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Originally Posted by Matt Wiser
There was a book a while back called Imperial Grunts (I think that was the title) where the author looked at the Army's experience in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He visited the 5th SFG's HQ, and found out that the SF liked having women be "attached" to their units for searching local women, talking to them (they got quite a bit of intel that way), and so on, and that the then-CO of 5th Group was already reccommending that SF find a way to get its own females, as units that had women "borrowed" for the SF complained about the poaching, and that the women were needed in their regular jobs! The females who had been borrowed, to the last woman, enjoyed their time with SF, and most wanted to join full-time, despite the prohibition. Even the current Army Chief of Staff has called for a review of the ban on women in combat units, and probably before the current president's first term is over, it will probably be gone.
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I understand that women could be very useful at times, but I don't think them just hanging out with a Special Forces unit and doing what they do is the same thing. They would make great cops and interrogators when it comes to dealing with other females, but I can't see them carrying 150 pounds rucks. Maybe they could be used in the bravo teams, but I can't see them running around on the ground with a Special Forces A-team. As for them liking to hang out with Special Forces, well everyone does. They are not as anal and your not going to do what they do.