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Women as Army Rangers and Navy Seals by 2016

Started by jimmy olsen, June 18, 2013, 01:28:27 AM

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jimmy olsen

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Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Razgovory

I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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11B4V

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Eddie Teach

I was going to make a joke about how now Siege could get in, but there's actually plenty of women who can run miles faster than 10 minutes.
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HVC

As long as they don't make "fire fighter style exemptions" (carrying less weight and such) and they meeting the requirements I see no problems.
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Neil

Quote from: HVC on June 18, 2013, 06:58:48 AM
As long as they don't make "fire fighter style exemptions" (carrying less weight and such) and they meeting the requirements I see no problems.
Of course they will.  But what difference does it make?
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derspiess

Terrible idea but you might as well do it at this point.  Combat effectiveness and national security take a back seat to things like people's self-esteem.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Brazen

The Aussies know how to handle sexism in the armed forces:
http://www.upworthy.com/boom-watch-an-angry-army-general-deliver-a-scathing-dressing-down-to-sexist-soldiers?c=ufb1

A selection of countries that do have women in their special forces:

South Korea's 707th Special Mission Battalion has a small number of female Special Forces operatives who are used in counter-terror operations. Always a pioneer of women in the military, Israel has opened the majority of combat positions to women, including Special Forces, since the late 1990s.

In 2011, Australia's defence minister announced that the last 7% of positions that had been closed to women, including Special Forces, would be opened up to them. In Denmark, all posts are already open to women, but physical requirements have so far prevented them from joining the country's Special Operations Forces.

Women have an essential role in the Afghan Army's Special Forces, conducting searches of households where women are put at ease by being questioned by other Afghan women.

11B4V

"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

The Minsky Moment

Quote from: derspiess on June 18, 2013, 07:58:02 AM
Combat effectiveness and national security take a back seat to things like people's self-esteem.

So true but eventually the hysterical homophobes will fade away and we won't have to lose valuable gay servicemen.

Oh wait, were you talking about something else?
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derspiess

"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Neil

Quote from: derspiess on June 18, 2013, 07:58:02 AM
Terrible idea but you might as well do it at this point.  Combat effectiveness and national security take a back seat to things like people's self-esteem.
In this modern world, what does combat effectiveness matter?  Just avoid combat.  And national security?  How does having women fighting affect national security one iota?
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Neil

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on June 18, 2013, 09:51:50 AM
So true but eventually the hysterical homophobes will fade away and we won't have to lose valuable gay servicemen.
Are gays especially valuable to you?
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Admiral Yi

Quote from: Brazen on June 18, 2013, 08:10:17 AM
A selection of countries that do have women in their special forces:

South Korea's 707th Special Mission Battalion has a small number of female Special Forces operatives who are used in counter-terror operations. Always a pioneer of women in the military, Israel has opened the majority of combat positions to women, including Special Forces, since the late 1990s.

In 2011, Australia's defence minister announced that the last 7% of positions that had been closed to women, including Special Forces, would be opened up to them. In Denmark, all posts are already open to women, but physical requirements have so far prevented them from joining the country's Special Operations Forces.

Women have an essential role in the Afghan Army's Special Forces, conducting searches of households where women are put at ease by being questioned by other Afghan women.

This doesn't seem to be a list of countries that have women in their special forces, except for the Afghan Sewing Circle Assault Guards.

crazy canuck

Quote from: derspiess on June 18, 2013, 07:58:02 AM
Combat effectiveness and national security take a back seat to things like people's self-esteem.

Not sure why combat effectiveness would suffer if minimum standards are created to maintain such effectiveness.  Not sure what national security has to do with the issue.  Cant think of the last last female that pulled a Snowden.