2007-12-11 07:32:50 · 16 answers · asked by d 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Not true, I was a Marine MP for 8 years and I had women serving in my unit that did see combat. You don't have to be a front line troop to be on the front lines. Think about it, MPs run convoys to the front line grunts, something breaks out while you are on delivery, boom, there you are, cought right in the middle.
2007-12-11 09:18:20 · answer #1 · answered by michael t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im a US Marine Veteran my cousins most of my family US Army. The Army is good for what it is used for but when you look at them as a fighting force their numbers are so large because 75% are in support roles and cant do anything else unless they switch if the army is desperate for fighting men they have to draft they cant pull folks from motor t supply admin jobs give them a gun and ask them to perform like Army Infantry cause they werent trained for it. In the US Marines i went through 29 weeks of basic training 13 weeks bootcamp 4 weeks Marine Combat training12 weeks engineer school beforei was granted the right to join the Fleet Marine Force that was going to deploy. Our infantry 13 weeks Boot Camp 13 Infantry school. We also train more often then the Army very rarely do we ever sit back in the barracks for long. The Marines has a different Mentality different culture then the army, ill die for my brothers ill die before retreat
2016-05-23 02:24:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The comments about women serving in war above are correct: they do serve in non-combat positions. But in Iraq, the battle lines are amorphous, and having a job designated as "non-combat" is not guarantee of safety.
Women do not register for the Selective Service, the government's draft rolls.
2007-12-11 07:47:09 · answer #3 · answered by nicholasm40 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In USA, there is law about their roles in the forces. But of course, as we all know, it still takes them into combat, and they die and kill like males.
In Russia, where I am? Well, I have fought along side women. They fought and died and killed like heros. I have seen them bleed slowly to death in the god forsaken cold and snow. I have cried at their funerals, and laughed and drank and pinned their stripes on at promotion parties.
I salute the female soldiers of the world.
2007-12-11 07:47:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean? Actual combat, no? But there are females in support roles that routinely take them near(or onto) the front lines.
2007-12-11 07:38:45 · answer #5 · answered by matt m 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have a friend who is female, and a Marine, and she's in Iraq right now.
2007-12-11 08:08:38 · answer #6 · answered by .. 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope, they aren't allowed in combative roles as a career choice that is. However, that doesn't mean that they won't see combat.
Keep in mind the Jessica Lynch situation. She was a supply clerk that was captured by Iraqi Forces.
2007-12-11 07:41:50 · answer #7 · answered by Scott 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are limited by statute as to in what positions they can serve, but they fly bombers and drive tanks. And they get killed and wounded.
Same as in Korea, and Viet Nam, where the nurses died
by enemy bombs.
Did you think they stayed stateside knitting socks?
2007-12-11 07:40:57 · answer #8 · answered by justa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. They can still go to war. They just are limited to certain duties and jobs.
2007-12-11 07:37:50 · answer #9 · answered by Don Morgan 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
We don't go to the front lines but we are in the rear pulling up support.
2007-12-11 07:36:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