Posted on Jun 11, 2022
Have the women with combat jobs in the Rangers and Special Forces actually been fighting along side men?
42.6K
961
261
167
167
0
Have the women with combat jobs and have made it to the Ranger Regiment and Special Forces actually been fighting along side men, or have they been just for show?
Posted 2 y ago
Responses: 75
They are just as much for show as the countless other MOS that are part of the Ranger Regiment and do not see Combat. That is to say, they are NOT for show.
And if you took the time to do some research instead of typing this garbage, you would see that YES, there currently are female 75th Regiment Rangers leading Rangers in Combat Operations (CPT Coss) and at least one Green Beret in an ODA in the 10th SOG.
And if you took the time to do some research instead of typing this garbage, you would see that YES, there currently are female 75th Regiment Rangers leading Rangers in Combat Operations (CPT Coss) and at least one Green Beret in an ODA in the 10th SOG.
(3)
(0)
TSgt James Sutton
please post a source, otherwise your response is the garbage....I mean you complain that a simple search will uncover this...but yet fail to provide one yourself
(0)
(0)
To actually answer your question from 4 months ago as I read it , "have any female Soldiers been awarded the combat MOS(s) severed along side male Soldiers with the same MOS in combat units ? " While I have been out for some time I have visited my old unit as recently as June of this year. While a pretty good size sampling of female Soldiers have been awarded combat MOS(s) the ones that had that MOS in my old unit were assigned to the head quarters and not in the infantry squads or teams. So seeing a fully integrated infantry squad doing Infantry stuff appears to be a goal for teh future. Keeping in mind this is all second hand info and your milage may vary. When you cut through the MACHO and virtue signaling BS you tend to see the ground truth. I will await to see if everything becomes equal to include the draft before I settle for a fair answer.
(3)
(0)
SFC Lynn Santosuosso
I am just disappointed that was I was born too early because I would be right in there with any infantry unit!
It’s funny how people in the US tend to bark at women being in combat arms or being in country positions while other countries have been doing that for years!
I posted a reply regarding women in combat and the special group of women in Afghanistan, known as CST’s were embedded with special ops units, and went on operations with them to capture towns looking for insurgence. There is a book about these women. It is called Ashley’s War.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/23019289
It’s funny how people in the US tend to bark at women being in combat arms or being in country positions while other countries have been doing that for years!
I posted a reply regarding women in combat and the special group of women in Afghanistan, known as CST’s were embedded with special ops units, and went on operations with them to capture towns looking for insurgence. There is a book about these women. It is called Ashley’s War.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/23019289
Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldi…
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Dr…
(1)
(0)
SFC Lynn Santosuosso
I have friends who work in these positions, and I tell you what, you would not want to meet them in an alley on a dark, rainy night!
(1)
(0)
Should be easy to find out. Just ask a Green Beanie or a former engagement team member. Either they (WACs) went for cover or they started banging away.
(3)
(0)
(1)
(0)
MAJ Ronnie Reams
Sgt Osla McKercher - Bang away. They have firearms, I presume, and can spray and pray.
(0)
(0)
Suspended Profile
When is the last time the 75th deployed to active fighting?
SSG (Join to see)
I mean the Ranger Regiment has been non-stop deployed for over 20 years to the most dynamic battle fields in the world... so to answer your question... literally today.
(1)
(0)
SSG (Join to see)
SFC Thomas Foreman Obviously me telling you locations of any army unit would be a violation of operational security protocols but if you take a look at some open source media outlets you can find what you're looking for
(1)
(0)
TSgt James Sutton
SSG (Join to see) - passing on open source information is not a violation of OPSEC....I mean when the local TV and radio are announcing unit deployments etc then the bad guys already know where you are LOL.
(0)
(0)
There are probably way more males that finished all those SF schools that haven't seen combat than females with the same credentials.
(3)
(0)
MSG Thomas Currie
As a Logistician, I would assume you understand that this is an obvious truism but completely unrelated to the question. Comparing numbers is meaningless when the sample sizes are vastly different. Even comparing percentages is dubious when the sample size on one side of the comparison is very small.
