Ya think?I have seen a woman logging truck driver but never a woman in the brush or packing a chain saw around all day, why, there not built for it.
They let women in to the smoke jumper clan, the real smoke jumpers are over protective of the ones that were let in leaving them at risk for there lack of physical ability.Remember the Colorado fire where a bunch of smoke jumpers died because they couldn't get over the hill in time?
I can pick up or drag any man away from harm, women can't do the same, or very few.
Suicides are at an all time high in combat now, let's not increase the mortality from some joker trying to protect a woman that doesn't need to be there.
Make every politician serve in the forces, at least basic training to see the real difference between men and women and there physical capabilities under stress.
Jayco
Gender had nothing to do with the fatalities that day. 8 of the 10 standard firefighting orders violated and 12 of 18 watch out situations ignored and extreme can do attitude contributed. They were in very steep terrain with over 6' fuel, a lot of that terrain is soft, like running uphill on the beach.
Aside from that, women explicitly assigned to combat is stupid. Incidental combat definitely happens. my niece volunteered for patrols when she did not have to according to her mos. She wanted to go out for experience and thought she would be an observer but actually helped search houses, manned the gun on the humvee and provided security for a medevac flight after an ambush. Since we took care of her daughter on her next deployment we made her promise shouldn't volunteer again.
