[Drew68]

I’ve never seen a female carry a 180lb load up/down a ladder or work loaded down with gear. . .hey, if you say it can be done. . .so be it.

Nobody "fireman carries" people up and down ladder wells. We use stretchers. Hoses are manned by teams. Damage control teams on any navy ship drills, drills, and then drills some more. And they do it wearing gear.

Am I saying every female can pull her own weight? No. But there's plenty of weakling and fat-assed dudes who would fail just as well if the SHTF.

But what do I know? I'm only a First Class Petty Officer with over a decade in the Navy. Maybe I should be reading books instead of actually deploying to sea?

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Sounds like you've had nothing but peacetime duty. Just wait til your ship has been shot up in an engagement with a Chinese or Russian vessel, or some ISIS-manned dingy has blown a bomb against the hull, or Iranian gunboats are strafing you. When you're lying there with your leg blown off or burning to death, I'm sure you'll feel great comfort when you see Destiny Savage mincing over to drag you to safety.

Whats that? Oh, I forgot. That sort of thing doesn't happen anymore. Nope, it can't happen at all...At all...

[HippyLoggerBiker]

I have a couple more years at sea than you have in the Navy (all on Submarines), retired as a Red Stripe Senior Chief.

Also spent 4 years in the USMC before joining the Navy.

I agree with your statement and confirm it. The Israeli Army (IDF) does it right. They assign females to tasks that they can accomplish, and, also, assign males to tasks that they can accomplish. Not according to some fancy feel good politically correct policy, but according to ability.

Sorry that I didn’t reply sooner, I was out killing the last remaining healthy brain cells that I had.

Semper Fi and I wish you following seas and smooth sailing.

HLB

[Hulka]

And your reply is proof of just how far we have fallen from being truly combat ready and how deep the kool-aid drinkers have eroded the warrior ethos.