From ancient times, women on the battlefield are an invitation to rape.
A society that places its mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters on the battlefield is on its way OUT.
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From ancient times, women on the battlefield are an invitation to rape.
A society that places its mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters on the battlefield is on its way OUT.
Russia did it in WWII, still does it. Same with Israel.
For me I'd rather have a female soldier who WANTS TO BE THERE than a make communist at West Point. There are integration problems, and there always will be, but nothing is ever perfect. So long as we have a volunteer military, this is the way it should be.
I agree. Anyone who can hack it deserves it. It's new territory, so of course there's going to be resistance. We're going to hear the usual "I hear their periods attract bears!" and such, but that always happens in cases when women start doing exclusively male things. The problem of course is going to be that, at some point, some politician is going to decide that the ONLY explanation for SOFs being overwhelmingly male is because female candidates are being unfairly discriminated against, and then we'll see the lower standards.
There are two NG SF groups. I assure you, it is not one weekend a month, nor two weeks a year. Some of these cats put in a lot of work in the GWOT, signing dwelltime waivers to fill down slots. NG SF is surprisingly functional, at least from what I’ve seen.
As far as being an engineer, 18C is Engineer Sergeant, and they are on every SFODA. Some of y’all should swing by google before commenting.
As for my opinion of women on ODAs, I don’t have one. There are women in Delta, so, whatever.
You know, men can be raped too....
Frankly, having a daughter has taught me that they can be more vicious than boys, but we need to release them upon our enemies on social media. Sweet Jesus, put a bunch of 12 yo girls snap-tok-ing with the Mullah's and you'll get them doubting if they were cool, pretty, and popular.... drama.
I dont care one way or the other. There are rolls where female soldiers are needed on gwot. As long as all standards were met who cares. Neither selection no the q was easy. Kudos on her.