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Originally posted by 200Plus
I have no idea if youve ever served, so I can't fault your logic.
Originally posted by jam321
So when do they get their chance to sign up for Selective Service?
Originally posted by Lucid Lunacy
I'm not claiming I am right. I did say it seemed 'odd'. So by all means explain the fault in my logic No I have not served. I extrapolated that logic from both fitness and gun experience as a civilian.
Well you are wrong...
Originally posted by Lucid Lunacy
The strength arguments seem odd to me.
This isn't a martial art tournament. They are given guns.
Obviously you need a certain amount of strength and endurance. But there is a point where it's enough and the efficacy of the gun takes over. Women can reach that point.
When you are serving in an infantry unit you have a lot more to carry than just a gun.. Consider that in a fire fight you need ammunition and lots of it since you are firing weapons that fire a very high number of rounds a minute.. The average Marine Grunt in Vietnam carried over 2/3 there body weight on operations in jungle covered mountains walking, climbing, crawling from sunup to sunset, day in and day out... The longest operation I was on lasted 56 days and that was without a bath or shower and at times without food for days due to lack of resupply due to weather conditions ...We suffered the same type of injuries as professional football players and without the medical care football players get... Do you think a woman could be a lineman for the Dallas Cowboys? I was on light duty for 6 weeks because of injuries during training and for the last 3 months I was in Vietnam.. All total I spent a little over 19 months in the Corps, 10 of which were spent carrying a 25 lb radio on my back... While on light duty I was on a mountain top radio relay station which was a job that I think a woman could easily have done.. I only had to worry about being rocketed, mortared or being overran by sappers while doing that... It's nothing like the movies.
Originally posted by Lucid Lunacy
The strength arguments seem odd to me.
This isn't a martial art tournament. They are given guns.
Obviously you need a certain amount of strength and endurance. But there is a point where it's enough and the efficacy of the gun takes over. Women can reach that point.