LDS women in the Military?
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I am LDS (male, married with children) and have lived on Army, Navy and Airforce installations overseas for the last 10 years. If you have prayed about this and feel that it is right, then go for it. Much good can come from enlisting. However, I would strongly caution you to really find out God's will. Don't get me wrong. I think that the armed services are good and necessary. There are many financial and educational benefits to joining one of the branches of the service in addition to being able to serve your country, like the GI Bill, free housing, free health care, training, etc. \nI have seen however that these installations are often a place where drinking, partying, adultery, fornication, and general promiscuity run rampant. The deployments are long and often grueling. Soldiers frequently work on Sundays and are unable to attend meetings. Sprituality slowly erodes as you are constantly surrounded by foul language and behavior. There are also very few active LDS singles on many of these bases. \nIt is my opinion that the Air Force is the most family and LDS friendly of the branches of military. My personal recommendation from what I have seen, is that it is better to get one's college degree and then enter the service at a higher pay and rank rather than to enter as an enlisted soldier. I have only seen one active single female in my 10 years overseas.\n\nGood luck. Contact me at whapingmon@yahoo.com if you have additional questions.
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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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A lot!\nwww.lds.org\nwww.mormon.org
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During 8 years as an Officier I on 3 occasions dated enlisted servicewomen.  It is not easy.  First I would have to go to the Commanding Officer (in my case an Lt Col) and ask permission to ask the girl. Then I would of course have to ask the girl.  Then I would have to inform the CO of her answer.\n\nOnce I even escourted an enlisted servicewoman to the annual Officer's Ball.  She was treated like a Queen while there BTW. One of my fellow officers married his company clerk. They dated in secret known only to the CO for 2 years.  All of my dates were to Regimental Functions so there was no secrecy involved.
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What is Abduladu interest in this woman?\nI notice most of his post are pro-Mormon.\n\nTell me Abduladu are you Mormon?\nHave you been on a mission trip?\nDo you know this lady?\nAre you or do you know Matthew Vanderpool?\n\nWhat she did was wrong but the brand of compassion you and other Mormons are showing her, doesn’t speak well of your church either.\n\nYou must admit it is a questionable practice to send young boys un accompanied by a female into homes of unsuspecting stay at home moms\n\n2 Tim 3:2  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,\n3  Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,\n4  Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;\n5  Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.\n6  For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,\n7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.\n\nProblems like this arise all the time as a result of that practice. You might do better to reconsider the practice than to condemn this lady. One can hardly help but imagine what Jesus would do. My suggestion is that only the Mormon who is without sin throw the first stone.\n\nAs for you joann_46er, you would do better to forget this boy, repent of what you have done, pray the forgiveness of your husband and kids even if he doesn’t take you back. If you confess your sins and ask him, God will forgive you. This will hurt for a long time but you will get over it. Be responsible and take the results of your acts as deserved outcomes. Be humble and contrite. Who knows your husband with Gods grace and power and time might be forgiving. Many who have read your post are praying for your forgiveness’, your reunification with your family if that is Gods will and His grace in your life. More importantly you should join us in praying for the best possible outcome for your children and husband.\n\n2 Tim 3:2  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,\n3  Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,\n4  Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;\n5  Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.\n6  For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,\n7  Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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There were very few women in combat zones (Allied women, at least) and those who were there were primarily nurses.  The services did use women for a few other funtions.  One was for the women to fly the aircraft from the States to points of embarkation where they were loaded on ships.  Stateside, women took over men's jobs in building the war material.  "Rosy the Riveter" was actually many thousand women.  When the war ended these women lost their jobs and men took them once again.
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it dont in the bible no where you have a woman who just posted that one of your lds missionaries raped her her user name is josnn_46er . i think you lds or mormons ought to really take this not as lightley rape is very much against the law  and as well makes all lds look very bad as well . as for profets that is in . lds doctorine ?  history of there church that is . ?
