{"id":2391036,"date":"2025-01-16T09:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-crones-pecking-at-hegseth-ignore-devastating-study-on-women-in-combat-from-the-marine-corp\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T09:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:20:51","slug":"senate-crones-pecking-at-hegseth-ignore-devastating-study-on-women-in-combat-from-the-marine-corp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-crones-pecking-at-hegseth-ignore-devastating-study-on-women-in-combat-from-the-marine-corp\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Crones Pecking at Hegseth Ignore Devastating Study on Women in Combat from the Marine Corp"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-crones-pecking-at-hegseth-ignore-devastating-study-on-women-in-combat-from-the-marine-corp%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2391036&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the confirmation hearings of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s nominee for\u2064 secretary of Defense, and how they were perceived as a meaningful failure for the Democratic party. The author criticizes the Democrats for attempting to portray Hegseth negatively, labeling\u2064 him with accusations\u200d there was little evidence to substantiate. Notably, Hegseth&#8217;s past remarks regarding women in \u200bcombat were questioned, resulting in a heated exchange with Senator\u200b Kirsten Gillibrand, who argued passionately for women&#8217;s roles in the military. The article highlights \u2063conflicting views on gender effectiveness in combat roles,\u200c referencing a study\u200b that \u200dsuggests all-male units performed better \u200bthan mixed-gender groups in combat tasks.\u2063 The author concludes with commentary on the \u200bmorality of political strategies used during the hearings, suggesting \u200bthat substance should take precedence over political correctness. it emphasizes the contentious nature of the debate over women&#8217;s roles in the military\u200b and the implications for military readiness.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s difficult to understate how badly the Pete Hegseth confirmation hearings went for the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Appalling? Cataclysmic? Inauspicious? Which synonym of &ldquo;disastrous&rdquo; do you want to go with when it came to the grilling of President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s pick to lead the Pentagon? The Democrats promised us from the beginning that they&rsquo;d reveal Hegseth as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/answer-lord-savior-pete-hegseth-lights-media-shows-exactly-trump-chose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an alcohol-sodden creep<\/a> with antediluvian opinions on women.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the Tuesday hearing produce nothing we hadn&rsquo;t heard before, they produced <em>less<\/em> than that &mdash; providing an object lesson in the smear tactics of the media without doing any real reputational damage to the man.<\/p>\n<p>But what about that sexism charge? As you doubtlessly saw if you saw one clip from the hearings, Hegseth once upon a time believed what we all believed until about six minutes ago: that women were less effective than men on the combat lines.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth has backtracked a bit on allowing women in combat roles, saying he would let them provided that they meet the same standards as male troops and those standards aren&rsquo;t compromised. That didn&rsquo;t stop a flock of crones (what is the collective noun for a group of them? A murder of crones? A wrinkle? A cackle?) from berating Hegseth to produce donor clips to prod Democrats ill disposed to give the party any more of their money to misuse to donate.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Allow me to catch you up on the Hegseth confirmation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/id2fUg2mQ8\">pic.twitter.com\/id2fUg2mQ8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IndySpanglish (@IndySpanglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndySpanglish\/status\/1879301041625444594?\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While there was no shortage of cronishness among Democrats on the committee, the hands-down winner was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hysterical-dem-senator-embarrasses-screaming-pete-hegseth-sending-moms-combat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand<\/a> of New York.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have hundreds &mdash; hundreds &mdash; of women who are currently in the infantry,&rdquo; Gillibrand said. &ldquo;Lethal members of our military serving in the infantry.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You degrade them. You say, &lsquo;We need moms but not in the military, especially in combat units.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand yells at Hegseth for statements about not wanting to have women serve in combat roles: &ldquo;We have hundreds &ndash; HUNDREDS of women who are currently in the infantry&hellip;You degrade them. You say, we need moms but not in the military, especially in combat units. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LhNKrD4FoV\">pic.twitter.com\/LhNKrD4FoV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Julio_Rosas11\/status\/1879198683616719115?\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everything you&rsquo;ve said in these public statements is politics. &lsquo;I don&rsquo;t want women.&rsquo; &lsquo;I don&rsquo;t want moms,&rsquo;&rdquo; she went on to say. &ldquo;What&rsquo;s wrong with a mom, by the way? Once you have babies, you, therefore, are no longer able to be lethal?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, you&rsquo;re basically saying, women after they have children can&rsquo;t ever serve in the military in a combat role. It&rsquo;s a silly thing to say.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Democrat Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is now arguing that moms should serve in combat roles.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What&rsquo;s wrong with a mom, by the way? Once you have babies, you, therefore, are no longer able to be lethal?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pete Hegseth&rsquo;s composure needs to be studied. I would&rsquo;ve burst out laughing.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SehH9A6EoN\">pic.twitter.com\/SehH9A6EoN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George (@BehizyTweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BehizyTweets\/status\/1879199458728259939?\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, it turns out that Gillibrand and her ilk aren&rsquo;t only a gaggle of malicious scolds, they&rsquo;re also quite predictably wrong!<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2015\/09\/10\/439190586\/marine-corps-study-finds-all-male-combat-units-faster-than-mixed-units#:~:text=%22All-male%20squads%2C%20the,because%20it%20means%20fewer%20casualties.