Women May Join the Front Lines After all

Women Combat Article

In this article is talks about women gaining more equality in the army. Generally women are deemed not fit enough to be at the front lines or in any combat roles. Most women are nervous or do not feel cofmrtoable to be in combat roles. So in Fort Stewart, GA they have begun a program that trains women to be in combat and test to see if they would survive/ be a contributing team member. Some people are arguing that they need some kind of unisex option to judge whether they are fit enough to fight wars. So instead of the typical pushups, sit-ups and 2 mile runs they are shifting gears toward battlefield tasks, e.g. dragging a wounded comrade to safety, installing and removing the barrel of a 25 mm gun on Bradley vehicles.


David Brinkley, the deputy chief of staff for operations at the Army's Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Eustis in Virginia said that some of the people think that these are unrealistic requirements that these women and other people have to fulfill, while others think that they are simply lowering their standards so women can fight on the front lines. Intiailly it was awkward for me and women to work together, but they compared it to a middle school dance because after some time the awkwardness went away and they formed a cohesive team.

They are also saying that these women have the mental and technical abilities necessary to perform on the front lines, but the only thing that might be a problem is their physical duty. So again this is going back to the argument that men are stronger than women and in most cases they are because that is how our bodies are created. Men are able to build more body mass and strength than women.

This is extremely positive because ever since the Pentagon order that women have the same opporutnies that opened thousands of positions slated to both genders. The gender barrier between men and women is slowly being broken and will continue to do so over time. The army is just the beginning and this is a powerful example that could affect many other national organizations.