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I'm STILL against it. Because of the situations it brings up (a la, rape)

Just out of curiousity: do you think men should be banned from combat because of the potential for them to be raped if they are captured?

It's one of the things they don't tell you about unless you're in a SERE class.

Rape is one of the concerns. More than that, though, were all the signs that some areas of training were being messed with to let the armed forces claim diversity. The one I remember was reading that the powers that be had changed a basic shipboard requirement: stretchers went from 2-man carries to 4-person carries. My old man (navy vet) thought that was stupid; four men can't fit through a bulkhead nearly as easily as two.

Another side of it was an article or report I read back in like, 95 or so, that cited a study they'd done on the E & E training (if that's what it's called). Anyway, the study concluded that the guys could basically tough it out, but if they heard their female compatriot in trouble (coming back to the rape), they'd fold.

I can't say if it's true or not, cause this was a hot button political issue, and I'm sure there was exaggeration on either side.

There was also a bit of scandal around our first female F-14 pilot, as I recall. Scores that would have gotten a male pilot removed from carrier ops, yet she was passed. And if I recall, ended up dying in a bad landing.

Should have tagged the post with IMHO, I suppose.

Just old fashioned, but I don't think women ought to be in frontline units. Just shows my old tendency not to want women in harms way.

Could be wrong, could be right.

Regardless, this girl showed tremendous courage. She certainly proved that she's got guts, that's for sure.

Are you in favor of women on the front lines, BTW?