US Army soldier Norma Gonzales reads a magazine next to fellow soldiers while waiting to be ferried by a helicopter to different US military bases in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. © REUTERS/ Erik De Castro/Files
Washington Times: Army women hurt more often in combat training, experience more mental health issues
Army women not only suffer more injuries than men during combat training, but the active-duty female soldiers also are stricken with significantly higher rates of mental health disorders.
The statistics come from a study conducted by the Army surgeon general last summer in conjunction with a bevy of analyses and experiments to judge women’s suitability for direct ground combat roles. It found, for example, that female soldiers suffer depression at more than double the rate of men and that one of the triggers is exposure to combat.
Still, the study concluded: “There is no medical basis to prohibit any [military occupational specialty] opening to females.”
WNU Editor: They can produce all the studies they want .... but the official Pentagon policy is to have all doors open for women who want to serve .... Female Soldiers Cleared to Serve in Infantry, Ranger, Special Forces (Military.com).
1 comment:
There is a story that a Pawnee village was attacked by the Sioux, when the men were away hunting buffalo. The village was in sight of a cavalry fort, but they did not come out to help. The women, old men and children had no choice but to fight. Fight they did and they kicked Sioux a__.
That said it is good for women to be able to fight, but it is better if they are your 2nd or 3rd string and are there just as back up.
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