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Army’s 1st female grunts, tankers should arrive at their units in 2017

The Army will start training women for combat arms jobs later this year, but the first group of female infantry, armor or special operations soldiers are not expected to arrive at their units until 2017 at the earliest. The service will start bringing in female leaders from West Point, ROTC and Officer Candidate School this…

The Army will start training women for combat arms jobs later this year, but the first group of female infantry, armor or special operations soldiers are not expected to arrive at their units until 2017 at the earliest.

The service will start bringing in female leaders from West Point, ROTC and Officer Candidate School this summer as the class of 2016 graduates, according to the Army’s implementation plan released Thursday. The first enlisted recruits are expected to start training in the fall.

via www.armytimes.com

Starting with officers is the smart thing to do.

And the OPAT testing to show an initial level of physicality suitable to the MOS makes sense as well.

Unfortunately, what you'll see in units that do gain female troops is a vastly increased number of sports type injuries over the course of time, and the women will tend to wind up in jobs outside the rifle squads and tank crews, and instead be the CO's driver or get stashed in the S-3 shop.

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  1. timactual

    “instead be the CO’s driver or get stashed in the S-3 shop.”
    That should be good for unit cohesion and morale. On second thought, it may well be better that way, given the inevitable sexual tension and politics that will occur when infantrybeings of different genders are forced to sleep “cheek to cheek” for prolonged periods under stressful conditions.
    Put a normal 18-20 yr. old male, put him in a snug little foxhole with an 18-20 yr. old female on a cold, dark night, under the stars, and I guarantee that allegations of inappropriate comments/conduct are going to occur. As the saying goes, “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop”.

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