[maestro]

ONLY if 'they' want to be there!

[ditto h]

Excuse me, has anyone ever heard of the PILL ?

[Lancey Howard]

3) At basic training centers around the nation, Aberdeen, Fort Jackson, Fort Leonard Wood and the Great Lakes Training Center, extreme instances of sexual harassment have been reported. At the Great Lakes Center, five instructors were charged with gross misconduct, including throwing a mattress on the floor and ordering female recruits to undress. The only service to avoid sexual harassment problems is the Marines, which segregates the sexes.

There's a clue in here somewhere - - a possible solution.... Jeez... I just can't put my finger on it.

[Burkeman1]

This is an important topic and needs discussion. But do we have to do it now?

[429CJ]

This Mona Charen article is 4 years old but it is still relevent.

There must be a reason that, down thru history, tribes and nations (with very few desperate exceptions) have not sent their women off to war.

There is just something wrong with the soul of a nation that sends its daughters, its wives, its sisters, and its mothers off the meet the barbarians on the field of battle.

Something very wrong indeed.

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[swheats]

I don't think women should be in combat on the battlefield. Well trained if she must be in the military but not facing a brutal enemy.

For those who find themselves pregnant, while on duty, doesn't show much discipline especially if it's out of wedlock.

[Jen]

For crying out loud, how many threads are you going to start on this topic? I've seen 7 in just one page of new threads.

Can't this topic be discussed on ONE thread - or better yet - tabled until the bombs stop falling? What a waste of bandwidth and poor timing for such a discussion that NONE of us FReepers can do anything about at this time.

I served in the Air Force. Yes, women have a role in the military. No, not in ground combat units.

There, that's my opinion. You have yours. You are entitled to it. I am not going to waste any more of my time posting on your threads. There's a war on and I'm off to watch Fox and see the newest developments. And I'm going to support all our military members - men AND women.

[The Duke]

When I saw that picture of the young female soldier from Virginia who was apparently killed in last week's ambush (along with a number of others killed and US prisoners taken) I could not help but wonder if a testosterone-dripping male had been in her place might that have made the difference in that battle(?)

It's ridiculous, as are many other aspects of our degenerate American society.

[gcruse]

I notice you didn't put the date on this. Is that because it is FIVE YEARS OLD?

[longtermmemmory]

I heard a gossip report which said women soldiers were intentionally getting pregnant to be moved off ship from danger. (this was during Gulf war I)