Raf Regiment First To Officially Become Laughing Stock

[ChillDoubt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41119863

OK, the OP title is a little harsh on the Rockapes, but hey-ho.
PC gone mad......

[jackthehat]

Gosh, ChillDoubt, for a roughy-toughy, you are mightily concerned and more than a little discomfited by a woman's monthly cycle....

I can assure you that we women are perfectly able to deal with all of that ....erm... business without having an attack of the vapours or curling up with embarrassment.

[THECORBYLOON]

ANOTHEOLDGIT what is your opinion, you being ex-RAF?

[jno]

jth, ChillDoubt must surely be aware that women are much more likely to kill at that time of the month?

[jackthehat]

Quite jno...... :o)

All it would take is for one squaddie to put an empty milk carton back in the 'fridge and we'd be fit to 'unleash hell'.....

[Baldric]

Not a good idea imho,
and I would guess that the posters @ 10:32 and 10:39 have never been in a Combat situation in their lives

[Baldric]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35976113

[mushroom25]

Quick question arising from a sentence in the report:-
//the army and navy will also open roles to all genders over the next 12-18 months //

All genders. How many are there, exactly?

[Islay]

Baldric have you ever been in a combat situation with a woman?

[EcclesCake]

There was a comment somewhere about women not being able to shoot with accuracy.

Where I used to work we had armed MoD Plod at the gates. The female was a far superior shot tan her male colleagues.

[Baldric]

Married for 30 years, does that count?

No of course not, because it didn't happen, nor would I want to be.

[Islay]

Well then you are no more experienced than anyone else are you?

[Baldric]

12:29, that is an argument that could run and run because no-one here has experienced that situation.
The link @ 12:08 has a pretty good take on it including
///Through no fault of their own, women will often become the weak link in an infantry team. The men will have to take up the slack and this will engender resentment and reduce the cohesion that is so vital for effective infantry combat///

[ChillDoubt]

I can assure you that we women are perfectly able to deal with all of that ....erm... business without having an attack of the vapours or curling up with embarrassment.
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Whilst serving 3 tours of Northern Ireland, one of my deployments was working in COP(Close Observation Platoon). During such operations, where soldiers can remain for up to 6 weeks in a hide one is required to urinate in bottles and defacate into cling film.
Put a female into that situation, carrying out those functions in front of 3 other men with having the added function of menstruation. Would a female feel comfortable changing a tampon in such circumstances? The potential for compromise becomes far greater.

Will we really have sufficient potential female recruits to actually pass the current male requirements, then have the capability to go out on ops, covert, counterinsurgent or otherwise?
Will we? Really? Seriously?

[jackthehat]

Yes, she would.

You boys might feel a bit uncomfortable whilst she's doing it, but she can hardly be expected to protect your delicate sensibilities....

[jackthehat]

Plus....

Most women would be taking the contraceptive pill and can alter/delay their monthly cycle so as not to startle their male counterparts.

[jackthehat]

As for women being psychologically unsuited for killing......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoot_the_Women_First

Whilst these women may well be 'terrorists' it shows that they can be just as dangerous (if not moreso) in life or death shoot-outs.

[woofgang]

Chilldoubt
"Will we really have sufficient potential female recruits to actually pass the current male requirements, then have the capability to go out on ops, covert, counterinsurgent or otherwise?
Will we? Really? Seriously?"

Well if women don't come forward or come forward and don't make the standard there won't be a problem and if they do come forward and make the standard then equally there won't be a problem. I am assuming that you practice voiding into bottles or cling film before you have to do it for real?

[ChillDoubt]

You boys might feel a bit uncomfortable whilst she's doing it, but she can hardly be expected to protect your delicate sensibilities....
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Clearly not the first clue or idea of operational daily life in a close knit infantry unit.
As for changing altering menstruation routine, matters on ops change daily, sometimes hourly.
The enemy won't really tailor their operations and attacks to suit female requirements!

Have you actually read the two links from the female officers I provided?
The one's who've actually been there, done it and advocate that it's a stupid idea?

[jackthehat]

LoL....Bless you......you don't have much of a clue about 'female matters' do you?

Suffice to say, a woman's mentstrual cycle would present absolutely no problem during any sort of 'op'.

Yes, I have read them.

[Prudie]

chilldoubt your points run the risk of being ridiculed because of your schoolboy knowledge of menstruation. I'd drop that one if I were you. Any female going into a war zone will have sorted that bit I can assure you.