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Were available to them. there is now talk from the navy that they're thinking about allowing women to go through bud school and be navy s.e.a.l.s. do you think we know what's going to happen? do you think there's any suspense here? >> i think there's no suspense about what ultimately the bottom line will be. i think the path may be a little bit different, but i think the end result is going to be pretty much the same. there will be women in combat units. and i think the root to them, and the marines, in the army, and in -- among the s.e.a.l.s, is going to be different -- there'll be different ...

Roads, where they got killed and wounded, you see exactly where the military establishment is going. i think women are going to eventually be in combat units. it's just a question of changing the culture. >> colonel jack jacobs, msnbc military analyst, really appreciate your time. >> my pleasure. ahead, i share some quality sofa time with an old friend on the tv machine. lots more still to come. stay with us. do you like the passaaadd? it's a good looking car. this is the model rear end event. the model year end sales event. it's year end! it's the rear end event. year end, rear end, check i...

Prone to infections, even if they are taking care of themselves. it's not that women don't take care of themselves. it's not that birth control is not available, but it still happens. these are much greater risks for women, so -- and when we talk about opening the combat units to women, that's the only thing standing between women and the draft. so we're not just talking about a few women who want to go there. we're now making it so that all enlisted women whether they want to or not are going to be put in these units. 92% of army women said that they do not want to be assigned to direct comba...

Were like, i can't take anymore way. shea was the only one to volunteer to take that weight. she took the weight off of me and carried it the last half of me. literally saved me. i probably wouldn't be sitting here right now if it weren't for shea. so from that point, no more skepticism skepticism. i knew she was going to make it right through. >> joining us now, colonel jack jacobs. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> i was with you today when we saw that press conference started. and i was interested in the army's decision to put those two pioneering women rangers o s s out will...

About whether or not women can be in combat units by sending to the toughest school in the united states army. if they get through it there's no argument anymore about whether or not women should be in combat units. i think it's just a matter of time before you find women in combat units. princely as a result of this. >> women have served in combat where it be a gunner on a chopper, defending convoys. we certainly have seen it. one bit of controversy is there have been some ranger alum, men around the military who say women got special treatment. major jim hathaway came out strongly against th...