Posted on 06/30/2025 4:11:48 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
HOVELTE, Denmark (AP) — Peering across a dense stretch of woodland outside of Denmark’s capital with camouflage paint smeared across her face, 20-year-old Katrine scans the horizon for approaching threats.
After nearly four months of military training, the young soldier and the rest of her unit spent early June completing their final exercises near the Danish army’s barracks in Hovelte, 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of Copenhagen.
Katrine and other female soldiers, all of whom spoke to The Associated Press on June 11 on the condition that only their first names be used because of operational security, volunteered for military service earlier this year. Until now, that was the only way women were allowed to partake in military service, although women have been able to enlist as full-time members of the armed forces since the early 1970s
The Scandinavian country is seeking to increase the number of young people in the military by extending compulsory enlistment to women for the first time. Men and women can both still volunteer, and the remaining places will be filled by a gender-neutral draft lottery.
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Women are useless in the field, with all due respect. They should be used in other ways, similar to Israel.
Joni Ernst wants to draft our daughters
Exactly what do the Dutch have to do with this?
I’ll have a Danish.
Joni Ernst has the best congressional wig since James Traficant
Holland. Denmark.Whats the difference 😉
Perfect.😄👍
“Peering across a dense stretch of woodland outside of Denmark’s capital with camouflage paint smeared across her face, 20-year-old Katrine scans the horizon for approaching threats”
LOL!!!
Katrine takes a sip of her organic, ethically sourced conflict-free Jasmine tea and sighs. Why is Becky such a bitch?
Talk is cheap...
So the ladies will be the ones defending Greenland?
May seem necessary but is suicidal.
Sheesh, Russia ain’t invading Denmark. Go enjoy some of those blue tin butter cookies and relax!
Denmark need not worry about Russia—worry about Germany.
I dunno. I’ve seen male Danish soldiers in uniform in Europe. I’m not sure putting women in uniform would be a real step down in testosterone levels. This seems like AP stirring up a tempest in a pot of very weak tea.
I think the last time Holland won a war was in 1648, and the last time Denmark won a war was in 1678.
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