Originally Posted by The Wawa Zone
999 out of 1000 women just will NOT be able to carry the 40Kg+ for the big Km's at +40 C / -10C etc, consistently day in day out, all day and half the night, then go and do an attack that may go for a few days. Some could try, but succeed only as weak links, which is a zero.
Read the following:
Precision Voting
Look at the pictures. End of patrol, women still carrying all their own kit.
See also:
Night Into Day
As for your "only weak links" comment, I suggest you consider the two young female medics who have earned the Military Cross.
Able Seaman Kate Nesbitt in Afghanistan
Private Michelle Norris in Iraq
When I discover I'm wrong, I change my mind. What do you do?