Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2020-05-03 3:59 p.m., 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?
> >
>
> Equal rights. Women want equality everywhere else. They want equal
> pay, to be equally represented in management, company boards and in
> politics. I thought there had been some sort of unwritten law on
> military promotion that emphasized combat experience.

Not quite like that. There was, but it was 20-25 years ago. It had
more to do with could not get orders (duty station assignments) to get
you ahead. Example: Data Processing Rate, US Navy. 1983. 5 billets
navy wide for femaes at sea. 2,500 or so DP's. Close to 50% female.
We hit 70% of the remote duty stations that counted as 'sea' but didn't
get to an actual ship. We gained rank, but slower at the upper levels
due it.

I didn't have the experience level at sea as a counter part male over
20 years, until I hit the 22 year mark (then I had more but late in
career). My lack of experience at sea in the early years, hampered my
ability as a more senior enlisted and only overcame it later.