Should gender be a consideration for guard duty?

I now serve in a Chemical Company and roughly half my PLT is female. We regularly have males and females working together. Just remind everyone that they are professionals and are expected to act as such. Give your speech to the PLT not just to select individuals, and I doubt that you will have a problem.

Don't see any issue! As a long as they both follow our Army Values.

No it's not wrong. It's time for the military to rid itself of gender bias. I feel strongly that any able body that's wearing a uniform should be eligible to perform any job in the military. One of things that always bothered me was the fact that an E4 in the mess hall, or working in finance were making the same money as an E4 in the trenches.

Why should there be a problem? If there were males and females in the field are they not sometimes required to sleep in the same field tent? We are required to do our jobs regardless of our gender and regardless if our partner is of the opposite gender. We are still upheld to the same professional standards regardless of who or what gender or partner is. Besides could it not be argued that if only females work together or only males work together that somehow that is sexual discrimination. Another point I have to make is if females can't work with males on guard duty how this promote working as a unit? It would segregate the unit to a way.

Don't see any issue! As a long as they both follow our Army Values.

RETIRED 1SG 35YEARS USARMY - Guard duty is ran by the company turn or area, Guard duty is PERFORMED by SOLDIERS PERIOD, SOLDIER has NO gender, it is the responsibility of each person involved, IF there is foul play, then your unit needs retraining, I never had this problem mixing it up, I told them its simple, if I catch you or ANY one crossing the line - your svc is done, I would do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING in my POWER to exit you both out , but I was a TIRRANT, ran a very tight unit

I think you'd be setting yourself up for failure to do so unless you know the personnel involved were straight (GTG/good troops etc etc). If the personnel aren't duds then use them as such.

If you have any doubt, don't take a chance when you don't have to

SFC (Join to see) What does having females in the Infantry have to do with Guard Duty - absolutely nothing. Think about it this way, if you were either a Finance or HR NCO running an equivalent course or WLC would you be asking the same question?

I say as long as they are professionals like all should be. There is nothing wrong with it.

if this question garner this much attention i truly wonder what it will be like in the back of Bradley or troop transport bodies will touch or do we separate the riders i guess this old infantrymen is trying to say self-control, self-discipline is the order of the day