Why cant women be in the Seals!?! or Special forces?!?
831277
To accomplish what you want; you're going to need to use a lot of stereotypes and spin. Like men's and women's land speed gaps are decreasing ... women runners are becoming as fast as men. Women notice details better than most men; therefore women and men in combination security patrol teams are best. Women are global thinkers unlike men who logic in a linear fashion and primarily only use one side of their brain. Women are more social therefor better apt to master foreign languages. Women sharpshooters are some of the best in the world. Women are smaller in general and can be more stealthy. Less materials are needed to cloth them, so its more economical to have an all womans SEAL Team. Stuff like that.
619588
NO!...Go ahead  I'll take the heat..call me a chauvanist if you choose.  I was in the Marine Corps in combat...I just would never want to see a woman there.  I can't justify it.  I have a daughter in the Air Force (medic) and I'm very proud of her...but infantry...absolutely not.\nThere is only one really practical reason I can offer for not allowing women in the combat mos's.  While I know that women can demonstrate significant levels of physical fitness I don't believe they have the upper body strength and size to engage in combat against men.  I believe that for them to train side by side with men would cause standards of training for men to be lowered.  Only those who have trained for infantry can appreciate this.
87994
Don't know why but women are arguing to get into higher positions in the military.  Up until 10 years ago, women only did the stuff like nursing ... then those dorky hippies who take off their bra's decided to encourage their daughters to wanna fight.  \n\nStill the argument is men don't want women in military because they feel women are too weak ... men don't wanna worry about seeing a woman bleeding <they can barly see us cry let alone see us all blown up>.  Men can't stand to see us raped ... and men can't stand to cry in front of us <which does happen in war>\n\nI guess moderen day stuff like video games <Tomb Raider> and action movies <GI Jane> make it glamerious for woman to try and be the "tough guy", but reality is we're wimmps ... Sure I take my kick boxing classes ... and I always win while wrestling ... but if in anger you flick me in the nose, I'll be in a corner crying my eyes out ... so sad but true.\n\nHowever, if a draft did occur and it did includ women, and I was drafted ... I would go ... I'm not a yellow-tail coward hippie!!!  The enemy would just have to deal with me crying while I shot at them.
281050
the only rate they cannot be is FT.  Any submarine NEC they cannot have, nor can they be a SEaL, but they can be any of the source rates for SEaL or Sub forces.  The closest equivalent to FT is FC(Same job, just FT is subs only)\n\nHowever, opportunities are limited for females, due to logistics. For instance, there are only a set number of HMs available, as a large percentage of them serve with the Marines in combat..no females allowed there.  Additionally, there is only so much room aboard surface vessels to berth females
210163
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.
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!
491317
as a woman i don't understand it either.  i told the recruiter to f*** off when i tried to sign up for the air force because he wouldn't allow me to do "mens jobs".  women should have to register just like the men do.  we wanted to be able to join the military and we can, we wanted to do mens jobs and now (years after i tried) we can, so why shouldn't we have to register?
541942
Don't know why a Marine would want to be a Seal, if he joined the Corps instead of the Navy.  Recon has the same mission, but more opportunities to use it.
562943
women on the frontlines should be as a last resort. It is very difficult for many men to concentrate when women are around and our "protect the woman" program runs in our brain, which could cause some fatal errors in judgement and this is not the womens fault, it is just human nature.Support roles are very important because a current army can not win for very long without the support troops.
1101916
If this is a joke, ha ha.\n\nIf you're serious about being a SEAL, forget about it.  SEALs have some of the toughest training and physical requirements of any military program in the world.  Even among the applicants they accept, the dropout rate is very high.\n\nWhen you can run 10 miles, swim 2 miles in the ocean, and do 200 pushups, all without breaking a sweat, then think about becoming a SEAL.
169178
Other than the President, the federal government has little control over the policies of the United States military.\nMore equal?  How?  Many women cannot meet the physical standards set by decades of study.  Do you want to meet the physical standards the males have to meet?\nCombat?  Is this what you want?  Females are accepted as combat pilots.  They make very good ones.\nAdvancement?  The military seems to be on par with the rest of our culture.\nChange the attitude of the culture if you want to change the military.
847771
Many people already stated the obvious, that being the physical differences between a male and female.  You must also take into account that Special Forces rely heavily on each other as a team.  Anytime you have a team, and add someone that isnt similar to them into their group (i.e. a female joining a group of males), the team is no longer as cohesive as it once was.  In combat, teamwork allows the mission to be completed.  A failure of mission can be fatal to more than just those involved.  Until American society changes to the point where male/female seperation no longer occurs, do not expect the Military to have females serve on the frontlines (with Special Forces or in the Combat Arms).
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?
841392
It's brutal-especially hell week. If your thinking of joining up to become a SEAL, be damn sure you have the testicular fortitude to get through and no physical defects.  I tell you from experience, I joined for that reason, was promised a waiver for lasik  surgery and was denied after it was too late.  I spent the next several years driving a desk on an aircraft carrier.
315230
If women were running things, there would be little or no war. Women are nurturing creatures and some are very senstive, so they wouldn't want anyone to die.
171068
It depends on the person. I would prefer Marine Recon, because I am a Marine. You should know that many of our special forces troops,soldies,sailors, and airmen, work in joint tasked missions. One SEAL team does not have the power of GOD, and there are many military people in the "rear" supporting their mission, don't be fooled by Hollywood movies.
681472
I have no idea, but I was upset about that. They should have all sports, olympic or not. I think it is being biased because they dont have a lot of woman's sports. For example they don't have gymnastics or cheerleading. And how can they have horse racing, darts, handball and martial arts but no softball???