Posted on 10/02/2009 8:49:14 PM PDT by Saije
To day this day it stands true that there are no women in the Navy SEALs. This has been debated by many “equal rights” groups who claim that this is a sexist law. However, there has never been a woman who could pass the strenuous physical aspects of Navy SEAL training. In fact, there has never been a woman who has qualified to even be considered to enter BUD/S Training.
Though this is true of the United States Navy, it’s not true where film is concerned. Specifically for the 1997 Ridley Scott film G.I. Jane, wherein, Demi Moore plays a woman who is training to become the very first female Navy SEAL. The film portrays Demi Moore’s character as a very driven women who wants to make a bold statement that “women can do everything that a man can do”. This film was considered by many associated with the Navy SEALs to be very controversial.
Regardless of whether you support female Navy SEALs or not, the film G.I. Jane is an intriguing action/drama that comes off more like a political statement in the end. Even G.I. Jane herself begins to question her motives and whether or not she could successfully carry out missions just as well as the other physically fit men around her.
For now, female Navy SEALs are just a work of Hollywood magic and it is believed that in the near future there will be no female Navy SEALs. However, many are hopeful that this could change in the many years to come.
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she could kick my @ss anytime! :)
There are women assigned to special forces groups as parachute riggers. They are not in the teams, or in the Ranger battalions (infantry branch)or Armor.
There are rather a few female pilots, and their skills are much appreciated.
Agree with you 100%..
LOL Not this side of the grave...:O)
“There are rather a few female pilots, and their skills are much appreciated.”
That raises a question in my mind. There are women flying fighters now, pulling high-g’s. I seem to recall it being said that the people with the best resistance to g-forces were people (guys) with short, thick necks. Now the word is long, thin necks (women). WTF ?
Other than that, fly-by-wire is a great equalizer.
We have a female pilot freeper damn, I’m old and forgot her name...Oh yea, Sky Dancer (I think) quite a sense of humor and a kick ass gal...she loves chocolate....
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The physical aspects to SEAL school training is in the extreme that no women can pass. They take their candidates to muscle failure and beyond and do it all over again and again. They’ll push you to exhaustion and then sit on your chest and do it some more.
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Oh well, lol
That can't be stressed enough. The difference between the upper body strength between males and females isn't just a small, insignificant one. It's dramatic.
Women are dramatically weaker than men.
I've been watching females take the Army Physical Fitness test for nearly 20 years. Every one of them absolutely struggle with pushups. Most females can barely do 3 pushups, after that they start to really get sloppy.
Only 1, Martha Raye
During the Vietnam War, she was made an honorary Green Beret because she visited United States Army Special Forces in Vietnam without fanfare, and she helped out when things got bad in Special Forces A-Camps. As a result, she came to be known affectionately by the Green Berets as "Colonel Maggie
Couldn't agree more! The Kutt Kickin' Chick, as I call it, has ruined more movies than I care to count.
Michelle Rogriguez in Resident Evil was the absolute worst example of it. A 5'3" 120 lb. female was the hardest, baddest MoFo on the whole assault team!
Puh-leeeze!!!
Kids are cute too - and in Hollywood land - they’re always smarter than the adults around them. How about a cute 10 year old Seal? Doesn’t a “can do attitude” make them just as capable of swimming a few miles carrying 100 pounds of explosives?
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