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The answer on women in combat: Lews_TherinThelamon Send a noteboard - 21/09/2011 10:07:04 PM
It works. And it's a very good thing to have in countries like Afghanistan, where the male soldiers aren't allowed to interact with the women. The Swedish Armed Forces are screaming for women who can fill more combat-y positions. But the pay is even worse than the army's reputation for treating women, so few take the bite.
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USMC first to fight random thoughts - 21/09/2011 03:36:17 PM 1167 Views
Good for them. Dannymac - 21/09/2011 03:41:43 PM 910 Views
That is the optimal word for it. Jessie - 23/09/2011 01:14:18 AM 861 Views
In my imagination it went down something like this: Lews_TherinThelamon - 21/09/2011 04:22:08 PM 699 Views
Something went wrong here... Lews_TherinThelamon - 21/09/2011 04:23:04 PM 648 Views
There could be some truth to that random thoughts - 21/09/2011 04:34:36 PM 738 Views
They need military chaplains, right? *NM* Dannymac - 21/09/2011 04:36:06 PM 286 Views
not in the marines random thoughts - 21/09/2011 04:45:48 PM 655 Views
I had a friend who was a Navy chaplain attached to the Marine Corps. Dannymac - 21/09/2011 07:23:10 PM 746 Views
also random thoughts - 21/09/2011 04:51:15 PM 645 Views
I thought nothing could make the Swedish "dress blues" look worse than it already does. Lews_TherinThelamon - 21/09/2011 04:40:08 PM 631 Views
That actually sounds about right. Joel - 21/09/2011 08:17:02 PM 707 Views
Very interesting, but encouraging. Joel - 21/09/2011 08:28:38 PM 763 Views
The answer on women in combat: Lews_TherinThelamon - 21/09/2011 10:07:04 PM 821 Views
I still worry about how the men will react. Joel - 22/09/2011 02:33:15 AM 830 Views
Well, you can worry about what might happen. Lews_TherinThelamon - 22/09/2011 09:17:02 AM 635 Views
and how much actual combat have these units seen? random thoughts - 22/09/2011 02:40:50 PM 746 Views
Sweden has not been involved in many hot conflicts during those years, no Lews_TherinThelamon - 22/09/2011 05:04:26 PM 745 Views
The real test will be when a country with a non-discriminatory military fights a major war. Joel - 22/09/2011 04:00:12 PM 889 Views
The other branches could benefit in a lot of ways by trying to emulate the Marines random thoughts - 22/09/2011 03:25:16 PM 762 Views
Probably. Joel - 22/09/2011 04:33:49 PM 696 Views
The Lynndie England case makes my point random thoughts - 22/09/2011 06:16:32 PM 724 Views
The Lynndie England case is debatable. Joel - 22/09/2011 07:28:53 PM 855 Views
sorry not interested in arguing rhetoric *NM* random thoughts - 22/09/2011 09:01:04 PM 260 Views
The US Army Field Manual is policy, not rhetoric. Joel - 22/09/2011 09:44:58 PM 667 Views
no Joel the rheotoric is all you random thoughts - 22/09/2011 10:45:29 PM 614 Views
Quoting someone is not rhetoric; I am honestly flabbergasted that we are still debating that fact. Joel - 22/09/2011 11:12:29 PM 813 Views
I thought there was a reason I loved The USMC. *NM* StarrBecca - 21/09/2011 08:39:50 PM 292 Views
Good story. TaskmasterJack - 21/09/2011 10:01:33 PM 672 Views
This kind of reminds me of Full Metal Jacket... Legolas - 21/09/2011 10:49:57 PM 686 Views
Re: This kind of reminds me of Full Metal Jacket... TaskmasterJack - 21/09/2011 11:14:38 PM 729 Views
"I bet you could suck a golfball through a garden hose" was NOT a compliment? Joel - 22/09/2011 11:25:43 PM 775 Views
The only really great thing about that movies is he sounded so much like a drill instructor random thoughts - 22/09/2011 03:01:13 PM 770 Views
I doubt the sort of person who is interested in the Marines will particularly care about being PC *NM* Ghavrel - 22/09/2011 10:34:11 PM 282 Views
no but they care a lot about having PC forced on the them which happens all the time random thoughts - 22/09/2011 10:41:13 PM 640 Views
That's because he was a USMC drill instructor. Retired. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 23/09/2011 10:06:17 PM 266 Views
but oddly even though he calls himslef the Gunny random thoughts - 24/09/2011 07:58:08 AM 585 Views
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