Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!hammy From: hammy@mit-eddie.UUCP (J. Scott Hamilton) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Ripping women to bloody shreds Message-ID: <515@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Fri, 29-Jul-83 11:51:11 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddie.515 Posted: Fri Jul 29 11:51:11 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 29-Jul-83 20:09:13 EDT References: <522@cvl.UUCP> <1737@rabbit.UUCP> Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 42 > Please correct me if I am wrong, but this is my understanding of the >military's present policy concerning women. Women are now admitted into >the military, but they are not required to register for the draft. Whenb >women go into the military, they are not allowed to hold combat jobs, ie >they can't fly planes or kill people, they can only push pencils. Now >tell me this, what kind of equality is this? I repeat, why do only men have >the privilege of dieing for their country? > > > Meredith Morris To the best of my recolection, the only restriction place on women in the Army is that they cannot serve in the 'Combat Branches', for example, Armor and Infantry. The other brances can put you just as close (or closer) to the battlefield, and can be just as deadly. I could probably feel as confortable (relatively speaking) being shot at on the battlefield as being shelled back at the main camp. I am sure that there is no restriction on a women to kill people, and many of the slots left open could potentially require it. As to drafting, I don't think they are required to register. In my experiences with ROTC, the women where not trained any different than men, except perhaps, they were given more encouragement by the officers. I am proud to say that as a group the women seemed to make the better leaders, and often showed the most enthusiasm for the program. A number of them beat me on the on the running part of the physical; two miles in Army boots and under eighteen minutes is not that bad. One of the women in my old unit is going to Airborne School [Airborne!!] (jumping out of airplanes, an activity that is highly respected by Army people), another plans to go to Cold Weather Survival training. I would wish any women interested in the military, the best of luck. Please excuse me if I have offended any pacifist types (no flames please). -- J. Scott Hamilton !genrad!mit-eddie!hammy