Can women be part of any millatary?

Question

Like, this may sound stupid for people who are in the millitary, but I don't know. Like, can they be part of everything or just some things, or what?

Answer 1

Women make up about 20 percent of today's military. Women have become an integral part of the armed forces, but they are excluded from most combat jobs. Several issues remain. One is whether to reduce, maintain, or expand the number of women in the services as the total forces are being reduced. Difficulties in obtaining enough qualified males led to increasing recruitment of women, and women now comprise more than 12% of the armed forces. The percentages vary among the services from less than 5% for the Marines to 16% for the Air Force.

There has been a question as to what extent women should continue to be excluded from some combat positions by policy. Women are not assigned to certain jobs including many that form the core of defense in actual battle, such as the infantry. All legal barriers have been removed. Congress repealed a law prohibiting women serving on combat aircraft in the Air Force and Navy. However in the early 90s Congress repealed the law barring women from Navy combat ships. Policy on assignment of women to combat was left to the Air Force and Navy, as it already was to the Army, which excludes women from combat jobs. Congress required advance notice of changes in policies to open or close assignment of women to combat units, indicating its intent to monitor policy on this issue. U.S. military actions in Grenada, Libya, the Persian Gulf, and Panama revealed numerous inconsistencies in policy among the different branches and practical problems in having a growing number of persons in the armed forces prohibited from combat posts but representing a substantial part of the forces and serving in combat support units. The deployment of approximately 40,000 women to Saudi Arabia provided the most extensive experience to date.

Some observers contend that additional military jobs could be opened to women. Others contend that adding more women to non-combat posts reduces the number of rotation slots available for men in combat units. In either event, since the main mission of the armed forces is to deter war by being prepared to wage one if it occurs, there is a limit to the extent to which the armed forces can increase the number and expand the assignments of women as long as there are restrictions on assigning women to combat posts.

In the past, exact policies on combat-related assignments have varied from service to service. The Army, Navy, and Marines all set separate recruiting goals for men and women based on program needs; the Air Force did not. An implementation committee to ensure that policy on the assignment of women has been applied consistently across the services, including the reserves.

Air Force: The Air Force has, for several years, had a higher percentage of women than the other services primarily because a small percentage of Air Force personnel serve in direct combat positions. The Defense Authorization Act of 1989 prohibited the Air Force from setting a minimum or maximum percentage of persons according to gender for original enlistments for skill categories or in any other way basing acceptance of a person on gender, except for enlistments for training for duty assignments prohibited by the combat exclusion. A legal ban on women in combat aircraft was removed in December 1991. However the ban was lifted on women in combat aircraft slots, and women have begun fighter training. In the mid 90s, the Defense Department said, 99% of Air Force duty positions were open to women. Lt. Jeannie Flynn, who has completed training on the F-15E Eagle fighter-bomber, is the first Air Force female combat pilot.

Army: The Army expects to open approximately 32,700 positions to women in the active and reserve forces. The number of Army career fields open to women will rise from 61% to 91%. The Army reported it had opened over 9,000 positions in attack helicopter units to women, and three women aviators were being assigned to attack aviation units. Special Operations Forces aircraft units and some air cavalry units remained closed to women because they deploy with closed ground combat units. Recently, in a memorandum published inside the Army, recommended assigning women to Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) units, Special Operations Forces aircraft, air cavalry troop and support, and several other MOSs that have been closed to women. After vigorous objections from Army generals, a compromise has been worked out in which 32,000 new combat posts will be opened. Women are still barred from some career fields including Armor, Infantry, Special Forces, Cannon Field Artillery, Multiple Launch Rocket Artillery, and Forward Area Air Defense Artillery. However, a company at Ft. Leonard Wood was the first group to complete coed basic training under a new policy of gender-integrated basic training for many noncombat jobs.

Navy: In Section 541 of the Defense Authorization Act for FY1994, Congress repealed the law, 10 U.S.C. 6015, prohibiting women from serving on combat vessels. On Mar. 7, 1994, the Navy issued its first orders for women to take up assignments aboard a combat ship, the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower. The Navy has assigned between 400 and 600 women to the aircraft carrier and to other combat ships. The Navy has also opened pilot training and assigned women to various ship types in the combat logistics force. Closed jobs include those specifically associated with submarines, such as submarine sonar technician or gun or missile crew member. Reserving some positions to permit ship-to-shore rotations also limits the number of women.

As the Navy has broadened its recruitment of women, the number failing to complete their first tour of duty has increased. The Navy is the only service in which the "wash out" rate is higher for women than men.

Marines: The Marine Corps, which plans to expand the number of women to 10,493 in the next two decades, have the smallest percentage of women largely because a higher proportion of Marines than members of the other services are serving in combat roles. Recently 48,000 new positions were opened to women, including assignments on combatant vessels and Marine Corps Air/Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Headquarters and Air Defense Artillery Battalion Headquarters. The career fields open to women would rise from 33% to 93%. Women already serve as Marine Security Guards for U.S. Embassies overseas and may serve as Hawk Missile technicians and operators. Examples of jobs closed to women are combat engineers, infantry, and tanks. All pilot positions remain closed to women, but women would in the future compete for aviation slots on a genderneutral basis.

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Women can join any branch of the United States Military (Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard), but there are some limitations on what women can do in those branches. Women are barred from serving in Infantry, Special Operations, Artillery, Armour, and Forward Air Defence, and from serving on submarines. The regulations state that women may not be in a directly combat related job. In this day and age, this isn't entirely cut and dry, because while someone may not be in a combat arms field, they may still be exposed to combat. It is absolutely incorrect to say that women can't shoot a gun, like someone said earlier.

Answer 4

The role of women in the U.S. military is limited by Congress, and usually excludes them from combat.

Israel allows women, even requires them, to serve in the Israeli Army as men do--in combat if necessary.

Germany and Russia had many women combative units in WWII. Some of the most effective "snipers" and "sharp shooters" in the German army were women.

During the War Between the States, many women worked effectively as "spys".

If you believe the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, who persuaded who?

Men may be physically stronger than women, but I believe women are psychologically and mentally stronger than men. They are the "she bears", the "protectors" of the clan, the tribe.

If the countries of the world were ruled by females, everyone might have a chance to live in peace, being able to provide them with a roof over their head, food on the table, and some assurance of medical care.

Answer 5

There are some roles that women cannot perform in the US military.

Mostly submarine and certain small ship duties.

It is mainly for their protection and to curb disruptions from small amounts of women aboard with a large number of men out to sea for long periods of time.

Edit: They say it is for facility (Bathing and berthing) reasons but I think that is only part of it.

Answer 6

There are many women serving many roles in the United States military.

All rates in the Navy are open to women and all billets, with the exception of submarine duty (which is all male).

Answer 7

Uhhhh... yeah. Honorably discharged since 2000. You can do whatever you want so long as you keep your own limits in mind.

For example, 90 lb girls have NO business trying to carry 50 lb chains across a flight deck when men can carry ten of them.

Answer 8

Yeah u can join any military branch but each branch has its rules . Like for instance with the army , women cannot be apart of special forces .

Answer 9

in america they can serve but not in direct combat roles such as the infantry and they can not serve on Subs becuase of privacy elements and a lack of space to provide the privacy.

Other than that they serve on ships as MP's and lots of other things

Answer 10

They're not allowed in any combat roles, and are not suppose to be in the front lines. An I'm sorry to say they can't be "Rangers."

Answer 11

They are not allowed in combat roles or stationed on subs in many nations.