Women can now be in open combat roles

[zwhit]

and aunt flow is kept under control and/or stops due to the stress/situation, correct?

 

[psizzle_8]

and aunt flow is kept under control and/or stops due to the stress/situation, correct?

Yeah I posted about this earlier in the thread

 

[zwhit]

Yeah I posted about this earlier in the thread

I know, that was intended to be a continuation of the previous post.

What I was trying to say is that this shouldn't be a major problem as long as the women are held to the same physical standard as men (obv they will be) and there's no female problems to contend with. The majority of women aren't going to want to be in open combat roles and the few that do make it will have earned it. I don't see it really being a major problem.

I've never served though so I'm probably just being naive.

 

[shirlene29]

Women won't be on patrol in the desert. This simply allows more combat-oriented positions for females. I highly doubt any female wants to go out on patrol in 100 degree weather for 2 weeks living off the land. Even the secretary stated that many roles will be decided whether a woman can handle it or not - it's not a carte blanche rule.

not officially on patrol in the desert


Team Lioness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

several women were denied bronze stars because theyre were officially "non-combatants"...I could be wrong but if I remember correctly there was a controvery surrounding this ones silver star

Monica Lin Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


that said...I dont give a shit. It always bugged me I couldnt be in the nuke program because of my gender or ever be a fighter pilot ..what whatevs..

My gender didn't matter for my unit ..hell the military period didn't matter for my unit much. If you could stomach the gore,make hard choices, carry the bodies, and hold someones hand while they were screaming for their momma you were GTG. It was exclusively medical and theres no way anyone was risking the Dr's and nurses by sending them into the field regardless of whether or not they could hump a ruck.

I couldn't care less and saw more than my fair share of MP's and cooks just be fucking whores that were in the way, male and female.The military is a cesspool of the unintelligent with no other options so bad examples of both genders abound.

and running missions? going under the wire? are people that fucking stupid? nothing in the middle east had/has a "safe zone" thats the stupidest shit I've ever heard. EVERYONE in Iraq or Afghanistan regardless of gender or MOS is in a potential combat zone.

LOLOL at no running water causing some sudden vaginal infection...you didn't have baby wipes like everyone else bro?

Like I said though...I serious couldn't care less...more people wanna be low brow cannon fodder? have at it my friend.....
did I mention I don't give a shit? because I really don't.
Plenty will wash out of OSUT plenty won't

 

[stosstruppe]

What I was trying to say is that this shouldn't be a major problem as long as the women are held to the same physical standard as men (obv they will be) and there's no female problems to contend with.

No, they won't, thanks to gender equalisation which is obviously a lot of shite because you need to carry a lot of ammunition, water, spare batteries, ECM, vallon, radios, weapon ancillaries etc on patrol irregardless.

Most women are physically useless at "combat conditioning" as well (practicing casevacs etc in full CEFO).

Should be interesting once we start seeing blown up / maimed etc images of "combat" female soldiers on the BBC, CNN etc what sort of outcry it will provoke.

 

[shirlene29]

theres a kids parent at my kids school thats double amputee female vet ..what delusions do you have there arent injuries now?

women arent generally as strong, totally true, but then fuck most of the men dont qualify for SF ...get better arguments

theres only a handful of MOS's women dont (didnt?) qualify for...last I knew convoys got their asses blown up on a regular basis but no one prohibits women from being 88 mikes

 

[shirlene29]

I weirdly agree with HP tho...I only had one female partner in EMS I could stand ..the rest were always busy flirting, not lifting and losing it a little when shit went really down hill

the only thing that ever made me nuts about the other female partner was she was only 5' 1" so a two person stretcher lift Id have to be careful not to pick her up off her feet..shes a FF too tho and teaches at the fire accademy..little fire cracker

 

[billfred]

I saw an article, can't find it now. It talked about Israel changed their stance on women in combat because the protocol for soldier down totally broke down when it was a woman. Not sure if it is true. Need to find that. What do I know, never been in the army and my wife is a lot meaner than I am.

 

[Fishak]

No girls in 11 & 18 series jobs. Infantry an sf should be left for the boys.

 

[zwhit]

I saw an article, can't find it now. It talked about Israel changed their stance on women in combat because the protocol for soldier down totally broke down when it was a woman. Not sure if it is true. Need to find that. What do I know, never been in the army and my wife is a lot meaner than I am.

What was the protocol for soldier down before women were allowed?