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Originally Posted by waiting4something
I think it's great that they are able to do this. However, I think we are not yet ready for co-ed infantry. I always thought that serving with women would never be a big deal. Then I did a short term duty in the Marines with a combined joint task force that had some. This was reinforced again years later when did a few years in the Army National Guard. Guys are still guys and chicks are still chicks. Some of the females were cool and I respected fully. Others always got treated with kid gloves. Then you always got separate barracks so finding them at times was a bitch. Then all the PC Army crap these days makes you want to scream. I know I am going be the bad guy here.
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I am probably going to be right there with you. As long as they are going to have different standers based on gender I do not have any issue with keeping them out of some jobs. Can some women do the job, yes. Some probably better then most of the men that they would sever with, but others can not. Some of the jobs require a certain amount of upper body strength. For example when I was a Tanker you start as a loader. The loader was expected to load one round every five seconds (max time allowed) for at least twenty two rounds, with each round round weighing about 50lbs this could be tougher for some of the smaller stature women. So if she can not physically do that job, do you move her to the next position driver? What about the promotion that comes with being the driver? Also the driver has some heavy weights that they have to deal with as they are the main one in charge of maintenance of the tank, opening some of the armor panels can be heavy. So again if she can not physically do the job do we now move her to the next position gunner (normally a sergeant position)? Again what about the promotion that goes with the position? Now if they had a single standard that does not care what gender you are, you need to be able to do X to do this job.