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The Ministry of Defence has published a review paper, carried out earlier in the year by the Chief of the General Staff, Sir Nicholas Carter, into women in ground close combat roles.
The review, launched in May, has ended the long-held view that mixed close ground combat units would have an adverse effect on cohesion between troops.
However it also calls for further research into the physiological demands placed on those in close combat roles before a final decision is made on lifting the current exclusion on women.
Ground close combat roles place high physical demands on service personnel, and it is important that the impacts on women’s health are fully explored.
For women to undertake these roles without such research would be irresponsible and potentially place them at risk of personal injury. The physiological research programme will investigate how training regimes can be constructed to allow women to integrate safely, whilst protecting combat effectiveness.
originally posted by: CX
On the news this morning it was mentioned that women may not have that killer instinct that men have.
originally posted by: CX
If they can meet the requirements of a front line soldier, fair play to them.
I've worked plenty of women who were fitter and more competant than the men.
Just have to deal with the matter of whether the public can handle seeing women coming home in coffins on a regular basis. That will be the hard one.
On the news this morning it was mentioned that women may not have that killer instinct that men have. Not always a bad thing, then again I'd argue that assumption.
CX.
originally posted by: CX
but it was hard not to be more protective than towards your male colleague.
CX.