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2017-11-27 Home Front: Culture Wars
Fort Benning Spent $35 Million To Accommodate Female Infantry Recruits
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Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 We need Milbots? But they might cost more than accomodation.
Posted by JohnQC 2017-11-27 02:02||   2017-11-27 02:02|| Front Page Top

#2 36% drop out rate?

This is a basic Military school, maybe even with standards.

I think you over-shot your idiot political engagement for the Future of America, and much, much more.
Posted by newc 2017-11-27 03:24||   2017-11-27 03:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Female recruits have had a higher injury rate than their male counterparts. For example, in the last class, hip stress fractures were an issue for six out of seven females injured in Charlie Company.

Obviously no thought given to medical costs, suitability for future assignments, service related disability, medical retirements, and future VA claim costs.
Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-27 04:44||   2017-11-27 04:44|| Front Page Top

#4 All this money spent to segregate the genders, yet how will they keep this 'separate but equal' status in actual combat?
Posted by Mullah Richard 2017-11-27 11:39||   2017-11-27 11:39|| Front Page Top

#5 in actual combat

I don't think they actually thought that far.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-11-27 11:53||   2017-11-27 11:53|| Front Page Top

#6 This is just an extension of the policy over at the Airborne School at Benning, where they have been taking female trainees for a number of years. These are generally female West Point cadets, trying for jump wings, and are referred to by the black hats as 'kids on summer vacation'.
It's actually the jump school class that's the easiest to get through; in ground week, the girls all run up front with the instructors, and nobody has to run faster than the slowest girl.
Posted by ed in texas 2017-11-27 12:11||   2017-11-27 12:11|| Front Page Top

#7 The enemy doesn't care.
Posted by Procopius2k 2017-11-27 13:46||   2017-11-27 13:46|| Front Page Top

#8 I worked on the "Army of One" campaign and we worked at Ft Benning, albeit along time ago in the age of GW, but I met a couple of very impressive female recruits while there and some incredible officers (male) as well!
Posted by 746 2017-11-27 14:28||   2017-11-27 14:28|| Front Page Top

#9 We had 2 females in my jumps school class in 1982. One broke her leg and didn't graduate - the other was a hard core little punk rocker - she did great!
Posted by Omaling Unereque1009 2017-11-27 23:13||   2017-11-27 23:13|| Front Page Top

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