This is either crap, or a sad illustration of what is going on in our military. Put the female aspect aside and ponder this as I did:
I pistured myself in the turret gunner position and thought back to when I was in the Army. If Wm. Westmoreland had climbed into my PC and asked who I was I wouldn't have replied, "I'm Jim". I'd have been crapping my pants and half screaming as I tried to stand (or sit) straight while spitting out that I was; "Spec Four ***** Charlie company, 504thS&T, SIR!" (I probably would have added my serial number out of habit, too)
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Good point, and so true.
Fn A! That would have been my reply too, 50 years ago. There are many good comments following the linked article. One is on point IMO:
“His turret gunner got in a vehicle in a convoy of at least 4 vehicles
Because it was the CG’s vehicle it was not first although other times it may have been and did a short drive from one camp to A close by location or camp and then eventually returned to the original camp
We know it was a short trip or as CG he would have taken a chopper
The convoy was not intent on engaging the enemy and in fact with the CG they would try and avoid the enemy
That is a great job for the female gunner, I convoyed from Kuwait to Baghdad over 3 days and had several females in our convoy
That is totally different then an infantry unit going for two weeks into hostile ares looking to engage the enemy
Females are not suited for the Infantry”
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