For those who don't know; Marine Gunners are Infantry Weapons Officers. Their job is to coach, teach and instruct on infantry weapons and advise commanders on the employment of all organic infantry weapons.
I do know something about combat and leading men. I also know that no female possesses the strength, stamina and warrior spirit to hang with the men. It's pure madness to assume that girls cam compete and thrive against men.
Only a fool believes that American girls should be employed in our Ground Combat Units.
Not only all that (which I agree with), but nobody has mentioned the nightmare of female POWs, especially if captured by combatants who are not parties to the Geneva accords, and/or who culturally treat women worse than men. Since combat arms personnel are necessarily more likely to be captured, simply due to their proximity to the enemy, it’s just another good reason why women should not be in these roles, even if the obvious differences in physical attributes did not exist.
Thank-you for your service.
I read Lurker’s comment as meaning that they have not actually changed the PFT standards for women.
Remember when the men’s PT test dropped from five events to three and I think they did the Bam one at the same time.
Anyway, it is utterly asinine to expect WMs to break tracks, change shocks on Amtracs, tires on trucks, hump 155s and especially 8 inch rounds, put Ma Deuce up on it’s turret mount,etc.
These posters are always talking ‘”carrying the wounded” but the girls just are not capable of the regular strenuous peon work no matter how much some of them might want to be.
Of course, the important reason for the Wymyn types to push this stuff is for more Wymyn to get the right tickets punched for acquiring eagles and stars.
My daughter had this epiphany, as expressed by her and interpreted by me, in junior high school.