re: #558 Escaped Hillbilly
Another military poster who was objecting to women in combat squads made a great point. He said he would be away from wife and kids for 2 years. So he wanted zero temptation available. I can understand that.
I know women who can fight like hells own.
I have had a bunch of civilian defense training. Nearly 20 years. I never ever served in our military. I twice had the honor to help as a trainer brought in for specific seminars on very CQB. Once to men only, once to a mixed group.
I did learn how distilled and exclusive a circumstance military combat is. Everything else such as relationships, sex, learning to adapt to the opposite sex in your squad is a distraction. Civilians have mixed lives. The military has that at the base as a luxury. Combat fighters deserve to have the lowest possible number and kind of distractions.