Women in combat arms MOS's

In Desert Storm, IIRC, Task Force Ripper moved over 50 miles in 2 days on foot...how many females could manage that with a combat load?

In Scout/Sniper school, I stepped off on our final exercise with a loadout that weighed more than I did (about 130# not counting my M40). How many females could do that?

I recall having to fireman carry my 235 pound roommate across LZ Bluebird in Camp Lejeune when I weighed about 135 pounds. How many females could do that?

I would love to see one them bear crawl 700 yards down a rifle range...

Jay

Speaking of women in combat, anyone know what gun this is?

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/611...ng202fc3b6.jpg

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6...mn1309781w.jpg

I thought the Swedes used an FNC variant, while the gun in the above pics look like an ACR/SCAR/ARX160 competitor.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7914/sak57zg.jpg

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Originally Posted by variablebinary

Speaking of women in combat, anyone know what gun this is?

I thought the Swedes used an FNC variant, while the gun in the above pics look like an ACR/SCAR/ARX160 competitor.

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look here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ak_5

read down to the Bofors AK5C stuff and see if that is the same

That chick on the right is gorgeous.

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Originally Posted by dookie1481

That chick on the right is gorgeous.

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welcome to Sweden.

I am sure they have ugly women there. But when I was in Stockholm a few days 20 years ago, I did not see any (at least that were native Swedes...)

Of course, Denmark was even better (and more distracting -- it was raining and I was stuck in the main train station and all these young females walked by without the help of upper body women's underthings...)

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Originally Posted by Army Chief

Thank you for this.

AC

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I would encourage all fathers (and any young man that wishes to marry and become a father) to read "What He Must Be...if he wants to marry my daughter" by Dr. Voddie Baucham. While Dr. Baucham does not address the "warrior" spirit, he does talk extensively about our roles as fathers in raising our daughters. By default, it also addresses our raising our sons how to be godly husbands and fathers.

During the 03 invasion of Iraq I was a SAW gunner. Between my SAW, 900 rounds of ammo, my vest, water and other extra shit I had to carry my load was just under 100 lbs. Being 6'1" and 200 lbs this wasnt that hard for me. A 5'5" 130 lb chick is not going to be able to carry that kind of weight around.

On top of that I was also a Javelin gunner. Every night I had to bring the CLU and at least one missile up to wherever our OP was where we were sleeping.

We did ride around in Brads most of the time but whenever we got to a city we dismounted and foot patrolled through them. There were plenty of days where we were walking through towns, clearing houses and bunkers, for several hours.

On the outskirts of Baghdad we took arty fire and that whole objective turned into one big cluster **** as our whole company became seperated. That was a very long exhausting day of small skirmishes, long walks and even a good mile run with all my equipment on.

On top of all the exhausting work, we did not bathe for over two months during that time. We ran out of much of our hygeine stuff from useage and several rucksacks being destroyed from enemy fire or being crushed between the Brad and a building/tree.

Im not trying to say a woman cant fight. I have served with a few true female warriors who I wouldnt mind having in a fighting position next to me when the mongol horde comes over the hill. But there is a lot more to being an infantryman than just pulling triggers.

I was in a mixed unit and in 11 years I have met 2 woman who could hack it, they were not whores or winers but like all of you have said its a very small %.

In my MOS they where a force multiplier but you had to choose very carefully which one you requested as most of you said allot got pregnant and where sent home.

I did a week long exchange with the Swedish Army in 1998 while in Bosnia. Interesting to say the least. From my observations, there didn't appear to be much emphasis on combat/warrior ethos, national pride or a sense of military bearing. I was shocked to see enlisted address their Captain by his first name, etc. I was happy to return to my unit and back to disipline. :cool:

The Swedes have done a very good job of remaining "neutral" in major conflicts (WW2, refusing to join NATO), and only recently deploying forces outside of UN peacekeeping missions (OIF).

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Originally Posted by variablebinary

Speaking of women in combat, anyone know what gun this is?

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/611...ng202fc3b6.jpg

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6...mn1309781w.jpg

I thought the Swedes used an FNC variant, while the gun in the above pics look like an ACR/SCAR/ARX160 competitor.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7914/sak57zg.jpg

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Originally Posted by variablebinary

Speaking of women in combat, anyone know what gun this is?

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/611...ng202fc3b6.jpg

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6...mn1309781w.jpg

I thought the Swedes used an FNC variant, while the gun in the above pics look like an ACR/SCAR/ARX160 competitor.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7914/sak57zg.jpg

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It is a FNC variant, called the AK5.