Comments on: Why Women Should Not Be Allowed In Combat

By: Tedd

Tedd — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:43:24 +0000

Well anna, what was your job over in Iraq. It depends on the job you where doing that would tell if you could do your job better then most men.

By: LaBamba

LaBamba — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:22:00 +0000

Anna has a very good point.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:32:20 +0000

I am in the military. I serve in the United States Army. I can do my job better than most men in the military. I just spent a year overseas. In my job in the Army I do not go on missions. But my best friends did. One was just about five feet and was a gunner for our commander. She wore her gear and her weapon was the size of her, but she did her job. It is not about your physical strength. It is about heart and your ability to put yourself out there. I worked over twenty hour days for most of the year. I word very hard to meet the army standard. I am physically fit enough that if my fellow soldier went down next to me I could carry him or her to a safe place. Your mind is focused on the mission and your fellow soldiers life. When the rockets come in you are accounting for everyone, and everything. You are ready to fight. Scared as hell, yeah. I have not met anyone in my army career that is not scared. Man or women. I know when you see that casket go by as you salute a fallen comrade,and later see what happened to the vehicle. You will cry. It does not matter if you know them or not. You still get your stuff and continue mission. Everyone is stressed over there. My personal opinion is don’t say anything until you have served with a women by your side fighting with you or even a medic trying to save your life. A communications person making sure you can talk to the unit if something happens, and that one that sits in the gunner set ready to fire to help save your life.
I don’t care what gender, race, or what sexual preference you have. If you are a good soldier I will fight with you and for you. I know everyone has their own opinions, but think a little harder when you put them out to the public. I spent a year in Iraq so you could feel that I don’t belong in the military.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:08:36 +0000

I think it is completely rediculous when women (or anyone) try to justify women being allowed in combat by using comparisons such as sports, multi-tasking (wtf, dec 19, 2009 post), running faster than men (which will be good I guess when you screw something up in combat), heart/perseverance (which is only good if ability matches). And this business about lowering the standards; hey, I was good at legos when I was ten, maybe I should be an architect, but maybe they should lower the standards a little bit, so I can pass architecture school (or engineering). Once that’s done, would you want me to build the bridge you drive over to work every day? And please do not make reference to a specific point in my post when you yell at me about something I wrote; the whole point of this article is that overall, women aren’t as combat effective, not because they can’t do a pull up, or PMS every month.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:25:38 +0000

I saw a post from Meghan on Jan. 19, 2006 that says “We have equal rights to men… WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SERVE IN MILITARY COMBAT!!!” I almost threw up, because the whole point to this debate is really, “can women perform to the same standards as men?” Someone else wrote that women who meet the standards should be allowed, which I would say is true, just like a man who doesn’t meet the standards should not be allowed. When people bring rights into a life-or-death situation as combat, it makes me so pissed. I would not want somebody (man or woman) who can’t perform to be next to me in combat; their right to be there, at that point, would mean absolutely nothing to me. And the whole part about lowering standards, when has that ever helped the advancement of anything, and my nation’s military is one entity that I would not want to stop advancing.

With all that said, “combat” these days isn’t the same combat as 90 years ago, in the trenches. Most missions don’t require you to run up on your enemy and possibly fight hand-to-hand, which is a result of out advancing military (smart bombs, longer reaching missiles, umanned aircraft and robots). However, that doesn’t mean standards are any less important, and every “person” should be required to pass the same high standards.

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:50:17 +0000

I believe women should not be apart of combat, but should be allowed to be in combat support MOS’s. I am a former Marine Grunt and I hightly doubt that women can do what we grunts can do. I weighed 108 pounds entering the Marine Corps and hiked 20 miles with a pack on my back that weighed 80 pounds. I would love to see a woman try that and not break while doing it. I did two tours in Iraq and the gear alone weighed 70 pounds patrolling in 130 degrees of heat all the while fighting. If a woman can do all that, which there maybe VERY FEW if not NONE, then by all means. It’s not just the trainning that they have to pass. Trainning can only go so far and is very different from real-life situations. I know first hand. Gender does play a very large role in combat. I’m not trying to be sexist, women should be kept in combat support jobs. If they want to be in combat then they should choose jobs that directly support the infantry, i.e. motor transport, Radio Operator, or maybe even artillary. I know for a fact that women cannot be a Basic Infantrymen, Machine gunner, Sniper, Recon, or Mortarmen. Each MOS carries a great deal of weight and takes a lot of discipline. I want to see a woman be in the field for three weeks with no shower, and carry all the weight and still be combat effective. Face it women in general cannot do that.

By: Kramer

Kramer — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:14 +0000

I believe women should be allowed to fight in direct combat and special forces, as long as they pass all the same physical tests as the men, without lowering the standards. i am currently writing a paper on this, and i found the same results as earlier mentioned “75% of 41 women were able to do everything that a man cold do.” i also think if women were allowed that it would save many young men who don’t want to be drafted into the war. sure there is possibility of women getting raped if they are captured and become POWs but there is the same possibility in the streets of New York or Boston. and anyone who talks about that unit cohesion bulls*** is dumb. i have read that mixed units are very cohesive and are some of the most productive units out there. If women were properly trained the have great potential, and if they can meet or beat the standards and are clearly better than the men going for the same spot then they should be accepted. Don’t just say oh well she is not a man so she cant do well in the infantry, or whatever the case may be. the military should realize that and take the people who are best for the job no matter what gender they are.

By: idk who i am!

idk who i am! — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:47:21 +0000

im a gurl and i was thinking about goin in hthe army wen i get old enough and i think that women shouild be able to go into combat if they wont to. i no theres that risk of getting shot and killed but that could happen if your over there anyway. i mean you have a risk of getting shot as the boys in combat! so i dnt see why they wouldnt let us be in combat. oh and dnt women also have to do the some combat training as the boys have to do??? ok buh bye!! :))

By: Brittney

Brittney — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:57:15 +0000

Nick and blah : That’s a horrible thing to say, I think. And I’m sure most women would agree with me. We do belong in the Army, and women don’t spend their lives in the kitchen. Even if you’re exaggerating, I hate being referred to as like that. We’re not maids and I don’t think it’s fair. Life ain’t fair, whatever! Women SHOULD be allowed in the army and women ARE allowed in the army, so deal with it. Everyone is equal, men should have no greater power over women. I can beat alott of boys at my school (that are older than me)in arm wrestling, weight lifting, baseball(softball)and probably run faster than many. Girls should not be underestimated, we have power too. So shut up.
Thankss.

By: Brittney

Brittney — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:52:27 +0000

This is not fair at all. I am a girl and I’ve dreamed of being in Combat after BCT, but women are not allowed! I think if women want to take the risk, they can. I would be one of those women getting out there. I think they should try it (again) .