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CrashbotUS

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  1. Pretty sure special treatment is exactly what the gender ideologues want. In every action, they display this, at least in the US.

    They are already getting it to a degree, even without adjusting for the potential additions to combat arms. This is clear in the different fitness requirements for men and women and most of us ex military people have 101 anecdotes we could share.

     

     The issue is which standards should ALL soldiers meet in order to perform specific MOS task. The debate over women being in combat roles is kind of pointless now, that train has already left the station. 

  2. The APFT has absolutely nothing  to do with a soldiers ability to perform a given task. It's nothing more than an indicator of general physical fitness.  The standards would really need to be MOS specific and to drill that  down even further, specific to the  type of unit you are working in. 

     

    A box mover or paper filer does not need to meet the same physical requirements as a cannon crewman or a rifleman. 

     

     

    A good example would be what I did. I was a forward observer and worked within light, airborne, and mechanized units during my career. With a full combat load in a light/airborne unit, I HAD to be able to carry well over 100lb of gear and I had to be able to do this consistently, quickly, and over long distances. There is obviously a certain level of strength, conditioning, and overall physical fitness required to do that. On the other hand, when I was mechanized I carried far less equipment because we had a vehicle. If I did have to dismount our vehicle, the amounts of gear and the distance required to carry them would be both less and shorter.

     

    The regular old PT test we did was not an indicator of my ability to do any of that. 

  3. If a female could do they job I did in the Army, good on her. I think you'll find a pretty even divide among people who have actually served in combat arms jobs when it comes to women filling those positions. Some of resistance comes from a perceived notion that women in the military get special treatment simply because they are female (lower pt standards, less field time, etc). 

  4. There are a bunch of requirements for soldiery during that period. Everything from which weapons they are required to have, who is allowed to own what, what basic materials they are required to provide, the size and shape of the shields, and so on. I've never read anything from the period saying that a archer was required to fire x amount of arrows in a set amount of time. There are rules for the size of bow, the equipment needed by an archer, and when they should begin their training (typically a boy would be provided a bow and two arrows at the age of 7), but that is about it. 

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