LCDR Private RallyPoint Member 974999 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-60406"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhy-can-t-we-just-have-all-women-combat-teams%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Why+can%27t+we+just+have+all+women+combat+teams%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhy-can-t-we-just-have-all-women-combat-teams&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhy can&#39;t we just have all women combat teams?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-can-t-we-just-have-all-women-combat-teams" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="e7760e4e27b899e00ef7a7a33df6b6b6" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/060/406/for_gallery_v2/7440665d.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/060/406/large_v3/7440665d.jpg" alt="7440665d" /></a></div></div>I ran into a group in Israel years back and let me tell you, you did not want to mess with them. But I do remember a discussion with them about the reason why they were a separate unit. It was because when the embedded with male units the males had a tendency to not focus on the objective. <br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/18/marines-reportedly-will-ask-to-keep-some-combat-jobs-closed-to-women/?intcmp=hpbt1">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/18/marines-reportedly-will-ask-to-keep-some-combat-jobs-closed-to-women/?intcmp=hpbt1</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/022/339/qrc/Women_20in_20Combat_Cham(2)640360.jpg?1443054924"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/18/marines-reportedly-will-ask-to-keep-some-combat-jobs-closed-to-women/?intcmp=hpbt1">Marines expected to ask to keep some combat jobs closed to women</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The Marine Corps reportedly will ask to keep several front-line combat jobs closed to women, bucking the trend being followed by the other three military services.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-09-18T09:55:48-04:00 LCDR Private RallyPoint Member 974999

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-60406"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhy-can-t-we-just-have-all-women-combat-teams%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Why+can%27t+we+just+have+all+women+combat+teams%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhy-can-t-we-just-have-all-women-combat-teams&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhy can&#39;t we just have all women combat teams?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-can-t-we-just-have-all-women-combat-teams" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="eb7b9c0bbe6c37a038f2d91fa261a71f" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/060/406/for_gallery_v2/7440665d.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/060/406/large_v3/7440665d.jpg" alt="7440665d" /></a></div></div>I ran into a group in Israel years back and let me tell you, you did not want to mess with them. But I do remember a discussion with them about the reason why they were a separate unit. It was because when the embedded with male units the males had a tendency to not focus on the objective. <br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/18/marines-reportedly-will-ask-to-keep-some-combat-jobs-closed-to-women/?intcmp=hpbt1">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/18/marines-reportedly-will-ask-to-keep-some-combat-jobs-closed-to-women/?intcmp=hpbt1</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/022/339/qrc/Women_20in_20Combat_Cham(2)640360.jpg?1443054924"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/18/marines-reportedly-will-ask-to-keep-some-combat-jobs-closed-to-women/?intcmp=hpbt1">Marines expected to ask to keep some combat jobs closed to women</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The Marine Corps reportedly will ask to keep several front-line combat jobs closed to women, bucking the trend being followed by the other three military services.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-09-18T09:55:48-04:00 2015-09-18T09:55:48-04:00 SCPO David Lockwood 975001

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hmmm  SMU!

2015-09-18T09:56:25-04:00 2015-09-18T09:56:25-04:00 SGM Mikel Dawson 975394

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Would be an interesting experiment. The Army's experimented on everything else (to include people), why not this?

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