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ORIGINAL: Greta75
Talking about this, I soooooo badly wanna see Ronda Roussey versus Mayweather! I know Ronda got beat up recently, but I'd love to see a girl beat that Mayweather idiot up in a fair inside ring match ha!

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ORIGINAL: littleclip

the military is begining to recruit women for all combat roles. the plans are under review, there could be women serving in the former all male marine and navy infantry.
how do you see this good bad undecided

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The most noticeable feature of the SPS is the new Ballistic Combat Shirt, or BCS, which has been updated with soft armor on the neck, shoulders, high chest and high back to protect against 9mm rounds and shrapnel. The lower part of the shirt is still a breathable, fire-resistant material.

It also features the Integrated Head Protection System, which gives the soldier the ability to attach extra armor to the top of the helmet to provide additional protection against snipers shooting down on soldiers riding in an open turret, as well as the armored facemask to protect against gunfire and shrapnel.

The SPS is also part of the Army’s effort to lighten the soldiers load, Williamson said.
“The goal for the entire system is 10 to 15 percent less weight than the soldier carries today,” he said.

Marine Brig. Gen. Joe Shrader, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command told lawmakers that the Marine Corps often works with the Army on individual protection equipment programs, such as the new “Enhanced Combat Helmet that we have developed with the Army and now are final stages if fielding the first 77,000 of those.”

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ORIGINAL: Aylee

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ORIGINAL: littleclip

the military is begining to recruit women for all combat roles. the plans are under review, there could be women serving in the former all male marine and navy infantry.
how do you see this good bad undecided

I think that it is a bad thing. Segregated combat units, done properly, would be better.

Integrated combat forces are less effective and have more injuries. Overall this leads to more deaths.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2394531-marine-corps-force-integration-plan-summary.html

1. Females suffer upwards of 25% greater incidence of debilitating joint, bone and tendon damage over and above what is common for males in even easy level infantry training. Source, our service academies.

The training does not rise to the level of physical demand required for actual infantry training. And infantry training does not rise to the actual level of demand required in many war scenarios.

It is known full well, and tested to the nth, that as the pysicality demands increase, the debilitating injury rate also increases steadily for females far above and beyond that suffered by males.

2. Mixing genders in close confines does, in fact, negatively impact both discipline and cohesiveness.
Source, mixed gender crewed ships. And, on ships, it can be set up so that females and males have completely separate housing and facilities. This can not be done in the field except at large unit HQs.

3. Female biology does not allow the necessary long term physical endurance necessary for infantry in a field of battle. This has long been known. The female body suffers much more destructive problems when exposed to the physical demands common to infantry on campaign than does the typical male body.

For me, the purpose of maintaining armed forces is to fight and win wars. I don't care about "opportunities" for women. And I do believe that an armed force that tells its troops "We're willing to kill some of you to uphold the important principle of "opportunity" for those who can't perform will provide neither opportunity nor performance.

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I know of one incident in San Diego where a female f14 pilot who couldn't develop the skills to do carrier landings but was allowed to become a carrier pilot anyway and it cost her her life.


Perhaps you could tell us just who this was?

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I know of one incident in San Diego where a female f14 pilot who couldn't develop the skills to do carrier landings but was allowed to become a carrier pilot anyway and it cost her her life.


Perhaps you could tell us just who this was?