I went to a recruiter at my highschool and was wondering about occupations in the military, but he said that there were many jobs to choose from but their were twelve jobs that women could not enlist to. He was an army recruiter if that helps.
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In the Army women cannot serve in the following: infantry, armor, cannon field artillery and short range air defense artillery.\n\nIn the Navy women are excluded from Submarine Warfare, Special Warfare (SEAL) and ratings particular to submarine service such as fire control technician, missile technician, and one aspect of sonar technician. Women can be sonar technicians...they just cannot serve in the submarine component of the rating. \n\nThe Marine Corps assignments closed to women are infantry, armor, field artillery, security force guard protecting nuclear material, and several positions related to armored, amphibious, assault units and fleet antiterrorism security teams.\n\nAir Force positions closed or restricted are Combat Control, Special Operations Forces, Rotary Aircraft, TAC Pararescue, and Weather assignments with infantry or Special Forces.\n\nAll Coast Guard occupations and assignments are open to women.
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Absolutely.  Except, and here's the kicker....women are NOT held up to same standards as men.  Women scream equality and then refuse to play by the rules.  All Americans should be REQUIRED to serve in military OR do an equal amount of community service as a part of their citizenship.  As far as women in the military...what a joke.  Most (I SAY MOST>>>NOT ALL) do not meet the same standards as men.  They are not required to run as fast or with the same amount of weight in their rucks, they get special exceptions for being pregnant.  When my hubby was in army, all the girls did was have babies..they hardly ever worked and then got out as if they had fulfilled their contracts.  If a women had to cover a man in the field, could she run as fast, shoot as well and carry as much?  How many women in military today could pull a 200 lb. man up off the ground and carry him like most men could do to their female counterparts? Woman need to sign up and play by the rules as they are written. Oh, yeah, and I think women who are in military should have to sign a contract thatthey will not get pregnant while enlisted or risk losing their enlistment.  Career militray women should have to take a sabatical to get pregnant, like the rest of us do.  You can't defend a country and rely on a certain number of personnel when some of them get preggy just to avoid deployment!!! Oh, and by the way..I AM A FEMINIST!
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Before she makes any decision, encourage her to check out all of the services.    Each has a different set of offers, deals, durations and so on, that can really make a difference.  Play them off against each other.  It's eye-opening what they can pull out of their recruiter bag, particularly around the end of the month when their numbers are due!\n\nMake sure that she includes the Coast Guard as well!  Not nearly so large as some of the other forces, there are unique programs and training as well as access to college, unlimited medical care, and so on.  \n\nOn the downside, it is regimented, rigorous, and, if you get a promotion, you will have earned it.  Period.\n\nOn the up-side, any specialty she chooses (I was a hospital corpsman and worked as a practical nurse after I got out and was going through college), is first-class and a guaranteed money-maker in civilian life.\n\nKeep your eyes open.  Do your research.  Make your best deal.
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First off you have to have some idea to what you would like to do as a job or profession. You can check out websites to find job descriptions and see what you like or dislike about them. Just remember military is more OJT and you have the skill when and if you leave to move on in the civilian world. I served in Army for 20 years as a Military Police Investigator and as a Battalion Supply Sergeant.
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Negative. Although the different branches of the US military all serve the same ultimate cause, to protect the nation, they all serve that cause in different ways. \n\nEach brance has its own unique specialities and strengths and that is important. One of the great benefits of having different branches is that people can enlist into whatever branch suits their strangths better.\n\nWhat your question proposes is the possibility of the Army combines all of its career paths into one, therefore eliminating all specialties. If that were to happen, then there would be no soldiers who are elite at any one job. \n\nJust think, at your job, should they combine all departments and make everyones title equal? How efficient would that be?
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Most are recruited with a specific occupation assigned before basic, however they can go to basic and then be assigned to whatever they need after training. They all have quotas in each occupation type. The one he originally wanted(if he had one in mind) might be full or maybe he didn't select one. In which case they will assign one.
