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To: centurion316

Not infantry but nonetheless she was wearing body armor. That it was not even a front line location emphasizes the point rather than refutes it. And she has serious weight-stress related injuries recognized by the VA.

Wiki says....... U.S. troops routinely burdened with upwards of 100 lbs. of weapons, ammunition, armor, food, water, and other assorted equipment.

Why would you want to quibble about the obvious physical impact of putting women in roles for which their physiognomy is not designed?


61 posted on 10/05/2012 8:16:18 PM PDT by sgtyork (The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage. Thucydides)
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To: sgtyork; centurion316

Not infantry but nonetheless she was wearing body armor.

64 posted on 10/05/2012 8:19:33 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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