re: #8 wrenchwench

And I’ve done a 53-year tour of duty as a “normal female” and all I can think of is that he thinks women can’t pee outdoors.

I think the point he is making is that women can pee just fine out of doors - however when surrounded by men with high testosterone levels to start with and adrenalin pumping in intense situations - it might be wise to have as much blood as possible delivering oxygen to their brains - so their minds are totally focused on the task at hand - to create a distraction, any distraction, would be unwise. And for most men - just the memory of GI Jane taking a leak might prove distracting.

And BTW - he has commanded several thousand men and women at the same time and knows from direct experience the problems that mixing genders creates.

I may be in the minority - but I consider myself one of the informed and experienced minority. The majority have never been in combat and don’t know WTF they are talking about or really proposing.