I’ve asked a couple dozen vets of Iraq and Afghanistan what they’re really doing in the field.
The first problem I see for “women in combat” is that the typical, average woman simply cannot hump 100lb loads. Period, thanks for playing.
It’s the same deal with me: I can’t hump 200lb loads.
When you get near to carrying your own body weight, you simply cannot do it for long.
and to be clear, lots of “men” today can’t carry 100 pounds for a long time, much less 200. i could do maybe 80 fairly comfortably. but i’d be wiped at end of the day.
I know a young lady who served in the green zone in Baghdad. She is beautiful and weighs 100 lbs sopping wet. The physical damage caused by her carrying 70 lbs of body armor has left her with a documented disability from the VA.
In daily PT runs women always always fall out long before men.
To think this will work in infantry is inviting defeat.