Should gender be a consideration for guard duty?

Absolutely, in order for the true equality of females in the military to play the role of soldier... Only time gender should play a role is showers and toilet time... Sleeping even in the barracks should not be an issue... In Kuwait while transing to Iraq we were in 90 man circus tents both female and male... Zero issues...

I would say that gender shouldn't be a factor in guard duty. A woman who signs up to defend her country should realize that it really means to defend, a woman shouldn't get excluded from duty just because of her sex. Professionalism should be held above all.

Uphold the standards..... Don't drop the ball on this and inspect what you expect. The Sergeant and Corporal of the Guard can ensure that things run smoothly. This is a small opportunity to show growth and gender integration within our military, as we have been ordered to do.... Uphold the standards.

As long as they are Qualified, there is no problem.

Back in the 1970s, I was a SP4 Transportation Clerk stationed in Germany I was assigned duty guard duty midnight - 8a.m. at the front gate armed with only a billy club. I couldn't stay awake. I was only 1 of a handful of women in HHQ company. Every time I turned around I was being TDYed to do some menial task. I was newly pregnant, and decided to use that as an excuse to be discharged. My point here is assigning women from other units to guard duty is nothing new.

I feel like there should be no problem with one female and one male soldier doing guard duty together however, being an NG soldier it is taboo. It's almost a segregation example; if a male NCO is in charge of a female soldier he is to be accompanied at all times while talking or training her. The culture in the ARNG is quite different on this subject and its very disappointing when you are made to feel you can't trust your troops by higher ups.

It's the same old adage: if the soldier is substandard, get them out. Otherwise, utilize your resources - regardless of gender. A troop should be proficient in all aspects of the service.

Hell no, they are soldiers first and finance second. Give them the 2-4 am shift.

What? They don't already? Equal pay, equal work. Why is gender even taken into consideration? I know guard duty sucks to high heaven, having been in a career field that is nothing but guard duty for the most part, why unfairly discriminate against males based on their gender? If there are 5 people available and only 3 catch guard duty, because of female privilege, that's discrimination. Look at it like this, if there were 5 people available, and 2 of them were white, but they didn't catch guard duty because they were white, how would that work out for you?

I don't know. However I would like to talk about something else that has the ability to positively affect all veterans. That is the "American Heroes COLA Act of 2015" this bill will make the Cost of living adjustment automatic based upon the consumer price index increase. However it has been hard to get it passed because not enough veterans are paying attention and voicing their support for the bill. So you may be wondering how can you make a difference in passing the bill? Veterans are the most powerful voting block and when they come together in support of an issue the house and Senate listens. So what is the disposition of the bill? At the moment it sitting in the Veterans oversight committee in the Senate awaiting for them to take it up. So can you do? We every veteran to call, write, and email the members of the oversight committee. I've done it and have had great discussionofficeSenator Tillis about it. However it seems that more pressure is needed to get the committee chairs to bring the bill up for a vote that's why we need you to make your voices heard. Once we get it out of committee then what? While you contact the committee members we want you to contact your Senator office by calling, writing, and email to ask that they support the bill and they offer three amendments to the bill once it's brought to the floor. The first would give veterans a 25% pay increase unrelated to Cost of living. The second one would allow the VA to pay Quality Of life payments to veterans who are 60% or more disabled by using the secondary disability scale making awards proportional to the veterans disability rating. The final amendment would allow the VA to make maximum pension payments to any veteran that a service connected disability rating of 100% or permanent and total disabled that not receiving any military retirement. Back dated to the original award date of 100% for maximum of three years. After the bill passes the Senate is it over? No, it will go to the house for final approval. So what then? Each veteran would need to contact their Congressman ask them to support the bill and all its amendments. How long will it take to get to the President's desk? If we work together on this we can get their before the month end. Can any of the amendments take immediate effect after the President signs the bill into law? Yes, but you have to request they be written that way.