(2)
(0)
TSgt James Sutton
CPT Lesher....yeah you are not very good at statistics are you? You really think the percentages of women passing is higher than men? You really think that? And they gave you a commission? I mean didn't they require to take some form of statistics when you went to school or are you just making shit up as you go along?
(0)
(0)
With this generation “Z” the women seem to have more balls than the lady boys!
(2)
(0)
Women have been fighting as warriors all throughout history. Study your world history. We are even more vicious out on a battlefield than the men are. We are good for things other than sex and giving birth.
(2)
(0)
Lots of BS, but no one has answered the question - are there any confirmed cases of the graduates of these schools actually fulfilling combat billets?
(2)
(0)
The History, The Standards and How it's Going so Far
A Fight 245 Years in the Making. U.S. Service Women and their struggle to meet men on equal terms in the United States Military. This has been their battle f...
ARMY :
“Everyone is a 11B”.
V1 : https://youtu.be/66JuRILSpM0?si=ljU-q3DTv8P8b9Wq
V2 : https://youtu.be/_h0BWu4h2to?si=HBAJ90YEFWjBDm4f
V3 : https://youtu.be/1K31ihhdDak?si=V8kjMTAmpYgQiCxU
1.). 8 female soldiers who changed the course of US military history
March 8 is International Women’s Day — a celebration which would be incomplete if the female trailblazers of the United States Army were not recognized. Though not often viewed as equals by their male counterparts, women have dutifully served their country since the days of the American Revolution.
From breaking barriers in combat to challenging the status quo across eras, here are eight female soldiers who changed the course of history for the U.S. military. March 8 is International Women’s Day — a celebration which would be incomplete if the female trailblazers of the United States Army were not recognized.
Though not often viewed as equals by their male counterparts, women have dutifully served their country since the days of the American Revolution. From breaking barriers in combat to challenging the status quo across eras, here are eight female soldiers who changed the course of history for the U.S. military.
SOURCE : https://www.armytimes.com/off-duty/2020/03/09/8-female-soldiers-who-changed-the-course-of-us-military-history/
2.) Over 200 Years of Service: The History of Women in the U.S. Military
From the battlefields of the American Revolution to the deserts of Kuwait, women have been serving in the military in one form or another for more than 200 years. They have had to overcome decades of obstacles to get to where they are today: serving in greater numbers, in combat roles and in leadership positions all around the world.
Here is a look at the history of women in the military, how their roles have changed over the years and how the USO has supported them since our founding as an organization in 1941.
SOURCE : https://www.uso.org/stories/3005-over-200-years-of-service-the-history-of-women-in-the-us-military
3.) 9 badass women in the military who have made history — and why you should know them
These female military trailblazers deserve to be celebrated on International Women's Day — and everyday.
World War I was the first time women could join military service outside nursing and by the end of World War II, 350,000 women wore American service uniforms according to official archives.
In January 2013, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women in combat roles and gave the military two years to complete integration.
These female trailblazers are to thank for the roles women have in our armed forces today. But who are they? And how did they do it?
1.)
* First American woman to fly in combat
* Col. Martha McSally flew 2,600 flight hours, including over 325 combat hours, during her military career in the U.S. Air Force.
2.)
* First Black woman to enlist in the U.S. Army and the only known female Buffalo Soldier
Growing up, Pvt. Cathay Williams worked as a house slave in Jefferson City, Missouri, but when the Union army took the city, captured slaves were used in military support roles, according to the National Park Service.
* On Nov. 15, 1866, Williams enlisted in the U.S. Army as a man under the name William Cathay and was assigned to the 38th U.S. Infantry Regiment. She was the first Black woman to enlist in the U.S. Army.
* After contracting smallpox, and once commanding officers discovering she was a woman, Williams was discharged in 1868. NPS reports Williams went on to join the all-Black military regiment known as the Buffalo Soldiers.
3.)
* First female fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force
* Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt began her career in 1992 by entering the U.S. Air Force.
