I can only begin to imagine what it would be like to be a woman in the military. I was in infantry and it was just not an environment women would do well in. We spent our free time sharpening our knives, at the shooting range, and reading magazines about firearms. I've never met a woman who enjoys doing these things AND be good at hand to hand combat.
I'm not saying I'm against it, it's just not an area where women have much interest.
The problem we have these days is that there is no real battlefront: The women in motor transport suddenly find themselves in the middle of combat.
I believe the USMC just announced that women will be serving in combat in 2014. On one hand I feel this is good - let's call it "cautious optimism" - but on the other hand I feel women are stupid to even think of potentially subjecting themselves to the horrors of combat.
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Originally Posted by Ferus
The army will always consist of mostly dumb uneducated civilians, who's best chance in life was risking taking a bullet in a politicians fight over oil or other naturel resources.
You will not find smart and well-balanced people in the army, so why do people expect them to behave as such? They are Cannon fodder/usefull idiots
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You couldn't be any more wrong.
The vast majority of the people who go into the military do so for adventures, opportunities, and education. Most do not go in because of a sense of pride or desire to serve their nation. Most kids who go in are the kind that didn't want to go to college, and didn't want a traditional 9-5 job. That's not to say that anyone in the military is "stupid" or dumb; It's a job with lots of on the job training.
You can either pay to go school for a trade, or you can get paid to go to school, get three years of the on the job training, and potentially travel around the world.