Survey Results: Survey of Burn Pit Readers Regarding Gender Exclusion Policies in the Combat Arms.

Is there any way to break out the results by some of the demographic criteria. I think it's interesting to note the VAST majority of respondents (over 87%) served prior to the current era. Often the face of the military changes over time, and I would hazard a guess that the picture of what operations look like now may vary from what they looked like in their era of service over a decade ago.

Not that it changes the validity of response, but I'd be interested to see what the breakdown is by some of those demographics.

Read the book "Co-Ed Combat: The New Evidence that Women Shouldn't Fight the Nation"s Wars", " by Kingsley Browne (Sentinel Press, published by Penguin Group). It's very hard to argue with and discusses the issue point by point. It convinced me women shouldn't even be in combat.

I'm a Viet Nam Era Vet RM3 USN I do not, for the most part, think women belong in active combat arenas. Nor do I believe women should be serving aboard all naval vessels. There is much we can do "behind the front lines". Co-ed military life is not in the best interest of anyone concerned.

While I have no doubt that some women are quite capable of combat, I think the mental strain of their losses or capture, particularly among the men within the same company, platoon or other organization, would be an unmeasurable mental strain that would result in later mistakes. Since we no longer seem to have to declare war, placing our folks among the scourge of the world at will, we can no longer count on professionalism, nobility and honor, among those we fight. While many can find justification to argue, this is truly no place for our females.

I agree with Kathleen, I am Vietnam Navy vet. Putting women on ships was a bad idea!

Base on my experiences through combat training in the early eighties, it should be based on that woman's reason for and goals for being in the military. There are women who are distractions and uses their feminine wiles to get men to do for and protect them. Women like me who wanted to be a soldier, who trained like a soldier and acted like a soldier were considered to be dykes, bitches and intimidating to men. Men have problems seeing women as being strong and capable just like they are. They like us weak, feminine and fragile, waiting to be rescued. Once women get over that waiting to be rescued by "Our prince in shining armor" and fear of be seen as too strong by men and once men get over their need to be our hero and be judgemental about strong women as being lesbian and bitches, women in combat might work.

I am a Viatnam vet,it would be a bad idea to have females doing the fighting.We need them to work in the hospitals.

In my own point of view, combat arm units are designed for men and women should not take any part of it. They can be assigned as Medics or in JAG. secrets of a millionaire mind

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