* When restrictions for women flying combat missions were dropped in 1993, Leavitt became the Air Force’s first female fighter pilot in the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle. Throughout her career, Leavitt has accrued more than 3,000 hours as a command pilot, including more than 300 combat hours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
SOURCE : https://www.today.com/parents/female-military-heroes-rcna70171
Personal (Our Sister Unit) :
A look back at 507th Maintenance Company from Fort Bliss
SOURCE : https://www.elpasotimes.com/picture-gallery/news/2023/03/22/507th-maintenance-company-fort-bliss/ [login to see] /
“Everyone is a 11B”.
V1 : https://youtu.be/66JuRILSpM0?si=ljU-q3DTv8P8b9Wq
V2 : https://youtu.be/_h0BWu4h2to?si=HBAJ90YEFWjBDm4f
V3 : https://youtu.be/1K31ihhdDak?si=V8kjMTAmpYgQiCxU
1.). 8 female soldiers who changed the course of US military history
March 8 is International Women’s Day — a celebration which would be incomplete if the female trailblazers of the United States Army were not recognized. Though not often viewed as equals by their male counterparts, women have dutifully served their country since the days of the American Revolution.
From breaking barriers in combat to challenging the status quo across eras, here are eight female soldiers who changed the course of history for the U.S. military. March 8 is International Women’s Day — a celebration which would be incomplete if the female trailblazers of the United States Army were not recognized.
Though not often viewed as equals by their male counterparts, women have dutifully served their country since the days of the American Revolution. From breaking barriers in combat to challenging the status quo across eras, here are eight female soldiers who changed the course of history for the U.S. military.
SOURCE : https://www.armytimes.com/off-duty/2020/03/09/8-female-soldiers-who-changed-the-course-of-us-military-history/
2.) Over 200 Years of Service: The History of Women in the U.S. Military
From the battlefields of the American Revolution to the deserts of Kuwait, women have been serving in the military in one form or another for more than 200 years. They have had to overcome decades of obstacles to get to where they are today: serving in greater numbers, in combat roles and in leadership positions all around the world.
Here is a look at the history of women in the military, how their roles have changed over the years and how the USO has supported them since our founding as an organization in 1941.
SOURCE : https://www.uso.org/stories/3005-over-200-years-of-service-the-history-of-women-in-the-us-military
3.) 9 badass women in the military who have made history — and why you should know them
These female military trailblazers deserve to be celebrated on International Women's Day — and everyday.
World War I was the first time women could join military service outside nursing and by the end of World War II, 350,000 women wore American service uniforms according to official archives.
In January 2013, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women in combat roles and gave the military two years to complete integration.
These female trailblazers are to thank for the roles women have in our armed forces today. But who are they? And how did they do it?
1.)
* First American woman to fly in combat
* Col. Martha McSally flew 2,600 flight hours, including over 325 combat hours, during her military career in the U.S. Air Force.
2.)
* First Black woman to enlist in the U.S. Army and the only known female Buffalo Soldier
Growing up, Pvt. Cathay Williams worked as a house slave in Jefferson City, Missouri, but when the Union army took the city, captured slaves were used in military support roles, according to the National Park Service.
* On Nov. 15, 1866, Williams enlisted in the U.S. Army as a man under the name William Cathay and was assigned to the 38th U.S. Infantry Regiment. She was the first Black woman to enlist in the U.S. Army.
* After contracting smallpox, and once commanding officers discovering she was a woman, Williams was discharged in 1868. NPS reports Williams went on to join the all-Black military regiment known as the Buffalo Soldiers.
3.)
* First female fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force
* Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt began her career in 1992 by entering the U.S. Air Force.
* When restrictions for women flying combat missions were dropped in 1993, Leavitt became the Air Force’s first female fighter pilot in the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle. Throughout her career, Leavitt has accrued more than 3,000 hours as a command pilot, including more than 300 combat hours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
SOURCE : https://www.today.com/parents/female-military-heroes-rcna70171
Personal (Our Sister Unit) :
A look back at 507th Maintenance Company from Fort Bliss
SOURCE : https://www.elpasotimes.com/picture-gallery/news/2023/03/22/507th-maintenance-company-fort-bliss/ [login to see] /
(1)
(0)
Read This Next