[Servant of the 9]

Our present system of women in the military is a farce.

I have no objection to women anywhere as long as they meet the same rigerous physical standards as men. No more wimping down physical requirements for positions. Jane Wayne or out.

In truth, I think we are going to have to lose a major Naval Vessel before that happens.
If you read the reports on the fire on the Forrestal CVA-59 in 1967 you will see that if it happened today, with women in the crew under current physical strength standards, they would never have been able to manage the fire fighting and damage control and the ship would have been lost.

So9

[brownsfan]

Our present system of women in the military is a farce.
I have no objection to women anywhere as long as they meet the same rigerous physical standards as men. No more wimping down physical requirements for positions. Jane Wayne or out.

In truth, I think we are going to have to lose a major Naval Vessel before that happens.
If you read the reports on the fire on the Forrestal CVA-59 in 1967 you will see that if it happened today, with women in the crew under current physical strength standards, they would never have been able to manage the fire fighting and damage control and the ship would have been lost.

So9


I'm going to go with a minor disagreement, while keeping step with you in principal. I was in the USN, served on the USS Chicago CG-11 and USS Samson DDG-10. Sailors tend to not be physical specimens. I think women, in general, can handle the physical aspects.
BUT, I don't think women belong on Combatant vessels. The close quarters, and a woman's natural hormonal swings are not a good mix. IMO.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

In truth, I think we are going to have to lose a major Naval Vessel before that happens.

USS Acadia (AD-42), was pulled off the line during Gulf War I because its crew could not man the ship. Too many women sailors aboard had become pregnant during the cruise.