US to open frontline combat roles to women

[Road kill]

Matters a great deal when it comes time to drag your wounded 150+ KG squad member away from the fighting.

I have no problem with equality in any walk of life, so long as it's actual equality. Selective equality is just sexism in favor of.

Women can and should serve in combat roles, so long as they pass the exact same requirements as men.

Currently, not so.

There was an article not too long ago about women trying to get into combat roles. Women Personal training scores are weighted HEAVILY in their favour. Going from memory, in order to score high on their PT, men have to do something like 60+ Pullups. It's like, 10 for women.

Same thing with running. Men need to do 1.6 kilometres in 11 minutes vs womens 20.

I wouldn't want to be in combat with somebody who was physically much weaker or has much less stamina then I. If your life is relying on the person next to you, you'd really want them to be as strong and fit as possible.

You wouldn't feel all that secure knowing that some people in your squad got through doing significantly less simply because they were female.

As long as you can out run em',,,what's really the problem ?

An that other little thing,,,,drag your own arse home fella,,,my name ain't willy.

[nodrog:Me]

What ever happened to operation "send in the darkies"?

[Str8 Jacket]

What ever happened to operation "send in the darkies"?

they got a bit too cheeky for their own good.......

[nodrog:Me]

they got a bit too cheeky for their own good.......

Word Holmes!

[Hans]

Yeah, not a great idea at all. It tends to do bad things to unit morale and discipline when things start to go wrong. As much as I am for equality where possible, this won't do anyone any good.

[scumdog]

What ever happened to operation "send in the darkies"?

Ah, so, you wish to volunteer?

[007XX]

Ah, so, you wish to volunteer?

He can't, he's having time out!



Bhahahaahahaha

[Zedder]

Most common reasons why people sign up to army: They feel they need to defend their country, family tradition, camaraderie, being part of history, it keeps men in touch with their masculinity, low qualifications to get in and promise of a reasonable income, some enjoy order and discipline, to overcome a fear of death, for adventure, would rather be active than talk things over.

[Delerium]

Which bit, that killing people is nothing more than murder? Or is it that you believe we should have levels or war? Is so, why not stop at fisticuffs? Not enough to satisfy your blood lust?

No your bringing out stereotypes and being an A grade tool.

Respect for killing people, dont be such a simpleton, there is a lot more to the job than that. That is a task they they May be required to do, but im pretty sure the people of chch were happy to have them there, as are those of east timor.

But carry on being a deliberately obtuse tree hugging hippy. I bet your a vegetarian too.

[Swoop]

Did you get a chance to have a look at the Reddit link I posted? It's very interesting reading the comments of *actual* in duty males and females on the topic.

We can wax lyrics about this as much as we like, but those whom this affects directly are the only ones with the right to say boo about it.

Yes. I have read that thread.
Some annoying crap Canadia Vs America that needs to be filtered out, but on the whole interesting.
Most certainly the "conscript Vs professional" issue comes up regularly and for good reason. Most nations are going down the professional pathway (including Russia!) as those who actively volunteer are more motivated to succeed, even though the washout rate in boot/basic remains high. For good reason as well...

The issue of achieving the pass rate required, regardless of any gender, race, religion, etc remains the pass requirement. The comments from the vet near the end of the thread are interesting, that it is not something he would like to see.

Gulf war2. There was the only all-female F-14 combat mission, where two ladies laid waste with bomb and bullet that other pilots genuinely take their hats' off to. Respect where due
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As an aside, I would like to know the amount of current female UAV operators Vs male. This is an area that we will see more of in future.