[Yasotay]

so, more or less, you don't want them in Iraq. My experience tells me the mission, as it stands right now, would be extremely difficult, if not impossible without women being in Iraq.

Really? I somehow doubt that statement. How many women got pregnant to avoid deployment or even got redeployed? Are abortions In-Theatre? What are the "Sick Call" ratios? Are the women still NOT pulling their own weight?

[MikefromOhio]

Really? I somehow doubt that statement. How many women got pregnant to avoid deployment or even got redeployed? Are abortions In-Theatre? What are the "Sick Call" ratios? Are the women still NOT pulling their own weight?

don't doubt it unless you have been there....you would be stripping away approximately 25-30% of the support troops and something around that ratio of troops from medical and other units in theatre. As for abortions, I don't know, but I seriously doubt it and as for pregnancies, again, how would I know?