The original letter has to do with the respect due a military officer performing her duty and comparing the 'pink hat' people as being due lesser respect. 

My initial comment is satire pointing out the civilian viewpoint about women needing 'special' treatment and the actual fact that military women are successful without the crutches the civilians want to shove under their arms.  

"Meritocracy" isn't even a concept in the liberal/progressive  civilian world.    "Victimhood" is their watchword.   

The military at least tries to follow the meritocracy standard, and people like Cdr. Slough show that it works at least some of the time.