Pentagon to remove ban on women in combat (AFR, stationed, join)
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There are so few women who will qualify that the expense of training them and having more than 90% wash out by today's standards will make this a costly mess. Thus, standards may be lowered, and we are all in more danger. Like women firefighters who cannot lift a person to safety because strength requirements have been lowered. Who do you want to pull your unconscious body from a burning building? Who do you want protecting our country in war? It's a boondoggle.
Send a group of 5 women on a mission on their own with no man around to help them and 5 men on another mission. You can already imagine the results.
Yep, I can imagine the results. Women 1, Men O. Given most of the womem I was in the military with, They would have outproformed the men hands down. Get the job done, the hell with the consequences.
Send a group of 5 women on a mission on their own with no man around to help them and 5 men on another mission. You can already imagine the results.
Oh that is hilarious lololololololololol
If you girls don't get it yet, we dudes who oppose this idea are mystified because you are challenging us with brawn. You know muscle? Athletic ability? Something that is GENETICALLY impossible for you. Rather see women fight us on a field where both sides are equal. Not in a stupid fitness test.
Damn lobbyist lol must be....has to be the lobbyist.
Just skim the jargon and skip to the last 3 paragraphs if interested. Scholars always like to brag about how smart they are andwell waste everyone's time.
As a female, I think the ban should remain. I have had my share of not being treated fairly being a female in the working world (not now, many years ago). And have delighted when we made advances that were earned. However, this nonsense of pandering to any segment of the population while throwing good sense and caution to the wind, has to stop! This will endanger our troops. I have a nephew in the Army, I wouldn't want him to have to rely on a female soldier in combat to have his back. As the female soldier in the link said, very few women would be able to stand up to the strength most men have in combat.
Yep, I can imagine the results. Women 1, Men O. Given most of the womem I was in the military with, They would have outproformed the men hands down. Get the job done, the hell with the consequences.
^ I think that sums up this post.
Tell me Masonsdaughter, how far can you run wearing/carrying 90lbs of equipment? Can you carry a 180lb wounded man to safety? Can you take a human life without hesitation?
Tell me Masonsdaughter, how far can you run wearing/carrying 90lbs of equipment? Can you carry a 180lb wounded man to safety? Can you take a human life without hesitation?
The issue with this statement is that there are currently men in combat who cannot pass those standards. That being aside, there may be combat roles women can do effectively, such as be a Navy pilot on a combat mission. "Combat" does not always mean "on the ground infantry". Same as women serving combat missions in a submarine. If women can perform the same tasks required, and want the job, let them serve.
Last edited by jasper12; 02-04-2013 at 09:57 PM..
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The issue with this statement is that there are currently men in combat who cannot pass those standards.
Then they are in violation of a regulation. You can try and talk around that all you want. Has nothing to do with anything else. You are either withing regulation or your are not withing regulation.
Then they are in violation of a regulation. You can try and talk around that all you want. Has nothing to do with anything else. You are either withing regulation or your are not withing regulation.
With respect.
Regulations require that each servicemember be able to pass the PRT standards [Running, push-ups, sit-ups].
Carrying a 180lb dead weight is not a PRT standard.
I am not familiar with any DOD regulation that requires carrying 180lbs.
Granted I have very limited experience in the military having only served for 20 years on Active Duty; and I only got combat pay for 18 of those years. So you may certainly have more experience than I have.
When I said: "Then they are in violation of a regulation."
I really meant to say: "If they are in violation of a regulation."
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