Women With Children Joining The Military?
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Single parents of either gender may not enlist in the Active Military.  The Air Force Reserves will take you with a rock solid Family Care Plan.\n\nActive military:  you may NOT give up custody for the sole purpose of enlisting.  If you do give up custody(note that this is NOT temporary guardianship) you may NOT regain custody for the term of your entire first enlistment..anywhere from two to six years.
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Ok... realistically. Not driving a vehicle: people we are talking all out combat. No women cannot hang, and even if they could they cause to much of a distraction, Atleast in our army. The united states has a strong value of women and kids, it's how the majority of us have been raised. To have women in danger fighting beside you would feel the need to protect her over any of your battle buddies. I know I've been involved in a few good complex attacks in Iraq. Infact I'm still serving in Iraq now, I have seen more females freeze up under the detonation of ieds, an get scared in the midst of gunfire. I'm not saying that men don't but I have never witnessed a female take charge, when engaging the enemy. I'm sorry I'f you feel differently but it's the cold hard truth. Another thing that irritates me about serving along side women, is that we have and every day job to do. Their is a female sergeant in my unit, and every day she ask's a male to pull the king pin' (which releases the trailer from the truck). I mean she can't even pully back 40 lbs of pressure, and it is constantly like this day to day with other females soldiers. I am tired of pulling their dead weight. If you are a GI Jane, Please enlist in the service, proove to us men their are women out there that can do the basic fundamentals to their job
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There might be some women's only military high schools, but there are no women's only military colleges.\n\nFor several years, the Virginia Military Institute had a Women's Leadership program with a cooperating female-only civilian college, but when VMI went co-ed the program was allowed to lapse for lack of interest.
280833
Of course the selective service should be for both men and women. Women preach about wanting equallity and this goes along with it. You don't get to pick and choose what you want and don't want. There are numerous jobs in the military that women can serve in. Before the draft was mainly to increase infantry capabilities, and women by law are not allowed in combat arms. But now with all the logistics that we need, they can serve and serve just as well as men in that field. \n\nNow I'm not saying that we should institute a draft right now, I believe it should only be used in the most dire of circumstances. And to whoever said who would take care of the kids. Men can do just as good of a job. There are many women deployed to Iraq, that have husbands taking care of chilidren. Also the military has a clause that usually will not allow both parents to go to combat at the same time. Its the same with numerous syblings in the family.
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I grew up an Air Force "brat" and am now an Air Force wife, so I guess I'd be considered biased, but I see NO reason why the military should be kept out.\n\nOur Armed Forces are entirely volunteer. When a recruiter goes to a school, he is not forcing kids into signing up. In fact, to sign up on delayed enlistment while under the age of 18 you have to have a parent permission, so it's not like anyone is being duped.\n\nMilitary service provides great opportunities and is also necessary for our country's survival. I don't believe the argument that only the poor and uneducated get railroaded into service. My husband and his brother grew up in a middle class home and are both college educated and are enlisted.\n\nTo keep the military out of schools is to do our students a great disservice. Let them make up their own minds as to whether or not the program is right for them. To do otherwise is to assume they cannot think for themselves.
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Yes women do fight in the war\n\ncheck out this article for some stuff to put in your paper:\nhttp://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21557/
694734
If it came down to it and we were in a full out war to save our nation then Yes I'd serve.  I come from a military family and would be very proud!  Women should serve but not be in the front lines...personal opinion.  I think women are capable but shouldn't be on the front lines and I have many reasons.
295631
yes, there are family support groups through her unit. the family support leader is usually the commanders wife.
848181
I dont mean to seem like a sexist as*hole, but ive heard women cant be deployed on the front lines, so that might soften up the fighting that you have to do if it is true. BUT my uncle had the same problem, hes in the army reserve, i dont know the exact details (ie platoon and what not) but he told his company commander and they just put him in a special course to be a cook. and he went to Iraq and stayed on base as a cook. I dont know if that helps but its worth passing on.
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there are groups on msn,, my wife is in a lot of them,, not sure of the exact names , but something like military wives and girlfriends stuff like that,, it located in the groups section,, I'm sure yahoo might have something like that to.\n\nand as far as everyone saying FRG, i would stay away from them,, they don't help, and it's nothing but a gossip are for the officers wives and staff NCO wives from what I've seen,, i won't let my wife get pulled in to the one for my unit.
