Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 2:47:41 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2020-05-03 2:24 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 8:13:19 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > >> On 2020-05-03 1:34 p.m., Gary wrote:
> > >>> Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> So much burble - I did and do support a woman's right to fight
> > >>>> in combat, yes, they should also be drafted but maybe not to
> > >>>> actually fight, as with men, some are not combat minded.
> > >>>
> > >>> Join the military and you might get a choice of jobs. Get
> > drafted >>> and you lose all choices and during a draft that often
> > means >>> combat for most.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Given the equal rights and equal opportunity of this day and age,
> > >> it should not be a right to fight in combat. It should be an
> > equal >> obligation. They want equal access at all levels..... if
> > they want >> it, but few are interested in combat. Since combat is
> > the primary >> purpose of the military, they should be assigned
> > there too.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't worry about that too much. American women are engaging
> > > in combat situations. They have been for years. They get killed
> > > and maimed and PTSD'ed just like any other red-blooded American
> > > boy in combat. I mean, this ain't the friggin' 60's!
> > >
> >
> > Women make up only 1.7% of combat infantry positions in the US. It
> > is 2020 and they should be 50-50.
>
> Or perhaps a percentage reflecting the relative numbers of men and
> women in the service. The Army is 14% women. Why should the ratio
> of combat infantry positions be 50-50?
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Exactly. Navy is more even but not 50% hence no expectation of 50% of
anything. 'GI Jane' aside in the movie, we don't have any female seals
because none have made it. We do have plenty of female SB (closest
thing to a Seal). Generally, we females are representative based on
percentage across the job areas of the Navy. Higher percent than Army
by far. I'll check but I think it is 30-35%?