[Vision2020] women in authority and leadership

[Matt Decker]

Tom,

Believe me, marches do happen and quite often with 50+ and sometimes 100+ 
packs. I don't know what stuff you are reading, but I will tell you from 
experience, along with the other items you tried to address. Until Women in 
an infantry unit are ordered not to become pregnant, can pull their own 
weight, as in a 20 mile hike with 50+ pounds, and fraternizing are stopped 
if not minimized, only then will I be for women in the Infantry. It's 
nothing against women it's about the lives of the other members.

Tom I have seen these items way too many times in my feeble four years.

Matt


>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "'Matt Decker'" <mattd2107 at hotmail.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] women in authority and leadership
>Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:28:16 -0700
>
>Matt -
>
>I never stated that "women should be put into combat situations."  The
>absence of "front lines" in today's wars has pretty much accomplished that.
>
>I am simply suggesting that women should be afforded the opportunity to
>enter combat arms occupational specialties.  There already are female MPs.
>I'll leave you to research and discover the mission of a line unit military
>police company.
>
>In response to your questions:
>
>1)  Infantry training no longer focuses strictly on lengthy forced marches
>with 50-pound rucks.  Those days disappeared hours after George Sr.'s Iraqi
>War Part 1.  Don't get me wrong.  The primary method in accomplishing an
>infantry unit's mission is, has always been, and will always be "Shoot,
>Move, and Communicate."  However "Shoot, Move, and Communicate" had been
>modified with "expediently and efficiently", two characteristics a majority
>of female soldiers are fully capable.  And one other thing, Matt:  The 
>army,
>and the world around it, has changed since Korea.
>
>2)  You stated:
>
>"Let's say that a unit consists of 45 people 35 of those are male, I will
>promise you that 6 of those will be pregnant within six months. With a 
>bunch
>
>of horny males jerking off too sears catalogs, what else would you 
>suspect."
>
>In addition to your comment being sexist beyond credence, just where do you
>get your information that states 60% of women in a unit become pregnant?  
>If
>60% (or, for that matter, any sizeable amount) of the female soldiers in a
>unit became pregnant primarily because of the overactive libidos of the
>males in that unit, I don't believe the problem is with the female soldiers
>as much as it is their chain of command and the adolescently immature males
>of that unit.
>
>3)  Concerning fraternization, you stated:
>
>"I have seen way too many times women humping upper ranks to get their 
>goals
>met, what ever that be."
>
>These are serious unfounded allegations you are presenting, Matt.  In my
>twenty years of service, I have experienced only cases of fraternization.
>
>One involved a male CW2 and a female E2.  On a Saturday morning (at about
>2:00), the MPs were informed that somebody in the barracks had obtained
>pharmaceutical contraband (illegal drugs).  The company commander decided 
>to
>lock down the barracks and escort the MPs room to room.  Can you imagine 
>the
>surprise when they opened the door, entered the room of the PV2, and found
>her au-natural in the sack with the unit motor officer.  Within the next
>four months, the PV2 was processed for a general discharge and separated
>from the service.  The CW2 was discharged "for the good of the service"
>three years before he was eligible for retirement.  He got off light (as 
>far
>as the Army is concerned) compared to what his wife had waiting for him
>stateside.
>
>I say this to highlight that fraternization is dealt with severely in the
>Army.  Fraternization is also punishable under the Uniform code of Military
>Justice.
>
>So . . . you see, Matt, these items are either already "fixed" or on their
>way to recovery.
>
>Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the 
>tranquil
>and steady dedication of a lifetime."
>
>--Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.
>
>
>
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