Christian Lowe has an article over at Military.com that is completely overblown and I know he knows it. I cringed when I saw the headline and then when I read the article, I knew exactly what it was.
IT'S THE ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS VERSION OF FEMALE ENGAGEMENT TEAMS. A concept that the Marine Corps has been using for many, many months now. Here's the kicker but read the whole thing.
So far, nearly 30 of the female CST Soldiers are deployed to the war zone, working in villages and towns that the commandos have cleared.I don't want them fighting their way to a target....Sacolick was playing it straight but Lowe took it over the top with his title..."Female Special Operators Now in Combat"....Lowe is better than this.
"They're supposed to be used on secure target areas," Sacolick said. "I don't want them fighting their way to a target."
Just the facts bro, just the facts.
what do you think about women in combat units?
ReplyDeleteif you can find a woman that can hump a 75 pound pack for 14 miles, fast rope out a helo in full gear, etc etc etc...
ReplyDeletethen go for it.
if you have to water down the standards to get them in then fuck it.
but if u can find a woman that can do standard USMC infantry shit then you're not looking at a woman
Delta, I'm told, did have women in the intell unit at one point. Not as actually shooters but able to go undercover and do recon of targets. It was figured that sending in a man and woman would cause less notice then two men. It wasn't suppose to be a combat operation but they could hold their own if it came down to it.
ReplyDeleteThe Brits did the same thing in Northern Ireland with 14 Intelligence Company.
yeah i get ya, and i've heard the same stories but from my understanding of what Delta and the Brits were doing was in the context of the 70's and 80's when airliners were getting hijacked and stuff like that.
ReplyDeletelike you said...much different from actual combat.