Bring these back.



I can’t see many women toting one of these for miles.

I have no problem with women in the military....We need them, and it's honorable.

But, not in combat....If a woman gets wounded, 10 men will get killed trying to rescue her.

No disrespect at all, but it's a really bad idea.

I don't see many of the men of 2026 doing it either!

I'll opt to have the better shot and calmer mind having my back. Don't care man or woman, just the best person for the job

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I’m fine with women serving in combat and combat related positions. What we don’t need is sexual harassment. Get that out of the military and everyone can concentrate on the mission.

Are there any other countries where women serve in actual combat?....Not combat roles, but actual fighting?

lol

Saw a round robin discussion with former seals and rangers, they both said they didn't care if their fellow soldiers were black, purple, gay or a woman, as long as they could drag their butts out of the line of fire if they were hit.

Women cant Carry as much weight so someone else ends up packing more, a woman will have a much harder time geting a 200 lb wounded man with 80 lb of kit on him to safty.

Young men and women bad combo. Short amount of time and there will be sexual relationships jealous and poor unit cohesion. Men respond differently to a woman blown apart than a man as well.

Women make great snipers and some would give some of guys a run for their money but typically its a bad idea to have them in combat..

17-30 year olds are what make up our front line troops. You really think basic biology can just be set aside that easily?

And I'm not even talking about actual harassment.

How about women POW's? They would likely have to worry about a bit more than harassment.

There are 6 foot tall women who could toss a lot of infantry men into a fireman's carry and haul them out , are they a minority of women ,Yes.
but they exist.

this is 2026 , we need a standard PT test for each MOS you pass or you fail
a standard training test for each MOS you pass or you fail.

one thing women need to know fighting in many of the places they might end up , is that they are fighting to the death or it is going to probably be even uglier than if they were a man. Although where we are likely going to be fighting men are probably fighting to the death also.
not really much room for surrender and POW in the current theater of war.
that is just something they need to know not something that makes them unfit to fight.

Men and women serve together in non direct combat that ends up turning into combat like convoys that are hit by insurgents already.

my opinion is you need to be able to perform to the lever the job you are taking demands.
let that be the deciding factor.

did you see what trump said today?

“People come up to me, with tears in their eyes, and they say, ‘Sir, you’re the strongest. Send Barron off to war’ I’ve always been strong. Very strong. Stronger than anyone expected. Some say the strongest ever. And strength matters. Believe me.”

I had a female EOD tech in my unit here at Seymour Johnson, and she was exceptional. She could do any task the males could do, including wearing that cumbersome bomb suit. I had no qualms about going out on calls with her.

Even compared to my .308 that 1917 is a beast, but accurate even after all these years.

Anything more than the cricket is too heavy.

As a woman, I would have no problem toting that rifle. That said.... I don't believe in women in combat either. And it's for one simple reason. The one given by ky_coyote below. Others mentioned women causing conflict within a unit by simply being female and I have no doubt that is true too. But, even setting that aside... the reason I don't support it is because more men WILL get killed protecting women. You can't change that. It's biology. It's hardwired in men, at least the sort of men that sign up for the military anyways, to be protective of women. It's just nature. Men will try harder to protect women than they would other men, and they will die for their efforts. I feel women are much better suited for support type roles.

I believe that Isreal did have female combat troops and they were ruthless. I don't know if they still have them or not but they did when the Desert Eagle handgun came to the US.