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yehhhh....yippiyyyyyyyyyyyyyy finaly, about time ppl started putting links up about women in the military. we play as much as an important role as male guys, we should be noticed more for our work for we do important jobs which are necessary, thanks dude, more of the same pls
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I'm in the Navy and I enjoy my job.  After 15 years I'm still here and haven't been harrassed nor raped.  I personally believe that you're more likely to be raped/harrassed outside the military than in it.  I enjoy my job, and my friends that are female corpsman also like thier work.  Within the military medical field there are many sub-specialties, like lab tech, pharmacy, enviromental, etc.  I would think your biggest concern right now would be the current war.\nI have traveled all over the world lived in countries that I've always wanted to explore.  Yes there are stresses but that is with any job.  \n\nGood luck
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Women being in the SEALs is too specific. You should write about whether women should be allowed into comabt roles. You have plenty of examples, the best being the Isreali use of women for combat and the US use of women in Combat support roles which more and more lead to an actual combat situation. In the past, women in combat support roles rarely ever crossed the line to combat, but it is happening very frequently now in Iraq and Afganistan. It is a timely and very interesting subject.
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I'm in the Army...have been for over 15 years now.  I love what I do and wish more young men and women would do the same (doesn't matter which branch!).\n\nThanks for supporting the troops.....there should be more people out there like you.  We don't hear that often enough.\n\nThank you.
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for once I'm in agreeance with you.  I'm unemployed and i served 12 years.  i must have put a 100 applications in.  i couldn't even get a job answering phone calls!!!  i guess i can try the local burger stand.  i even have a valid secret clearance, and can't get a job.  i guess my years of experience is no match for a college graduate.  oh, well!!  I'm still proud of most of my service.  i wasn't proud of Iraq though.
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I was accepted to every college I applied.  I had the financial means to go to college right out of high school, but I chose to enlist instead.  I met smarter people in the army than I did in college (after my enlistment).
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Scrappy has it pretty much right.  Ask a recruiter.  Be sure to ask your recruiter what his MOS is though, because my recruiter wasn't really in the infantry and didn't know much about it.  Luckily, another recruiter was and could answer all my questions.  Try to speak to someone in an S-2 office.
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Well, I am in the Navy, and I know that the navy will take you. But if you are not a citizen, then you will not qualify for all of the available jobs. I don't know about the Airforce, but I do know that they are more strict on enlistment. The way the Airforce seems to work is the jobs are more limited thatn the Navy. I am a AD2(AW) in the Navy (Jet Mechanic) and I tried to cross over into the Airforce. They told me I was overqualified to work on engines because they don't want enlisted knowing too much about their jobs. I have worked on F-18's, F-14's, P-3's, S-3's, EA6B's, and I am now going to work on Helecopters in August. In the Airforce you pick one and that's what you do for 20 years. The Navy seems to have a little more variety when it comes to your job. Well, I went on long enough. Not even what you were asking.
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This is my humble opinion, take it as you will\n\nAmerica overall is not ready to see women POW/MIAs, and they are especially not ready to hear about hundreds of them dying.  This said, there are many women who physically could do the fighting, but there are many women who could not.  The same goes with men, and the less strong men are used to drive vehicles or fly airplanes or do other non combat roles.  Women could do these roles.  Medical roles, cooking, flying and driving and doing whatever else non direct combat roles are available.\n\nI am not trying to be sexist, but the fact is, no one would want to see their daughters drafted and sent to war.  Some may society has yet to evolve, some may agree that it should never happen.  Either way, at this time and place, women should not take place in direct combat roles, nor be drafted in the conventional sense.\n\nIf the need is great enough, and Iraq will not creat that need, but hypothetically, a special draft could be used to get women into jobs that are needed for them to do.  But I repeat, they will not, nor should no, be sent into direct combat roles.\n\nYou know I'm not sexist, but thats my rambling for today\n\nEDIT - CandyCane is right, a man would probably be distracted in worrying about his fellow female soldier's safety
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I was Army for several years and enjoyed it...but my cousin was Navy and enjoyed it as well.  So, it is just a matter of personal choice.
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I think you are talking about Job Corps. Great program. It can be a great opportunity but be careful. It can be rough because some people that go there see it as a last resort for a career path and tend to bring their street mentality to the centers. It's a lot easier for females there 'cause of course, females just want to handle their business and get on with their lives where as some of the males think they're still on the block and act accordingly.