I have no issues with it either. i do agree that there shouldn't be separate standards for things like PT...a job requirement is a job requirement regardless of your sex.
Eric On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > How about looking at the performance of women in other military > organizations. After all 2 women with the Royal Canadian Artillery > were casualties in Afghanistan > > I see no issue with women in the infantry. If they can do the job > fine. I think it comes down to individual cases. > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:28 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So today the United States Marine Corps announced that they will begin > > allowing women to apply for and attend the Infantry Officer course at the > > School of Infantry. > > > > The article can be found here: > > > > > http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2012/04/marine-corps-women-infantry-combat-dunford-amos-041812/ > > > > I'm sure many of you are sick of hearing me talk about the infantry and > the > > military in general, but I think this is something that really needs to > be > > discussed, considered and implemented in the right way. > > > > I am not a sexist. I have have known women in the military that could > > hang. That could throw 100 pounds on their back and ruck, that could > carry > > men off the field of battle. When I went to Airborne school one of my > > instructors was female. A competitive body builder. A graduate of the > > Pathfinder school. I would have served with her in any capacity. > > > > I have no problem with women serving in the infantry provided it is done > in > > EQUAL manner. Not the so called equality of affirmative action, not with > > the "standardized" gender based scoring of our current PT tests. No > quotas. > > > > This is not an easy job. The tolls both physical and mental are > > horrendous, even during peace. Training can be just as deadly as combat. > > > > The major issue I see with this is going to be keeping the politicians > and > > the politicized officers away from it. > > > > Look, we weed people out in the military. If you don't meet the medical > > and moral standards you can't join. You have increased physical > standards > > if you choose to serve in an Airborne assignment, and we cut people > there. > > We drop people at the school of infantry, and they go back to being > > civilians, or on to easier jobs within the military. We drop people > after > > they get to their units for not being able to meet the standards. At > every > > level there are a percentage that don't make the cut, and that number > grows > > the more difficult the mission of the unit. Being infantry is harder > than > > being a clerk, being Airborne is harder than being a leg, being a ranger > is > > harder than that, SF standards are higher still, and CAG are fucking > > robots, machines. > > > > I don't want to be told I have to accept a soldier that can't do his or > her > > job just to make a quota, or to look good in or on a paper. > > > > The PT concerns aren't the only ones. Women have higher necessary > > standards of hygiene. For all that we want to be gender blind, we are > not > > physically the same. I know soldiers that had to go months without > > showering during the initial invasion of Iraq. They were too far ahead > of > > the support, and their op tempo was too high, to be able to meet even the > > most basic of hygiene needs. They out paced their logistical tail. > > Women's monthly issues are going to be a concern, but we can get around > > that with hormone treatment, it will have to be required for infantry > > units. I wonder about the hygiene stuff, how bad can a yeast infection > get > > and so forth. > > > > Opinions? > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350134 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
