why can't married women with children join the military?
410559
If the spouse is also AD military, then no,  she cannot join AD, but she can go reserves.  \n\nIf there are excess dependants(more than a spouse and 2 kids) then the military may assume you cannot adequately provide for them on an enlisted salary and deny your enlistment.  You would have to prove that your husband's job is sufficient to provide for your family without depending entirely on your income as an E1.
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If your family is large( more than 2 kids, typically), then yes, you would have to prove that your spouses' income would prove to be sufficient to support your family.  E1s do NOT make very much money at all.  This isn't just for women looking to enlist, this is for anyone looking to enlist that already has a spouse and children.
327484
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!
843155
It would not surprise me.  I have heard Military officials say that they need more people.  \n\nI am not opposed to re-instating the draft, even in peace time.  We had young men who were a lot more mature when they were alot more prepared for life.\n\nEdit-\n\nI am for the draft being re-instated, but only for men.  If a women CHOOSES to enlist, let her, but lets please not force our women into the Military.   Can we not respect  women like society used to.  You know in the day when a Man would stand up for a woman?  remember those days?  I have no problem with letting the men go out and shoot the guns and protect me.  That is how it should be, that is how God intended it.
7541
Probably the same as any military wife.  Military wives are seen to be lazy, child producing, and unfaithful to their husbands during deployment.  It's unfortunate that acts of few effects the whole.
362944
If a woman marries a man in the military, she should expect that he might go away someday. If she can't handle that, she shouldn't marry him. There are added responsiblities with being a military wife. I am one myself. When he is at war he shouldn't have to worry about his wife cheating, he should be comforted by the fact that she is at home preparing for him to come back. He has enough to worry about. I think all the women who cheat on their husbands while they're at war dodging bullets, ied's, watching their friends and comrads die, and stepping over dead bodies on a daily basis, are sorry bitches. If they can't handle the lifestyle they sould get out and let him find someone who wants to be there for him.
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A woman can fire a gun or a rocket just as well as a guy.  Some studies show that a womans body can take the stress of high g force flying better then men.\n\nMy only issue is one of fairness.  If women are going to be part of the military the should also be in combat and have the exact same requirements as men.  No more gender-norming of physical requirements.  The current system alows a woman to be promoted without combat experience and I do not see how that helps the military.
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for starters, pipsy, i don't mean to single your answer out, but unless your going through marine boot camp, it's a joke.  being in the army right now, they are slacking now more than ever.  relaxing the regs on height and weight for startes.  make basic easier.  as far as women being in combat mos's, they can't. it's against the regs.  the closest they can come to being in a combat mos is being a medic and earning the combat medic badge.  however, the war in iraq is not a tradional war.  women are being faced with the chance of being in a firefight everytime they leave the wire in iraq.  anyone there faces the possiblity of killing or being killed.  should the draft ever come around, it is out sheer necessity to get boots on ground to fight the enemy head on.  meaning to be infantry.  personally, i don't my life to depend on how a female reacts to her period.  if she's cramping, she won't notice the sniper in the tree that kills 6 or 10 people.  i don't want my life to depend whether or not jessica lynch lays down her rifle sits down and cries because she got lost.  if the draft were to be flawless and put the men on the front lines to protect and fight, and put the women in combat support, then great make them register.  but just as soon as they do you'll have jackies registering as jacks and chrissies registering as chris and so on.  and no one would be the wiser til they got in country.  fix the system and then we'll talk, but until then no.
198455
My wife is deployed. It' a little different for a husband most of the support groups in my area say they are for wifes. It's lonely not to maention we have 2 small girls so It's also scary knowing that I am all they have for now. I just write or E-mail daily and count the weeks till Oct. when she gets home.
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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.
360403
Women in the military are often mothers, many of them are single mothers.  I don't think that women should be in combat or in a combat zone because if something happens, then their kid(s) will have to grow up w/o a mom.  That is worse than w/o a dad in most cases (not all).\nAlso, women are being raped over there.  The guys are over there for 6 months to 2 years--it's gonna happen.  \nAnd what are the affects to future children of women in child-bearing age from exposure to chemicals, etc?\nWould you want your mom, sister, daughter in the line of fire?
737282
Your right with this, they seem to be concubines to the troops, but so were the Wac's and the Waves of WWII. Most of the women don't seam to mind with their lack of intelligence though. John Kerry really nailed this topic didn't he?
494231
I heard once that the toughest job in the military is military spouse.  I agree.  They aren't on the payroll, but the military spouses go through a great deal while their loved ones are in combat.
626849
Yes, I think it is, and could possibly get you kicked out, but you need to talk to your commander  and find out what the rules are, before deciding to marry them.
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First, as was previously stated, it is voluntary. Being a Senator or Representative does not mean your children must serve in the military.\n\nSecond, you are wrong in your statement. Senator Tim Johnson (D-S.C.) had a son serve in Iraq in the US Army. The article is from 2003, so I don't know if he is still there or not.\n\nThere are also Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.), Rep. Ed Schrock (R-Va.), Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), and Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.). All these members of Congress has a son or daughter in the military. Some are active duty, some are reserves. And again, at the time the article was written, they have not been deployed, but some were expecting it.\n\nKind of interesting that out of all these members of Congress with children in the military, only one is a Democrat.
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Current UK Government policy is that women may not have roles that involve direct combat, they may join the regiments but only in a supporting role.\n\nThe guard at the palace is not just ceremonial, the weapons and ammunition are real and the soldiers are issued rules of engagement about when they can open fire.\n\nSo, the answer is no, they can't join the guard.\n\nPersonally, I'm not in favour of women fighting in the armed forces.  However, if they can do the training and be as effective as the men, then I can see no legitimate reason to stand in their way.
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why aren't the priests allow to marry?