[fortheDeclaration]

Others use the system to get paid, yet do nothing, get out of deployment, even use their monthly period to get out of duty. Sorry, but my experiences were that we had more who used the system to get over, than we had that wanted to be there to do the job and be a soldier.

Amen

I said much the same thing on another thread, that many women are in the military for the wrong reasons.

[RetiredArmy]

I think females have a place in the military. But, there needs to be restricts on some things just as there are on men. The pregnancy issue was huge when the women first came on full time with men. A lot of problems came up, the men were POed because the women got out of duty via the pregnancy or monthly period route. Men had to do a lot of extra heavy lifting type duties because the women simply could not do it physically. Like putting up a GP large or GP medium tent in the field. Those things weigh a ton and the women could not do it. Then you have the issue of latrines in the field. You have to have two for the sexes, then you have to almost like have to post a guard at night when women had to use a field latrine. Made for a lot of logistical problems. Now, all that said, women could be helpful in a lot of jobs where they would free men to do the heavy stuff and the women could do those jobs that did not require physical power and in positions that if they were not at work today because of female issues, then their loss in the field setting would not hurt as much. But, I really got sick of having to make do with 7 or 8 people when we were suppose to have 12 or 13, but those missing 5 or 6 were females who were not able to deploy because of pregnancy or monthly period issues.