Women in Combat? Why? (Part II)

The only (*)(*)(*)(*)(*) airlift gets is an assignment with the 41st.

 

I'm just joking by the way before folks think we're actually being serious...

 

I figured. And my joke is ruined by the censor.

 

Exactly what I think we were doing during OIF II.

There will never be women in the infantry. I can't speak for combat engineers, tankers, or artillery.

However, I highly doubt the engineers would, particularly not Sappers.

Besides this, why would a woman want to do any of these? LOL

 

Tone doesn't translate well in text.
I've probably already been reported to the mods by now.

 

I have not been banned for my foul mouth, so you have nothing to worry about. And the word that is censored has to do with lady parts for those that want to know.

 

In the Air Force, female airmen are allowed to be in the Security Forces and with additional training can qualify and serve on fly away security teams. Airlift is always flying in and out of unsecured locations. When necessary, they bring along a two- to four-person team for security. FAST...Fly Away Security Teams.

Many of the areas have no security at all...FAST is the only protection you have from potential hostilities...



Women are already placing themselves in harm's way...it's not a new concept. They are trained and ready to use lethal force if required in the course of their duties. Women are serving in combat the same as men...facing the same risks and engaging bad guys the same as men.

 

I hate it when we hit subjects I won't get into but would really like to.

 

The Air Force's Security Forces are much more akin to Military Police than Infantry/Combat arms. I've talked to a few former Army/Marine grunts who made the switch, and while they said they enjoyed their jobs, it was nothing remotely similar to their time crawling through the mud. It's an important job with a unique set of challenges, but I don't think it serves in anyway to open the door to women in combat arms.

 

Chili mac is the only one that I actually liked. They should just make all MREs chili mac.

Of course, hot sauce is a must. You can always tell a Marine by their obsession with hot sauce.

 

They get the good MREs and the best chowhalls. In Guam, we got to eat at an Air Force chowhall and it was amazing. I couldn't believe how awesome it was.

 

This is what us grunts call "getting butt-hurt".

 

Mathis is a badass. Not sure if I already told this story, but he came to CAX (or is it KAX?) and our squad got to ask him a question. I asked him one and he noticed I wasn't wearing any rank. He didn't give a sh*t. Badass...

 

At least they're not using modified NAVY birds any longer like in Vietnam. Doubtful a splittail could fly a Crusader, no RIO to hold the venturi tube or vice versa

 

Of course women should be allowed in ground combat. Our front-line soldiers need lovin' too!

 

Yes, I actually have gone weeks eating them. I was one of 400 Techschoolers who volunteered to stay behind and help with the hurricane Katrina relief effort on keesler AFB. I had just gotten out of basic and to keesler. 2 weeks in to my tech school Katrina hit us. Spent nearly 2 months, 12 hours a day, 7 days a week out in the Mississippi heat cleaning up debrigh. I Believe it was a few weeks before they restored electricity and water, so we ate MRE's the majority of that time. Then after Tech school I was stationed in Korea. Ate a lot of MRE's while I was there during exercises. So yes, I have extensive experience eating them. My favorite is the chicken fajita .

 

Haha, did you really just say that?

 

Then you're just a (*)(*)(*)(*)ing weirdo, haha. There's always those rare birds that love em. While everyone would lose 10-15 pounds on deployment, there'd be that one guy who somehow gained weight just by eating MREs all day.

 

Nope, hard to gain weight doing hard manual labor in 90+ degree heat and 100% humidity. I think I constantly ate and drank water, but still managed to loose the 15 lbs I gained the last week of basic and 2 weeks of tech school.

 

Back in winter of '01-'02 I was deployed to A-stan, had a pilot that actually gained about twenty pounds eating them. Rest of us lost fifteen to twenty pounds. Guy was a weird bird but could fly very well. We were in K2; he would sleep all day--on the order of about sixteen hours or so--when we weren't flying, wake up long enough to eat, (*)(*)(*)(*) shower and shave, and go back to bed. Did nothing but sleep, eat and fly for the entire deployment.

 

Can't say as I blame the guy for sleeping a lot. Uzbekistan isn't noted for it's tourism.

 

Sure, why not? Thankfully I pulled the plug just before everything went PC bat(*)(*)(*)(*).

 

That is not just unique to Marines. We subsist on a diet that includes habanero popcorn, spicy chili, and ghost pepper salsa.

Wait, what?

(*)(*)(*)(*)(*) please...

C-130 pilots consume everything and anything they come across unless it is a vegetable not paired with meat and/or gravy.

So you left 69 years ago? It was PC long before I got in.

 

It got ridiculously PC after Tailhook, crack a book. The tide was turning about 10 years prior. Until that time it was basically guys night out.......every night. Liquid lunches and tiddy bouncers at pretty much every Acey Ducey club and Marine Top 4. Half went back to work and covered for the half that stayed, reverse order the next day....it worked pretty well unless (*)(*)(*)(*) was hitting the fan. Sorry, not 69 years but slowly working on it.

 

Most definately agree here--used hot sauce on everything I could in MREs. Not that it helped.

So tell me, you fly single seat fighters?