00:00I joined the ROTC program and was like,
00:02why can't I be in the infantry?
00:04And he was like, well, women can't be in the infantry.
00:07Women have always been willing to take up arms
00:09for this country, but there were barriers.
00:12When I started flying, my deployment
00:13was a challenge to their culture.
00:15And they said, it wasn't because we earned it.
00:17Must have been special treatment
00:18because some girl got his slut.
00:21I had my interview, and I said, well, of course
00:23I want to fly F-16s.
00:24He chuckled and said, that's so cute, honey,
00:26but women can't do that.
00:28As doors opened, the military took actions
00:31to preclude women by creating the Ground Combat Exclusion Policy.
00:36You gotta remember, when you leave the wire,
00:38anything can happen.
00:40When you think that your legs are gone,
00:41only to realize it's just your face that's messed up,
00:44it's not that bad.
00:45Groundbreaking news, an end to the ban on women in combat.
00:49I mean, it's hard to make an argument that women can't do it
00:51when women have and are currently doing it.
00:55Today, we're ensuring that every form
00:56of military education conducts an immediate review
00:59of their standards.
01:00When Hegseth says warrior culture,
01:02he's just relabeling an old belief system.
01:04I'm straight up just saying,
01:05we should not have women in combat roles.
01:07They are launching a culture war
01:09within the American population and onto the military.
01:12It is about beliefs.
01:13It really isn't about, are we capable?
01:15If you're putting together a force to defend us,
01:19why would you not want the best among us?
01:21These are the kinds of acts that ghosts are written about
01:25and legends are going off.
01:27One of the best infantry officers I've served with
01:29in 11 years of service.
01:30Number one of five executive officers
01:32and in the top 10% of all lieutenants I've served with
01:34in over 19 years.
01:35These are the words of commanders
01:37who've been deployed into combat zones.
01:38They recognize that these women
01:40are not only individually exceptional,
01:41but they're making their units better.
01:43And it is so unbelievably insulting
01:45that they should not be allowed to do those jobs
01:48solely on the basis of sex.
01:51I just hope they know that we struggle.
01:54We are fighting as harsh as we can.
