Comments on: Women In Combat

By: Dave Croteau

Dave Croteau — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:43:42 +0000

Jess Goodell enlisted in the Marine Corps So in 2004, when the Marine Corps’ Mortuary Affairs unit in Iraq was recruiting, she volunteered. Her platoon was tasked with recovering and processing the remains of fallen troops. In her new memoir, Shade it Black: Death and After in Iraq, Goodell shares her experiences in the Mortuary Affairs unit and explains why her job never got easier with time or proficiency. ‘Death And After In Iraq': Memoir Of A Mortuary http://www.npr.org/2011/06/21/137304590/death-and-after-in-iraq-memoir-of-a-mortuary

By: WHATABAGGER

WHATABAGGER — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:25:15 +0000

They sure as hell could have had my spot just for the asking.

By: leftfield

leftfield — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:25:03 +0000

“I can somehow accept men being compromised by the ravages of war, I cannot accept having a nation of screwed up Moms.”

First, work on no longer accepting “men being compromised by the ravages of war”, then pass the word around to everyone. No More War!

“I am not sure the American public is all that resilient, evidenced by the near total absence of war coverage in the media at large.”

They learned their lesson about that during the American War in Vietnam.