Should gender be a consideration for guard duty?

No it is not wrong at all. They are both soldiers. We need to stop treating females soldiers are a endanger species or high risk factor for our Risk Assessments. What I would do is ask a soldier in an MP unit the same question. They have been doing that for a quite a while. But if we can't trust a soldier not to attack another soldier than we are failing as a profession. I would also say the same thing if we fear that a female soldier is going to claim SHARP at the drop of the hat. If we just treat them as another soldier you may be surprised. I have always been infantry. I am now in a unit that has females in it due to being a training unit. I will say I would put her performance level above that of many soldiers I know. But as infantry so many fear what they don't know. In reality it shouldn't be an issue. I would just to be sure to put a responsible soldier on guard just as the same way as I would with male soldiers. I wouldn't want two PVTs guard ammo. I would like to see an NCO there. But all in all this isn't the first time a male and female soldier had to work togerther in a remote locaton.

Even when I was in, females were pulling guard duty - so what's the problem now?

Absolutely not. Professionalism should be enforced and expected. There's a job to be done, and it will be.

This should not be a question of gender, but of training.

Realistically no it should not but in our Army today we should play to the side of caution. Too many times do jokes or phrases offend many people when they may have misunderstood or taken out of context. Also if a situation arises I would prefer to have a witness instead of depending on a he-said, she-said ordeal. Too often do males get the short end of the stick.

I also want to say no, due to the fact that if we are going to accept females in our MOS, then we need to start small and doing an ammo guard shift together would help out. As long as both male and female SMs are professional and can keep their minds focused on the mission at hand... Then I see nothing wrong with that. You're the SFC in charge and you make decisions based on how you see fit. Just have someone check in on them from time to time. Even send the other female soldier over to check with her. It's going to take a long time to get used to the change, but you're doing the right thing! Hooah!

Jesus Christ, how is this even a question? When did we forget, that above all else, we are adults? If we can't act like mature adults to carry out a simple task like guard duty, how do we, as a team, expect to win wars? Check out the civilian side of the work force: do bosses separate male and female coworkers for fear that they might have sex at work or scream rape because a male coworker looked at a female sideways? Do your job as a SNCO and police up your Soldiers. If your male Soldier has a problem with it and can't keep his dick in his pants, replace him since he's obviously unfit for duty.

I want to say no, because as soldiers we are all professional and race, gender, nationality, etc should be irrelevant. But we also have a politically correct Army so there's no telling.

In my own opinion of females are allowed into combat arms professions than it would seem appropriate that men and women can be on guard together no matter the circumstance, since professionalism is key to our success.

Either they are soldiers, or they are not. They are not circle red-X "to be given duties only in the presence of a male or only in the presence of another female..."

That train left the station long ago.