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a> report, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-democratic-mayor-to-propose-guaranteed-basic-income-pilot-in-most-progressive-budget-hes-overseen\/\" title=\"Los Angeles Democratic Mayor To Propose Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot In \u2018Most Progressive Budget\u2019 He\u2019s Overseen\">year-long study<\/a> by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-military-draft-ahead-house-eyes-new-plan-fair-equitable-potential-future-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marine Corps<\/a> found that &ldquo;all-male squads performed better than mixed groups in 69 percent of the tasks evaluated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Marines created a battalion of 100 female and 300 male volunteers. During the past year, they trained in North Carolina and California, taking part in realistic combat exercises,&rdquo; NPR&rsquo;s Tom Bowman reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All-male squads, the study found, performed better than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-wife-told-me-if-i-supported-it-shed-campaign-against-me-chip-roy-pans-womens-draft-bill\/\" title=\"\u2018My Wife Told Me If I Supported It She\u2019d Campaign Against Me\u2019: Chip Roy Pans Women\u2019s Draft Bill\">mixed gender units<\/a> across the board. The males were more accurate hitting targets, faster at climbing over obstacles, better at avoiding injuries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other findings from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/2394531-marine-corps-force-integration-plan-summary\/?mode=document&amp;embed=1#document\/p4\/a239545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study itself<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&ldquo;All male squads &hellip; were faster than the gender-integrated squads in each tactical movement. The differences were more pronounced in infantry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-navy-vessel-fires-on-oil-tanker-in-gulf-of-oman-prompting-us-to-intervene\/\" title=\"US intervenes after Iranian navy vessel fires on oil tanker in Gulf of Oman.\">crew-served weapons<\/a> specialties that carried the assault load plus the additional weight of crew-served weapons and ammunition.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;All-male squads, teams and crews and gender-integrated squads, teams, and crews had a noticeable difference in their performance of the basic combat tasks of negotiating<br \/> obstacles and evacuating casualties. For example, when negotiating the wall obstacle, male Marines threw their packs to the top of the wall, whereas female Marines required regular assistance in getting their packs to the top.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Anaerobic Power: Females possessed 15% less power than males; the female top 25th percentile overlaps with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-outlines-virginias-economic-health\/\" title=\"Virginia&#039;s economic health report is outlined\">bottom 25th percentile<\/a> for males.<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Aerobic Capacity: Females had 10% lower capacity; the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">female top 10th percentile overlaps<\/a> with the bottom 50th percentile of males.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Huh! Who would have reckoned that moms aren&rsquo;t as lethal as men by the very fact of nature. I mean, aside from everybody with a whit of common sense. Also: In case you were wondering, it&rsquo;s a &ldquo;cackle of crones.&rdquo; (&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zmvt7yFTtt8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The more you know&hellip;<\/a>&ldquo;)<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s too easy to pawn off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-pete-hegseth-repeatedly-interrupted-protesters-confirmation-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">these attacks<\/a> as Capitol Hill politics, an attempt to establish a new #Resistance after a demoralizing four years for the Democrats. However, that overlooks the bedrock immorality of this line of questioning.<\/p>\n<p>The people who put their lives on the line in the armed services deserve to have a Senate Armed Services Committee which considers their lives before they engage in donor-clipbait. The Democrats on the committee, however, are more concerned with inclusion than with facts, and demand everyone else is, too.<\/p>\n<p>The one good thing to take away from Hegseth&rsquo;s hearings is that he refused to buckle on women in combat meeting the same standard as men. It would have been more heartening if we heard him say that the evidence was in and all-male units clearly performed better, but at least we have that.<\/p>\n<p>The second problem we have is the&nbsp;<em>lack<\/em> of evidence the Democrats brought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hegseth-hits-back-sec-def-nominees-top-5-comebacks-tuesdays-confirmation-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to the hearing<\/a>. It&rsquo;s almost as if it didn&rsquo;t matter whether or not the women were effective in combat. They deserve the same chance to bog down their infantry unit as any other unfit troop does! In fact, more of a chance, because women have too long been denied roles reserved for men. For good reason? Well, yes, but &hellip; equity!<\/p>\n<p>Some conservatives are fond of rearranging the letters in DEI around to spell DIE, a formulation I find a bit too on the nose. This time, instead of it eliciting a groan from me, I find it apt: The cackle on the Senate Judiciary Committee doesn&rsquo;t care if good men die so long as military DEI hires are protected. Who cares if the women can survive 15 seconds in combat? 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Were they shocking? Catastrophic? Unfortunate? What term for &#8220;failure&#8221; would you prefer when discussing the questioning of President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for Secretary of Defense? From the outset, Democrats claimed they would expose Hegseth as a drunken creep with outdated views on women. However, Tuesday&#8217;s hearing yielded no new revelations and instead served as a lesson in media smear tactics without causing any real harm to his reputation. <\/p>\n<p>As for the allegations of sexism, many viewers likely noticed that Hegseth once held a belief that women were less effective than men in combat roles\u2014a view that has since softened; he now states he supports women&#8217;s participation in combat if they meet equal standards to their male counterparts without lowering those standards. This did not prevent a group of critics from demanding evidence to pressure reluctant Democratic donors.<\/p>\n<p>Among those critics was Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from New York, who passionately argued against Hegseth&#8217;s statements about women in combat: \u201cWe have hundreds\u2014hundreds\u2014of women currently serving in infantry roles&#8230; You degrade them by saying we need moms but not in military positions.\u201d She continued her critique by questioning whether motherhood disqualifies women from being effective soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>Gillibrand and her colleagues are not only misguided but also misinformed. A 2015 NPR report highlighted a Marine Corps study showing all-male squads outperformed mixed-gender groups on 69% of evaluated tasks during realistic training exercises. The findings indicated that male Marines were generally faster and more accurate than their female counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>It seems obvious that biological differences contribute to these performance disparities, yet this reality is often overlooked amid political agendas focused on inclusion rather than effectiveness. While it would have been encouraging for Hegseth to assert outright that evidence shows all-male units perform better, at least he maintained his stance on equal standards.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of substantial evidence presented by Democrats during these hearings raises concerns about their priorities; it appears they value political correctness over military efficacy. 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