The only thing in this whole thread was that we’d (I’d) like to have at least tried, given the opportunity. The guys here have belittled my wanting to at least try. If I had failed so be it. But at least I tried. Not like so many other people who won’t even give it a try because in their mind they’ve already failed. My dream fantasy has always been to try out for the English SAS. I don’t care if they don’t take women, it’s just the chance to try to see how far I could go. I know guys who wouldn’t even consider the idea of trying. They’re the wimps here, not me.
Bravo Two Zero were SAS doing some of that "sneaky" stuff you like to tell us that you are so great at, the problem is that their packs weighed 209 pounds at the start of the mission and I can guarantee you that they left things behind that they dearly would have loved to take with them on the mission, like more ammo.
At 110 pounds, I doubt that you could have handled your 209 pound share of the gear.
I am not belittling you, but I do NOT want you to get that chance and I will tell you why. Once they start letting women try out and all of them fail, then pressure will mount to lower standards to get some to pass.
Look at our present course to see that it is inevitable that “getting a woman to pass” will be pushed anyway possible to get it through. And the only way to ensure that happens is “to lower the standards”.
Now do you REALLY want to be responsible for this action? Are you that selfish? Because it will most likely get many people killed in the future.