06-30-2023, 08:46 PM
I was an 11B in the 82nd Airborne. So I speak form my experience that I had on my deployments. Women do not belong in combat arms. We had women truck drivers and cooks in my Battalion. Because us men were not allowed to search females in Iraq or Afghanistan, we would have to have one of the female drivers or cooks attached with us. All but one was worth anything. The others just complained the whole time and struggled with having to wear their IBA for long periods of time. I got use to sleeping with mine on. They also become a distraction. Sleeping around with soldiers and all the flirting had guys not paying attention. And I would not trust any of the ones we had to pull me out of harms way if something had happened. There are plenty of jobs in the military they can do for the ones that want to serve. And as a father of 2 girls now, I definitely do not want my girls to have to serve in a combat arms role if they ever decide to join.