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To join the military is a big adjustment period.  Let alone with a child already.  First you have to realize that there isn't one job in the Army where you can say 100% that you will not deploy.  Now deploying means anywhere from Kosovo to Iraq.  I have two children of my own.  I didn't have any when I joined.  Due to training, Temporary Duty in places where I'm not stationed, and Deployments I have missed both child births, both first steps, and both first words.  Is it hard?  Of course.  Is it worth it?  I believe it is.  Now also realize I'm an Active Duty soldier.  When I deploy it involves a lot of training before hand which means weeks away from home and long hours before I'm gone for a year.  For NG and Reservists deploying means "mobing" at an Army base for up to 6 months followed by a year long deployment.  As far as the push ups and the climbing goes. Ask your boyfriends father to teach you the correct push up form and start working on it before hand.  The minimum you have to reach by the end of training is 40 pushups, I believe, for the age group you're in.  Basic Training is hard but not impossible.  When things get hard just remember that you aren't the first female to go through it and you won't be the last.  I'm also an Army Brat.  My dad served two tours in Vietnam as well as Panama, Somalia, Bosnia, and the first gulf war.  I'm extremely proud of him and he helps me in my current carrier when I have leadership challenges.  Your boyfriends dad may or may not tell you what you want to hear.  He has a tough job though and I couldn't really blame him.  However my recruiter worked for my dad at one point so I got straight answers.  Ask him and when he tells you see how it makes you feel.  This is a decision you have to make for yourself.  You are responsible for raising your child and if this is the best way you can then go for it.  Is it better for a child to have a homeless family who's there all the time or a taken care of home who's parents are gone for periods at a time?  Granted that there are in betweens but I hope this kinda puts things in perspective.
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So now we Americans who are in favor of the war, don't have children? Is that what you are saying?\n\nI resent that. I have 5 children 4 girls and a boy. My son served 6 \nyears in the Army. I have a son-in-law who served in the Air Force,\nand two sons-in-law currently serving in the Army. To say nothing \nof the 3 nephews also currently serving, 1 in the Marine Corps.\n1 air  Force. and 1 in the Army. \n\nI have also put in my time in the Army. As a matter of fact, when I\nwas discharged, I took a long hard look at the political views then\npresent and became a conservative. Prior to that I had been\na liberal.\n\nSo don't try to hand me any of your liberal bull crap.
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I am a proud American and would love to join the militraty and be able to fight for my country. The reason I haven't is:\n\n\n1. I have 2 small children and no one to take care of them if I went into the service because my husband works, my parents live too far away from us plus my mom is very sick, and my husbands mom is also very sick. \n\n2. I live in a different country.\n\n3. My husband is militraty for his country and because of confidentiality rules, it excludes me from being able to join. FYI, we got married when I was still a teenager.\n\nI have other reasons, but they are a little bit private to be mentioning in a public forum. I gave you 3 valid reasons why I haven't joined the military. What are your reasons for not joining when you had the chance? Don't judge others on something that you haven't even done yourself.
375703
Military service is required of everyone but certain party members in North Korea.  It is in this way the indoctrinate the people to their oppressive system.  Many women will stay for the reason many men do; life in the military is so much better than as a civilian.
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Twins are not allowed in the military.  True fact.  Check out web site and search "No Twin Policy.
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Your lifelong dream doesn't include your husband and baby? Sorry, but you now have to put your little dreams second to raising your child for the next 18 years. If a military career was so important, you wouldn't have diverted off your path to get married, get pregnant and have a baby. It's not about what's "best" it's about what's RIGHT.
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FRG meetings and participation are totally voluntary.  I personally reccomend getting involved with yours....but if you have had a lot of issues with the unit I can't blame you for not wanting to be a member.  My husband and I just got up to Alaska, and I joined the FRG just so that I had other women to be around, at least once a month! LOL(My husband left for Iraq only a month after arriving here)  You wil be amazed...you can meet some really great people; of course, there will be the b*tches too....we have one member who informed us at the last meeting that we needed to start finding childcare for meetings, she obviously has NO children!