Ya know, if this changes in the next couple of years, I might sign up…
But I fucking hate it when someone takes up the charge to keep women out of frontline combat units. The fact that this is actual policy is the reason why I didn’t join up in the first place, and thankfully, this little skirmish is changing that fact, and I hope the military soon changes its policy to reflect it.
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women are in the front line units. They just can’t be officially in a “combat Arms” MOS. There are about 20 women attatched to my Battalion, and I guarantee you, if we deploy, they’ll all see combat.
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That’s why I’m saying that I hope this little skirmmish changes the “official” rules. I hate having my choice professions x-ed off because of my gender.
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I honestly wonder why you would want to join a combat arms MOS…. it seems like 99% of the guys that get into those jobs are the people you have utter contempt for in your civilian life. You’d probably want to kill them all, much like I do.
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I’ve spent too much time developing my own level of testosterone. Being in an MOS that coddles me would piss me off all the same.
I played hockey with the same type of guys. They left me alone after they realized that I’d nail their ass to the sideboard in a heartbeat during gauntlet runs.
Besides, I’ve always been one of the boys, and I can’t stand being treated like a girl for too long.
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I’d have to say you’re one of the finest “one of the boys” I’ve met.
go for it if you get the chance.
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I’ve still got several years, so if they change things, I might. Though, it’d be hard having to settle for the Army over the Marines. 😉
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so be it.
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