As a veteran of the United States Marine Corps the problem with women in combat is the Puritan hang up Americans have about sex. The idea of mixing up the sexes is foreign to most of us. Now my problem with women in combat is I was taught, by my single mother and 2 older sisters that women should be protected. So as a leader ordering a women into a situation that would put her in harms way would be difficult for me. I was in the infantry and most of the men I served with did not like the idea of women in combat. But with the type of wars we are fighting now and in the future it has happened and will happen again. So they should be trained the same as men to deal with it, and those that can not should be removed from the service, just like the men that cannot handle it.