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Well, some people are morons. However, some military wives give the rest of us a bad name. My husband was in for a while and some of the other wives I met were crazy. They were lazy (various excuses for not working from...they were "too depressed because hubby was gone" to they "married a Navy man so they wouldn't have to work"), needy (always calling their husband's command complaining about time off and other matters that were none of their concern), and snobs (so many of them looked down on the wives of lower enlisted...as if they themselves had any reason to...they weren't the ones in the Navy). So as with any group, the ones who deserve the title of bi*ch ruin the image of the whole group!
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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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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?
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Military wives with small children.
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She very much has the right, I know the case you speak of, I believe his name is Patrick Stewart, i don't remember his rank.  I think that its horrid that the military has not taken the steps to allow the pentagram to be an accepted religious symbol.  Afterall, it was taken of the hate symbol list a long time ago.  \n\nThis is a story you might enjoy about the military who is trying to put up appearances to get Wiccan solidiers to join,but then dropping the ball of equality.  \n\nI was recently on a military base visitin a friend of mine, she's Gypsy Pagan and I'm Wiccan.  The military ONLY recognizes Wicca and no other pagan religions, so if she wants to go to circle on base, she has to do it with the Wiccan group, but on Andrews AFB, there is no Wiccan group, because they require you have specific accredidations to be the Chaplain representative for that base, you can't just go get a ULC http://www.ulc.org/?destination=ordination ordination, you have to go to college.  (Very hard to find college classes for Wicca)  But there is a circle of nearby Fort Meade, they meet in the chapel like every other relgiion and their meetings are even mosted on the sign outside with all the other meetings with a day of the week and time.  \n\nSo we go to Fort Meade on April 30th for the Beltane ritual and meet in the parking lot, we arrived a little early and were suprised to see what seemed like a SOuthern Baptist group heading into our part of the chapel.  As our chaplain representative arrived, she became bold enought to enter and ask them to move out because, as the sign outside stated, we are alotted this time and had reserved it as an ongoing reservation.  The person she talked to, I believe one of the deacons, asked her what group she was from and then, when she answered, started laughing, he said they had reserved the time slot with the chaplain last week and that they weren't moving.  We called the chaplain, but he never picked up his cell phone, we left several messages, but then just continued our ritual outside while children from the Baptist group continued to gawk at us and make comments.
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My hubby just got home in September!!! If you don't live on base and have military wives as friends, I suggest joining a Yahoo group for military wives... it's good to talk to others who've been there.. and are there for that matter!!!
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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?
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Yes there are ....I met many in the army....No they are not Condecended on they are our brothers and sisters dieing with us....Religion doesn't matter when you are at war you all bond no matter what you believe
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Nope. Currently, the Church calls as missionaries single men from the ages of nineteen to twenty-six, single women twenty-one years and older, and older married couples with no dependent children. These missionaries serve on a voluntary, temporary basis. At missionary training centers, missionaries are instructed in gospel doctrine and in the language of their assigned missions. A missionary never labors alone, but always works with a companion. Single missionaries are assigned to a companion of the same gender; married couples work together. Missionaries are asked to follow a stringent daily schedule. Their time is dedicated to the service of the Lord and is spent finding receptive people and teaching them the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. Letters, phone calls home, and nonmission business are limited. Their clothing is conservative business wear with distinctive name tags. Married missionary couples may be given considerable latitude with their schedules because they often fill several different assignments. Although missionaries face challenges, they are typically dedicated, enthusiastic, and faithful. The experience of teaching the basic doctrines of the gospel and serving others daily leads to solemn introspection, earnest prayer, and continual study. Consequently, missionaries gain a new perspective of themselves, of people, of the place where they serve, and of the gospel.\n\nabstracted from "Missionary, Missionary Life," in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, 4 vols. (New York: Macmillan, 1992),
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Same thing I think about all women in the Navy.  If they can perform their job, then they belong there.\n\nIts the same for ANYONE in the military.  If you can do your job to the best of your abilities, then you belong in the military.  If you cannot do your job, then you shouldn't be there.