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**asharbiq** · 12-08-2011, 06:21 PM

I wonder if anybody here has actually served on the ground in a combat role. I'm not talking a mechanic who went outside the wire a few times. I'm talking someone who actually did the job for a regular MOS. How many of you have broke track on an M1 Abrams or slung rounds for a sustained period of time? How many of you have humped up a hill with 100 lbs on your back for days at a time? Running convoys out of a FOB is easy. Serving in actual Combat Arms MOS is not.

Just ranting or was there an argument against something specific? What you're stating here is exactly what has been referred to ad nauseum when stating the government can discriminate if it can be determined without exception that females will be able to perform adequately in the roles being assigned. Since every service and even among services the physical demands of the MOS/rates are quite different I imagine mileage will vary. Me personally, I say open the doors, set standardized non-biased physical requirements and see who signs up and makes the cut. If that number just so happens to include zero females nobody could argue they weren't offered the opportunity.

12-08-2011, 06:21 PM	#32
asharbiq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 558 Senior Member	I wonder if anybody here has actually served on the ground in a combat role. I'm not talking a mechanic who went outside the wire a few times. I'm talking someone who actually did the job for a regular MOS. How many of you have broke track on an M1 Abrams or slung rounds for a sustained period of time? How many of you have humped up a hill with 100 lbs on your back for days at a time? Running convoys out of a FOB is easy. Serving in actual Combat Arms MOS is not. Just ranting or was there an argument against something specific? What you're stating here is exactly what has been referred to ad nauseum when stating the government can discriminate if it can be determined without exception that females will be able to perform adequately in the roles being assigned. Since every service and even among services the physical demands of the MOS/rates are quite different I imagine mileage will vary. Me personally, I say open the doors, set standardized non-biased physical requirements and see who signs up and makes the cut. If that number just so happens to include zero females nobody could argue they weren't offered the opportunity.
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