Posted on 08/26/2015 11:50:23 AM PDT by jazusamo
Female soldiers suffered double the rate of injuries compared with male colleagues in Army combat training, including jobs in field artillery and repairing the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
The startling statistics come from Army studies obtained by the Center for Military Readiness (CMR), a research group that opposes what the Obama administration is expected to do by year’s end: put women in the direct land combat in infantry, armor, artillery and special operations units.
Retired Gen. Raymond Odierno, who completed his four-year stint as Army chief of staff, said earlier this month that he already has decided to open all artillery jobs to women, except one that embeds with infantry units. The final decision on coed infantry and tank units will be made soon, he told the Army Times.
“We’ve done a lot of pilot programs, we’ve done a lot of physical testing, we’ve done a lot of testing on how we integrate women into units, and those are all going well,” Mr. Odierno said. “We want the best person, if they’re qualified and meet the standards, we want to give them the opportunity to do whatever they want.”
A CMR report paints a less upbeat picture.
The research group filed several Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain documents from the Army on injury rates for women enrolled in combat job experiments since 2012. The Army turned over mounds of reports from its Medical Command and the Army Institute of Public Health.
Data showed that women in the military occupational specialty (MOS) of artillery surveyor meteorological crew member suffered more than double (113 percent) the injuries of men.
Women in basic combat, combat vehicle maintenance and engineers training produced the same lopsided injury ratio.
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Waiting for more publicity on the 2 women who made it through Ranger training.
Turns out the entire class got more food and rest than the standard Ranger training classes.
Per NCO’s at the camp.
Yeah, and Uncle Fester Odierno went all in with it.
Despite their denials, this administration IS forcing lowered standards to “get women through” even the most critical tests.
The Army Ranger women grads are frauds. Believe me.
Ping.
Oh, boo hoo hoo.
They need to even this out by injuring more men.
I wonder how many time they are more often likely to get pregnant?
predictable. women’s bodies are not designed by our Creator for that kind of combat wear and tear. and as men know, you “play” hurt most of the time. there’s no timeout in war.
and, btw, one of the worst things this is doing is implicitly lowering standards for men.
That is right because as a woman I cannot do what a man does especially physically.
And I like when the door is held open too.
Yep, a real woman.
Call me girl anytime.
There I said it.
Never mind I earned half million dollars on my own and have it for retirement.....never mind!
God made us this way. Made us all capeable to take care of ourselves and each other by HIS design.
There....huh.
Amen
That is a sick enough idea to actually get traction with the Traitor in the White House. And don’t anybody ever try to call a woman out for getting fat or not being able to keep up, even with the other girls or there will be hell to pay for that audacious act of trying to maintain some standards.
My father was in the Army Infantry during WWII. I can just almost hear him now about women going into combat (he couldn’t have pictured that & he would not have liked it either).
In fact, he once stated that homosexuals who were mustered in when he was did not last through basic. Sorry to burst anyone’s bubble. Those men were going in to charge Hell with a bucket of water. Anything that got between them & Adolph Hitler was going to get mowed down.
I think he felt cheated that he didn’t get to personally put a bullet between der Fuehrer’s eyes. His outfit did march into Berlin just half an hour after Hitler had committed suicide. - He never underestimated his enemy; did not overestimate them either!
Good for your Dad.
Reminds me of what Gen. Patton said in one of his speeches, “I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler. Just like I’d shoot a snake!”
Not disparaging your father at all, but the Soviets controlled Berlin when Hitler committed suicide.
“Never mind I earned half million dollars on my own and have it for retirement.....never mind!”
Are you married? Do you need good company? :)
“Injured twice as often...useless twice as much. “
Which probably neglects pregnancies as well.
Yeah married.....took the NRA safety course got 100.
Now I am flirting with you and ain’t it nice?
LOL
You have strong women in your life and I am sure there are exceptions like those giants you see on TV reality show.
Now that IS funny!
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