This woman is far too good-looking.

A recent Army press release describes with expert bureaucratic evasion the phony progress being made to integrate women into combat:

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III said the changes won’t — and shouldn’t — happen overnight, but rather, they should be deliberate and incremental.

“The first and largest obstacle the Army must overcome for integration is the culture,” Chandler said. “There is still a perception in some parts of the Army that female Soldiers won’t be able to do the same things as their male counterparts, or that we won’t be as successful if we have them in combat arms organizations. I think the people saying these things are a vocal minority.”

Even in a calculated piece of propaganda riddled with absurdities about preserving standards and lies about the physical capabilities of women, it’s impossible for the Army to disguise the facts. Equality means changing the entire military culture. Those who perceive the obvious are the disturbingly and mystifyingly “vocal minority.” Strange, that so few people want to be part of this minority. Golly, why don’t more people want to find themselves exiled from polite society and out of a job?

Meanwhile, Col. Lynette Arnhart, deputy director of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command’s Analysis Center (read: the Army’s Training and Indoctrination Command), says the Army should not  glamorize women in publicity shots. She says that this denigrates women by making them appear less serious.

It’s true the Army does glamorize women soldiers. Fatigues are never flattering, but women often appear adorable in Army close-ups. They’re adorable in the way a child dressed up in a soldier costume is adorable. The novelty and absurdity of it has its own charm. But Arnhart is right. It’s insulting to suggest that women can maintain a shred of beauty in the Army.

Who would the “average looking women” that Arnhart thinks should be featured in Army ads would be? A commenter at Newsmax writes:

I am retired military and can’t resist visiting any military base I come near. The “average looking woman” seems to be about 5′ 6″ and thirty to fifty pounds overweight and is walking along eating something. Here is a true documentation of the meaning that “military intelligence” is an oxymoron. But, consider the leadership. I would definitely say go with the exceptional.

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