Are Women Soldiers America’s Weak Link?

Yes Sir, Ma’am!

Miss Kristin Baker was recently chosen First Captain of the West Point Corps of Cadets. Is this a great step forward for both women and the military? Orisita step forward for feminist ideology, with dangerous consequences to national security? Miss Baker is the daughter of an Army colonel, so her desire to be a soldier may be part of a noble family tradition. Yet when interviewd by CBS News, Miss Baker said she thought of her father as just having a job like everyone else. If this means she sees her own Army career as a job, not an adventure (to reverse the Navy’s recruiting slogan), it supports one of the many damning charges leveled against women in the military by

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Yes Sir, Ma’am!

Miss Kristin Baker was recently chosen First Captain of the West Point Corps of Cadets. Is this a great step forward for both women and the military? Orisita step forward for feminist ideology, with dangerous consequences to national security? Miss Baker is the daughter of an Army colonel, so her desire to be a soldier may be part of a noble family tradition. Yet when interviewd by CBS News, Miss Baker said she thought of her father as just having a job like everyone else. If this means she sees her own Army career as a job, not an adventure (to reverse the Navy’s recruiting slogan), it supports one of the many damning charges leveled against women in the military by