Renegade,
I’ll bet you were an E-6 who retired as an E-6 with 20. How far off am I?
RIBKA,
The point is not that SOF shouldn’t have standards. The point is that recognizing they have a much smaller male pool to draw from, they’d better figure out how to qualify and train female SOF. They have no way forward without them.
Different standards? Yeah, probably. All female SOF for specific missions? Works for the Kurds who field two battalions of women in the fight against ISIS, direct combat, and have a pretty impressive winning streak.
Again, DoD has to solve SOF recruitment using female volunteers. They have no choice.
DW,
The literature doesn't support your position. The Israelis experimented with all female units but their casualty rates were 60% higher then similar all male units.
As I recall, you were in the Air Force. In other words, you barely know what PT is, let alone a 90 pounds of gear.
