"Gender Equality"

Gotta love it when that pussy pass hits the expiration date.

 

Obviously, you never spent a day (as very few people have) in a Ranger Bn. The issue isn't about just ability - it's about unit cohesion and training. Again - until our culture actually allows women to be treated EXACTLY like men in every respect, it is counter-productive. And in such units, btw, men who can't perform aren't allowed in those jobs. Same thing goes for SF, SEALS , etc. Even in units like rifle battalions of the 82nd, 101st, etc. Force Recon in the marines.

Or a better way to put it - you can't ignore the sex ONLY FOR QUALIFICATION and not ignore it in training, privacy, living arrangements, etc. There is no privacy in an overwatch position. I'm reasonable confident that there are women who would be fine with that. I have way too much experience to believe that our citizens, our government or our military hierarchy would be. Just EXACTLY like how the 3 women who made it through Ranger School actually made it - which is completely different than how men had to do it.

 

Mongo, you and I more or less agree with this.

The one thing that I don't agree with is this. I have in fact completed this school, and served in some of these units. Spent a long time in the Army. Over history, one thing has not changed. That is, the basic makeup of small combat arms units across the world - not just in this country. The culture inside of those small units. There is also a very massive misconception of women not being around combat theaters in WWII or Korea. That just isn't true either. Women have always been around combat. What is different is about the role when they are there.

This is NOT in any way some sort of slight on women. I've known a lot of very tough women. It's about what makes a (very) small tactical unit work best. First of all, that requires training that is as close is possible to actual operational conditions. It's about deploying lethal weapons systems that are defined and engineered for maximum effectiveness - which often means size/weight compromises when compared to lethality, range, etc. We don't build combat fighter aircraft that a guy that is over 77 inches tall.

Anyway, it doesn't matter. The politicians and the liberal zealots are going to continue to push, under a terrible mistaken belief that the military is supposed to be a reflection of society. It is not. It is supposed to achieve maximum lethality at minimal cost while observing appropriate rules of war and host nation agreements.

 

So why can't there be all female units? Serious question.

I don't see an issue with women in combat as long as they can pass at the same standards...and we really haven't seen that at all.

As for the draft: as long as they have protections for not taking both parents from the kids, I am okay with that too.

It must piss off the transgender female crowd that they are still required to register for SSS, when transgender males are not.

++ that Dern and I are too old to register

 

All female units for what? Active combat? Is this a serious question before I give my answer?

 

How about an all-female NFL team? Does anybody really think they wouldn't get creamed?
And that's just a game.

 

I wrote that it was a serious question.


Because I get it. I seriously do. I love being a firefighter. I love the adrenaline dump, I love the smell after leaving a fire, I love serving my community, I love saving lives - but I completely understand the trepidation.

You should try to see the guys run fire drills and rescue scenarios with me in the mix. They are uncomfortable. If shit hit the fan and they had to grab me by the short and curlies to pitch me out a window, it would happen. But damn is it hard for them to stop seeing me as a pending sexual assault case. It's awkward in some cases and works better if I just watch in others. But fuck if I can't get myself in smaller places with the hose than some of those tubbies. Need someone to get through a 2x16 hole in the wall fully packed up? I am the one going in.

 

I think most agree with this as long as they can keep the SJW's from going in and fucking with said requirements in the name of fairness and diversity. There should be requirements in place and none of the peripheral bullshit should matter if the person meets said requirements.

 

I seem to remember reading an article about that. They put an all female unit against an all male OPFOR unit. IIRC things did not go well for the all female unit.

Here's an interesting article to start with though

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...all-male-combat-units-faster-than-mixed-units

Edit:

I don't think this was the article, but here was another MC study

https://qz.com/499618/the-us-marine...mixed-gender-ones-and-the-men-came-out-ahead/

 

What if you shaved, would it have to be bowling ball style?

 

Why would that not be a serious question?

 

That was so good I almost wet my pants.