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08-14-2015, 04:43 PM | #196 |
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IDK, with the whole moving and everything I really wished there were "boys" and "girls" signs at Ikea.... But I think I managed to get it right:
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08-14-2015, 11:10 PM | #197 | |
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A female Army Ranger student lifts a rucksack onto her back on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at Camp James E. Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. For those not familiar with US Army Rangers, there's Infantry, then there's Rangers (kinda like high speed Infantry), and then there's Delta Force (kinda like high speed Rangers). The focus of their respective missions narrows; but, they're all direct action missions as opposed to an organization like Special Forces which, while maintaining that capability (fighters-teachers) , focuses on training indigenous forces in guerilla warfare. Quote:
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08-14-2015, 11:36 PM | #198 |
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I saw a picture of one of those women in Ranger school, at the end of a horrendous test, something like carrying a 500 lb pack, run over a 50,000 ft mountain, and walk on water. At the finish she was dragging her pack but she fucking did it, and the men in the class were cheering her on.
I believe from what I've read, the females in the services have been invaluable in the middle east, and far Pacific, connecting with native women who are very Leary of men.
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08-15-2015, 09:35 AM | #199 |
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There's a cookie file somewhere that is a quote about how back when gays were ejected from the military, 90% of them were women.
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08-15-2015, 03:02 PM | #201 |
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Honestly I don't think it's going to matter much... Obviously it does matter for those women individually and that they can be allowed to do that, which is fantastic, but in the long run... Speaking as an Israeli - where it's actually considered shameful for a woman to not serve in the military as much as it is for men - I do not think the US has the right cultural makeup and attitude to reach a significantly gender mixed defense force.
It's good that it's enabled and allowed, but unless there's a more significant change in the culture the women serving will be the minority for some time. |
08-15-2015, 05:09 PM | #202 |
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Outside of official combat roles, women in the US military are represented similarly to US corporations - pretty well represented at the lower levels, less so as you go up.
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08-15-2015, 05:16 PM | #203 |
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Huh - that's interesting.
The ones they sent here as part of the UN peace keeping force at the end of the 2nd Israeli-Lebanon war acted like they've never seen women soldiers. Has it changed so much since then, or was it particular to those troops, or something else... I am just curious. |
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According to this there are actually slightly less enlisted women soldiers now then when I was in service, though more officers. |
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08-15-2015, 05:27 PM | #206 |
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HM stipulated outside of official combat roles.
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08-15-2015, 06:14 PM | #207 |
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What are official combat roles? Does that mean a job in the military is non-combat when stateside, but combat where there's a war going on? Women assigned to units as radio operators, medics, or mechanics, had to be replaced before going into a war zone? Would a woman flying a Predator drone from the US be a combat role?
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08-15-2015, 06:49 PM | #208 |
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This is 3 years old; but, will give you an overview (you know how to search the specifics).
Why Can't Women Serve at the Front? As for why this hasn't changed, ask Obama. He could change it with the stroke of a pen. It's not in the Constitution, it's not a law, it's just a matter of public policy. |
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08-15-2015, 07:35 PM | #210 |
To shreds, you say?
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Because they can operate drones from Arizona?
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