Why are we sending Teenage Girls into the Battle Zone?

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[optik_b]

Jessica Lynch is known for her smile, her laugh and for loving children so much that she wants to be a teacher. "That smile is all you ever see," Glenda Nelson, a close family friend, said Monday. "No matter what, she always had a smile on her face."

Lynch, who aspires to become a teacher, joined the Army to get an education and because it was one of the few opportunities available in a farming community with an unemployment rate of 15 percent — one of the highest in West Virginia.

Once she entered the service, Jesse, as she is known to family and friends, would often write letters, send e-mail and call home.
The young woman is "every mother's dream of a teenager daughter," said Lorene Cumbridge, a cousin.

[AnalogReigns]

Yep- Fighter pilots.
Shorter aorta means they can usually handle G forces better.

They also rarely have the upper body strength to operate fighter controls right, or more importantly the agressiveness testicals provide. The ones that do, are about the most "butch" type women I've ever seen. Is that a good thing for our nation to sponsor?

I'm amazed so many "conservatives" are brainwashed by the feminist garbage. No wonder due to such foolishness the Islamo-fascists think they can succeed.

WOMEN JUST SHOULD NOT GO TO WAR, PERIOD.

[ProudArmyWife]

So then we shouldnt have female officers either then. Or firefighters?

[LizardQueen]

Ok, thanks for the info. I thought that everyone over the border was eating MREs, and didn't realize that clerks were used so close to the actual front.

My heli-pilot friend had to eat MREs even in "helicopter camp" (his annual training), even though they were operating out of a regular base. So I thought that was all anyone got, unless you were really far back, like in Doha.

This does raise the whole question of what's "rear" and what's not

LQ

[Ippolita]

Sorry I don't know what I did wrong I'll try this again:

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God of Liberty and Justice for all.

[Mark17]

one was a cook and the other was a supply clerk. What the heck were they doing out in a convoy of mechanics in a war zone?

Of course, I mean this in all sincerity, but both these specialties are essential for combat support. Everyone has to eat, and the supply people make sure they get all the weapons, ammunition, and spare parts the troops need.

[jpl]

I have no doubt whatsoever that there are women in the military who are tough as nails. But unless she has beefed up considerably since these photographs were taken, this girl quite frankly doesn't look to me like someone who could drag a critically wounded soldier to safety if needed, nor does she look to me like someone who would have even a prayer of survival in a hand-to-hand combat situation, if God forbid that situation ever came up.

[Mr. K]

hey! the feminists have insisted on it!!!!!!!

[macamadamia]

I think singling this woman out right now to argue the issue of women in combat is DISTASTEFUL, given that she might very well have made the ultimate sacrifice for you. She didn't set national policy, she simply seized an opportunity--an admirable one--unlike a lot of others her age who are self-absorbed, narcissistic and selfish.

[MEGoody]

"I don't understand the military reason for having teenage girls sent into the combat zone."

Um, because they joined the army.

[LizardQueen]

I don't know a whole lot of detail - I had heard that both were with the 507th and one was a cook and the other a supply clerk. But someone here said one of them was with a rifle company, so I'm not positive.
The black girl was captured, the blonde one is still missing and I think presumed dead. It's very sad.

LQ

[MineralMan]

"She didn't set national policy, she simply seized an opportunity--an admirable one--unlike a lot of others her age who are self-absorbed, narcissistic and selfish."

Bravo! We should be honoring this young woman soldier, not criticizing her. She is an American patriot who chose to serve her country in a way few young people seem willing to do today. Hurrah for her!

[mercy]

Those kids might have been able to fight their way out of that spot had they been properly trained and motivated. They should have known it was fight ... or die horribly through torture. I'm sure this whisp of a girl was a real asset to unit cohesion when things got ugly.

[LizardQueen]

I know, I just thought they all got MREs (no cooking) and that the truck parts were counted further back from the fighting. That's what confused me.

LQ

[HairOfTheDog]

They also rarely have the upper body strength to operate fighter controls right, or more importantly the agressiveness testicals provide. The ones that do, are about the most "butch" type women I've ever seen. Is that a good thing for our nation to sponsor?

Malarky! - Flying a fighter plane is not a brute strength mission at all, rather one of finesse, division of attention, and courage.

[The Duke]

Why are we sending Teenage Girls into the Battle Zone?

Because we're a ship of fools.

I agree that, if she volunteers, that's her decision. However, she's also taking up limited space in a transport that could be carrying a testosterone-dripping he-man, and that's a crime!

[photogirl]

God Bless your daughter!

[homeschool mama]

This particular article - or portion thereof - does little to tell the whole story.

I read another article on FR that shared her knowledge of what *could* happen. She was willing to take the responsibility and risk associated with being a soldier.

[discostu]

They use them more and more for overnights, MREs are convenient and not patently disgusting (anymore). We really try to give the people in the zone as many comforts as possible, reducing the hardship of duty reduces the burnout rate. With the modern age of warfare the rear is where-ever we say it is, Fox had the story this morning that we're running B-2s out of America (forgot which state, heartland though, Kansas or Missouri or near there) to do bombing runs on Iraq (same thing we did with Afghanistan), which technically makes that base a battle zone.

[ApesForEvolution]

A nation that puts women in harm's way would also probably murder tens of millions of unborn babies. This is what communism and the other anti-Christ lovers in society do to it.

[mercy]

BS! She had no business in a hostile area. It's not her fault. She's but a child. However ... dead weight behind the lines just gets more people killed.