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Originally Posted by natehale1971
I was able to write the basic fluff, but i wasn't able to come up with how it would best be described.
everyone on this forum is welcomed to join and help with all the stuff for the game. especially those who want to play in the campaign i'm putting together.
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Nate,
Women in the military is obviously an emotionally-charged subject, there are plenty of anecdotes of abuse of the system by women. If I had to guess, I would say that any replacements at that part of the war would be welcome. There will be some problems, although if the program was a success then it should be portrayed as such.
The EFCP (Evaluation of Female Combat Personnel) Program:
The Evaluation of Female Combat Personnel Program was the pet project of SEN Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and a coalition of Congresswomen in the House of Representatives that would allow for women to be allowed in the combat arms of the Armed Forces that lasted from 2001-2004. While there were some cases of problems with the Program, it for the most part showed that women could operate in combat positions.
The legislation that was passed that allowed women in combat positions also opened the Draft to women, the debate on this was heated and fell along party lines. But in the end, the entire legislation package was passed with the slogan "Equal Rights, Equal Risks" that was used by both supporters and detractors.
Despite allowing women in combat roles, there were several career fields (such as Infantry) that were not opened to women until the height of the Twilight War forced a change with the growing need for manpower.
The program was judged an overall success due to the accessibility of a large number of educated and highly-motivated recruits. The introduction of women into combat units in the middle phases of the Twilight War did not greatly affect overall unit cohesion because attrition had made almost any replacements welcome, with the source being judged as unimportant in most circumstances. (Certainly, the EFCP proved far less problematical than the "Moral Waiver" program, which saw the almost wholesale recruitment of former convicted felons, a wide segment of the prison population and suspected urban gang members into military service.)
Tony