Okay, I've asked quite a lo of people, and I always get different answers. Do women who join the U.S. Army get sent to the front lines? I know that they can be sent overseas, but what about to the front lines. Please, only serious answers only. Thank you.
2007-07-22 11:58:04 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
In the sandbox the front line is every where. But you will not be sent on combat patrols.
Vet-USAF 44MMS
2007-07-22 12:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by ฉันรักเบ้า 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
We don't technically get sent to the front lines as infantry men or artillery or any job that sounds dangerous. However.. we can be "attached" to infantry units as support teams. We can be drivers, fuelers, etc. Then we are placed in just as much danger as males are. We dont fight as infantry but we do go on long convoys and we have to shot just like our male buddies. SO if anyone thinks women are not on the front lines need not ask the public but ask us women who are over here in Iraq and Afghanistan kicking *** just like our brothers. We are not all behind desks.
2007-07-22 20:13:06 · answer #2 · answered by niki 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The problem with such discussions is the definition of "front lines." There are many support positions "near" the front line that allow women soldiers. They may not be in a direct confrontational battle unit, but they very definitely could be in support positions that put them at risk because of their close proximity to the "front line."
2007-07-22 20:37:32 · answer #3 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Women are There are no "front lines" anymore my friend. Women do plenty of dangerous combat missions in Iraq. Women guard convoys regularly and there is no more dangerous job in Iraq than that. MP's are trained to "act as infantry" so to say women are excluded from combat ops is a fallacy intended to fool people into thinking women are protected. US women soldiers and Marines, etc do a fine job under very trying circumstances all the time.
2007-07-22 19:28:52 · answer #4 · answered by Chuck J 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
First off, MP's are over here running radar guns on the camp's just like they do in the states.
Secondly, look at the total number of females KIA. Not killed in Iraq by an accident or suicide. Female Fatalities: 78 2.15% of Total (3632). Out of 78, 25 non-hostile. So 53 total. Then most of them are from either mortar or rocket attacks on the FOB.
Compare that with the number of males killed and you will get your answer.
2007-07-22 21:06:53 · answer #5 · answered by RJ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although Federal law prohibits assignment of women in what are termed direct combat assignments (infantry, armor,e.g.) women are exposed to danger in combat theaters. This war is an "assymetrical " one. That means there are no "front lines". This is not a war where large concentrations of our troops move to contact against a large force of the enemy. So, the female soldier who is assigned as a driver in a military convoy is at risk. We have had instances in Iraq where female soldiers have been taken prisoner. Though they can't be given a military occupational speciality (MOS) that is considered to be part of combat arms, it doesn't mean they can't face peril.
2007-07-22 19:12:59 · answer #6 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
No because women are not allowed to join the infantry. However in "war zones" anything can be perceived as the front lines....
2007-07-22 23:34:52 · answer #7 · answered by tylremily 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was a 1SG of an infanty company and we used a female medic for some short one day missions a couple of times but generally, no, they don't get assigned to combat units and go out on patrols specifically looking for trouble. In Iraq, though, trouble can find them.
2007-07-22 19:55:44 · answer #8 · answered by Todd J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Key word is "front lines", today's battlefield there is no front line. Sometimes the support units are in the cross hairs just as much at the armor and grunt guys. You can be a cook or a mechaninc and still get involved in fire fights.
2007-07-22 19:08:01 · answer #9 · answered by ohio44903 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No they are never ment to be involed in direct combat but does it happen when they are non combat missions... yes. And the def. of front lines does not apply to the last few wars we had.There are no lnes in Iraq so realy everyone is on the front lines.
2007-07-22 19:04:32 · answer #10 · answered by US soldier 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Women can not join "combat arms" IE infantry, armor, artillery. However, there are so many female members of close support units that women are indeed on the "front lines" every day.
2007-07-22 19:04:01 · answer #11 · answered by oldhippypaul 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