Yea... I always wanted some hot blond chickie beside me after 2weeks of field time. I was a grunt... you carry ALOT of wieght and if your light infantry you carry more. If someone falls out...you carry thier crap too...
Look at the BEST female athletes in the world..how do they compare to men? They come up at about average or above average at best. Sure there are women who can do this..but should the miltary put so many through training to find those few?
Hell...I've been working out for years and..well I aint seen to many women who can hold a torch to men on average in str/endur.
Combat arms is a male occupation until techo makes it different. Someday perhaps we'll see powered up armor suits and such to even the playing field...but not now.
I had to do a public speech on this once in school. We had several ladies saying women could and should do this... that any woman could. I brought in a large ruck w/about 60pds of crap in it. I also brough in LBE with water and some tire wieghts to simulate ammo wieght. Most of them couldnt even pick the GD ruck up and put it on thier back. I then showed them a forced march pace.... then I explained it wasnt over after the GD march. You still go dig your shallow graves...recon..patrol at night... etc...
I proved my point... and they stfu about women in combat arms.
xBAT
P.S. hell i carried a M60... i can see a chick carrying my hog,
tripod, nightvision equip, ammo. etc. LOL
P.S.S what the hell am i writing all this for w/in this subject/post of Grunz's? DOh