Posted on 09/11/2015 6:36:45 PM PDT by xzins
According to a study produced by a special task force of the United States Marine Corps, a combat unit comprised of both males and females is a much less effective fighting force than a unit comprised entirely of men.
The study, “The Marine Corps Force Integration Plan,” found that the mixed-gender unit was injured twice as often as an all-male unit, was less accurate with infantry weapons, and was less efficient at removing wounded troops from the battlefield. A summary of the study was released September 10.
The research for the study was conducted over nine months at both Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Twentynine Palms, Calif. 400 Marines, including 100 women, volunteered to join a special unit, the Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, which was created to evaluate how men and women compare in a combat environment.
All-male ground combat units clearly outperformed mixed-gender units. The study reported following findings in its summary (bold in the original):
Overall: All-male squads, teams and crews demonstrated higher performance levels on 69% of tasks evaluated (93 of 134) as compared to gender-integrated squads, teams and crews. Gender-integrated teams performed better than their all-male counterparts on (2) events.
Speed All-male squads, regardless of infantry MOS [Military Occupational Specialty], were faster than the gender-integrated squads in each tactical movement. The differences were more pronounced in infantry crew-served weapons specialties that carried the assault load plus the additional weight of crew-served weapons and ammunition.
Lethality: All-male 0311 (rifleman) infantry squads had better accuracy compared to gender-integrated squads. There was a notable difference between genders for every individual weapons system (i.e. M4, M27, and M203) within the 0311 squads, except for the probability of hit & near miss with the M4.
Male provisional infantry (those with no formal 03xx school training) had higher hit percentages than the 0311 (school trained) females: M4: 44% vs 28%, M27: 38% vs 25%, M16A4w/M203: 26% vs 15%.
All-male infantry crew-served weapons teams engaged targets quicker and registered more hits on target as compared to gender-integrated infantry crew-served weapons teams, with the exception of M2 accuracy.
All-male squads, teams and crews and gender-integrated squads, teams, and crews had a noticeable difference in their performance of the basic combat tasks of negotiating obstacles and evacuating casualties.
The military has a January 2016 deadline to open all combat jobs to women, but the services can ask for exceptions to the order.
"The mission of the Department of Defense is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country."
“Male combat units safer, more efficient and lethal the a mixed gender units”
WELL DUH!!!
Stole my word.
Almost thought the article was from CNN. Should have known better!!
There’s an earlier FR thread reporting that Secretary of the Navy Mabus has already rejected this study. What’s combat effectiveness got to do with anything when there’s social engineering to be accomplished?
I generally don’t think mixed gender Marine Units are a good idea, but I think women should be trained similarly and utilized when appropriate and advantageous to a particular mission.
Well, knock my d!ck in the d!rt!
CODIFY IT !
and disobey/ignore Obama
Sometimes it’s good to remind that we know what’s going on.
Will it help? Probably not under this administration.
In the Corps it’s either you can meet the standards to be a member of the elite or you can’t. “Particular missions” with respect to combat do not exist because missions rarely go as planned and when shit hits the fan the last thing I’d want to worry about is whether some feel good beureacratic appointment can fireman carry me out of a hot zone
So very true
Veterans should be active enough to keep the next generation of troops from being used as cannon fodder, and active enough to raise hell if the security of the nation is threatened.
I think Iran will be nuclear within 2 years. When that becomes evident, it is just a ballistic missile away from the USA.
When is being weaker and having a period an advantage?
Make women sign up for selective service. That may have an effect on the support for women in combat.
Active Duty ping.
Water is wet.
Not very long before he gets rejected out of office along with Obama.
how did the tranny unit do.
“When is being weaker and having a period an advantage?”
They can bleed for several days and not die.
I saw propaganda pic of one of those two women "who passed" the Ranger School training. I'd carry her and the guy she was carrying at the same time on my shoulder if I could make them both fit on it.
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