I think you missed the point of my post. I am saying that the people not in agreement with women being in the military are not realizing the importance of them. But it all has to do with proper screening for job capacity. That’s why the military has MOS and AFSC categories.
“Don’t allow TV to convince you that all American women are like those you see in the streets.”
TV has nothing to do with me. I trained troops in the military for over 25 years for fitness and combat capacity. I know the needs and the difference.
“Physical strength and raw manpower are no longer the answer for all things military.”
But that is one of the major concerns for the entry of women into the business and the publics’ push back against bringing them in. There is no substitute for the physical ability to run a mile for escape with a full pack and weapons. Not all men can do it and I have not seen more than a half dozen women able to get by with the effort. But women do a very good job on the admin side to include combat training and actual behind the scenes work like drone operation. I have a niece that works drones, DOD UAS, for the military. She’s AF in the main command in the deep south. Her’s are used all over the world.
So what the public is up in arms about with the drafting of people that can’t handle the job they are put into is a little ahead of the happening at this time. No one has been drafted so no one has been placed in a career field they can’t handle...yet. But that happens without the draft.
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“...TV has nothing to do with me. I trained troops in the military for over 25 years for fitness and combat capacity. I know the needs and the difference...But that is one of the major concerns for the entry of women ...There is no substitute for the physical ability to run a mile for escape with a full pack and weapons. Not all men can do it...what the public is up in arms about with the drafting of people that can’t handle the job they are put into...has been drafted so no one has been placed in a career field they can’t handle...yet...” [whitney69, post 39]
There’s no substitute for physical strength and hardihood, only if you believe masses of foot troops are the answer to everything. They are not. Without all the other specialties and branches to support them, they are nearly helpless.
I do share your concerns about the military establishment’s ability to determine an individual’s potential and then train accordingly, so that they may contribute optimally to the overall mission. But failure to do all that is a problem all across all armed services. Drafting only men and limiting recruitment of women won’t remedy that.
Not sure where television enters into it but I cannot say that it influenced my outlook much either.
I spent just over 24-1/2 years on active duty in USAF, more than half of it in operational testing and force assessment, part of it in Joint billets. The organizations to which I was assigned crossed all service dept lines and touched on nearly every occupational specialty; among other tasks, we assisted training specialists in standards development and had a hand in rewriting doctrine. Creating more effective forces, developing better systems for them, and figuring out ways to employ all of it better is process that never ends.