She's a shit bag soldier because she's a shit bag, NOT because she's a female. She's not physically fit because she doesn't work at it, NOT because she's female. She weasels out of extra duty because she's lazy, NOT because she's a female. She purposefully got pregnant to avoid deployment because she's a coward, NOT because she's female. She's catty and gossips because she is immature, NOT because she's female. She deserves your respect because she's a fellow soldier, NOT because she's a female. She'll fight by your side and become important to you because she's a fellow soldier, NOT because she's female. She will be your leader and your subordinate because she is a fellow soldier, NOT because she is a female. When you laugh at her slower run time she'll carry on because SHE IS A SOLDIER. When you undermine her authority in the way males rarely have to deal with she will react professionally because SHE IS A SOLDIER. She will ignore the snipes about her personality because SHE IS A SOLDIER. Rather than argue with the online and in-person community that feels like it's acceptable to belittle her effort and sacrifice because she's female, she'll look beyond them because SHE IS A SOLDIER. We have more important battles to fight than the ones started in our own ranks because WE ARE ALL SOLDIERS. We are not female soldiers. We are soldiers.