Woman joins uk royal marines

[Sadico 1]

http://europe.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/05/31/uk.marine/index.html

[Aculaud 0]

First off, i'll just say that i think its great that women get the chance to do things like this, in such a previously male dominant profession.

Second, there is definitely some controversy about weather or not women should be allowed on the front lines. On one hand, if a co-ed unit has proven that it can work together without incident, then there should be no problem. On the other hand, its not like its an impossibility for men to get easily distracted by a fine lookin woman with a nice gun (See 'A Little Therapy', and there have also been incidents in the past of women in the armed forces getting beaten and raped out of jealousy and smite. Charlie would have quite a leg up if our allied squads were too busy to fight because they were trying to take out their inhibitions.

[ChickenHawk 0]

Now thats what I call butch.

Wonder what her b/f would think, I can imagine her asking if he would like her to walk him home lol.

But then again, woman in the RM.. sounds like she may wana be a guy.

[IsthatyouJohnWayne 0]

Shes not actually allowed to join any combat unit so its really more to prove it can be done.

[Assault (CAN) 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">a 30-mile (50km) run over Dartmoor in eight hours or less. Tattersall, carrying a full pack and rifle, completed that military marathon, together with 47 male colleagues, with five minutes to spare<span id='postcolor'>

HOLY F*CK! They said it was hard but that hard?, wow, marathon runners have nothing on those people. My longest march in one strech was about 35k in 25*C heat, and I was sore after that. I could barley walk the next day.

Wow, 50k, while running!, with all your kit on!, in eight hours or less!!! Damn.

Tyler

[Sadico 1]

Damn, i would rather shoot myself in the head

[advocatexxx 0]

I'm not too sure whether I'd want a female fighting on the front lines. Yiest infection this, constapation that, period this... etc. No offense but those things do have a significant impact on their physical stamina. In the battlefield there is no room for sympathy. Now the supply trucks will have to carry maxi pads too I guess.

[RedStar 0]

Women already serve in the front line in the british forces.

Women SAS members have served in Northern Ireland from 1975.

On 14 Jan 1998 an RUC man was seriously wounded

following a car chase which ended in the Carlisle Circus area of Belfast.

When several RUC vehicles finally cornered a car which they had been pursuing shots were fired at them from inside the vehicle. It then emerged that the driver was a female British soldier on undercover duty in the area.

[FetishFool 0]

I wonder if she's cute.

[Assault (CAN) 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I wonder if she's cute. <span id='postcolor'>

I doubt it.

[advocatexxx 0]

I doubt it too. Women in battlefield will only be supplied the necessities. Imagine women being stuck with men in WWII where they went 6 months without getting many supplies.

Uhhhhhh

No makeup, No shaven legs, No pads. They'd be the ugliest, smelliest ones wandering around.

I may be a bit of a sexist for saying this, but there are some jobs women just aren't meant to do. I'm kind of sick and tired of all those female movement groups who constantly bitch about every little thing. Blah blah this. Blah blah that. And they wonder why we have such a name for them "BITCH". Someone really oughta slap them, as they no doubt haven't had a good fuck in years.

[RedStar 0]

She ain't no oil painting

[Warin 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">She ain't no oil painting<span id='postcolor'>

Heh. A little hard to tell from that picture. After all, have you seen any of the candid paparazzi pics of hollywood starlets? Yikes! Lets send her a request for a nice 'dolled up' pic.

Then when she's done kicking our asses...

[RedStar 0]

If the glass on your VDU doesn't break.

[Aculaud 0]

For christs sake, shes a soldier now. I didnt see the swimsuit contest as a pre requisite to a green baret. cut her some slack!

[RedStar 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Aculaud @ June 01 2002,03:08)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">For christs sake, shes a soldier now. I didnt see the swimsuit contest as a pre requisite to a green baret. cut her some slack!<span id='postcolor'>

She's been a soldier for quite a while now, unless you can join up as a capt.

BTW a few Flight Lt's at RAF halton were swimsuit models.

[ChickenHawk 0]

Its harder than that 30 mile march thing, theres a hell of a lot more to it than that. That was just one little part of it.

I'll look around for the full course details soon but right now I dont have much net time sooooooooo.