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Subject: Re: Today's Army Attitudes!

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Terry Walton

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Date Posted: 20:15:49 03/03/05 Thu
In reply to: Jim Martin 's message, "Today's Army Attitudes!" on 13:46:33 03/03/05 Thu

>You only have to look at today's society in general to
>realize that the Armed Forces have radical problems
>concerning Discipline and Morale,this could be due to
>the lack of Respect and the youth culture. The
>deterioriation of fundimental values and Traditions
>leading to a lack of pride and self-esteem are
>evident. Another valid point concerns mixed gender
>intergration. Call me sexist if you will,but I
>consider putting men and women on the front line
>together is a recipe for disaster. The Isralis tried
>it and found it created more problems then it
>resolved. I have not got a problem with having women
>in the Army. They are more adaptable in a lot of
>respects,than their male counterparts,they also have
>the capacity to do more than one task at a time unlike
>us men!...It's the sexual chemistry that produces the
>overtones and the rivalry that these attachments that
>usually developes, that causes fiction and a breakdown
>of discipline. In our day you had WRAC Company's that
>worked in conjunction with their male counterparts
>though, were segregated for precisely the reasons I
>have stated!..Men are from Mars and Women are from
>Venus!...Can't say that this would affect the
>contentious issue concerning'Equal Opportunities'
>because they could still continue in their respective
>roles within the Army as before! Though you might
>still have a problem with the 'Sexual
>Discimination'lobby!...All this down to those bloody
>Politican's some might say?.....
I agree, no one can knock the job the WRAC WREN the WRAF did when we were serving, they were all well suited for the job, serving as medical /drivers/Office Clerks etc.
But? now they are part of a unit, what happens if one of these young ladies are shot dead/ captured and torteued. it has not happened yet to our knowledge, but what if. Imagine the seeing the front page of a newspaper. It's bad enough when you see that some young man with everything to live for gets killed, his family say , yes he always wanted to be a soldier, he was doing his job. I cannnot see the same headlines for a young female soldier can you ?

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