they allowed to try for jobs, but not women? I feel that if women are given the same opportunities as men, that will also increase the amount of people choosing to join the military. With that being said, that would mean we could continue having a strong military.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/23/16664507-defense-chief-panetta-to-clear-women-for-combat-roles?lite

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