The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard all have co-ed basic/boot camp. (Although only 2 Army basic training sites are co-ed) Do you feel that the military would benefit from single sex basic/boot camp training like the Marines have? Which kind of training did you have? What do you think the pros and cons are?
I had co-ed training in the Army at Ft. Jackson. I’m torn on this issue. On one hand, men and women work together in the military so it makes sense to train together. However, when we worked in teams or groups, men would always have the burden of the most physically demanding tasks. Usually females didn't step up to plate at that point. If basic was single sex they would be forced to. Of course this is just based on my 9 week cycle. I'd like to hear what everyone else thinks.
2007-09-22
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Laura in North Carolina
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