women be allowed to serve in combat roles

[dimpy.handa]

Allowing a mixed gender force keeps the military strong. The all-volunteer forces are severely troubled by falling retention and recruitment rates. Widening the applicant pool for all jobs guarantees more willing recruits. Not only does it help military readiness, it forestalls the calamity of a military draft. Without the possibility of active combat duty, many patriotic women will be put off enlisting, as they know they will be regarded as second-class soldiers. And as combat duty is usually regarded as necessary for promotion to senior officer positions, denying female personnel this experience ensures that very few will ever reach the highest reaches of the military and so further entrenches sexism.

 

[swatiraohnlu]

I agree with the fact that the physical standards should be the same for everybody but I think that women should be allowed to serve in combat roles.

I met a lot of women that actually saw quite a bit of combat and despite the "fact" that men are better suited for combat (which is unjustified), I think the women did just as well as the men.