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Do you really think women in the Military want to risk their lives in combat?[W:57]

Do you really think women in the Military want to risk their lives in combat?


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Re: Do you really think women in the Military want to risk their lives in combat?

That's on an assumption that a given job within the military doesn't have standards above the reality of it's needs. For example, to qualify to do accounting work. Why does one even need legs to do so? So let a paraplegic in to do the job, or else just outsource the whole bloodly mess to civilians. Accounting work in a combat zone? The accounting work still has it's same standards, but the combat zone portion has another set of standards that overides. So likely the paraplegic can't meet those standards, but maybe some women can. The jobs themselves would need to have their requirements looked over and adjusted to their real needs.

The whole idea is for military units to be able to deploy, much of the stateside and support work is now done by DOD civilians and contractors. The "and other duties as assigned" part fits nearly all military positions. Maximum flexibility is an important part of readiness.
 
Re: Do you really think women in the Military want to risk their lives in combat?

The whole idea is for military units to be able to deploy, much of the stateside and support work is now done by DOD civilians and contractors. The "and other duties as assigned" part fits nearly all military positions. Maximum flexibility is an important part of readiness.

The idea and the reality of how we work our military are two different things. It's amazing the number of military personal I saw while I was in the Navy that we have working on our bases in jobs we could readily use civilians in. And as for "other duties as assigned", that could just as easily mean that I am assigned to do a SEALS mission regardless of being qualified.
 
Re: Do you really think women in the Military want to risk their lives in combat?

Some really big Republican contributors would disagree with you, they like selling their food products around the world - using government subsidies and foreign aid cash.

good thing I am not a big republican contributor then, eh?
 
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