Should Women be Allowed to Fight in a War?

I dont have any more recent stats, but my husband (100% P & T SC PTSD, and additional disabilities from Agent Orange, SC at over 100%)
and my volunteer work with combat vets since 1983 (who all had PTSD) did not deter my daughter from joining the Military.

January 13th is a Special Day for Vietnam vets and Gold Star Wives like me.

A Celebration of Character & Courage: Vietnam War 50th - Air & Space Forces Association

I think Every Day should be Veterans Day- it sure is for me.

And we cannot forget Harriet Tubman ,
"As a soldier and spy for the Union Army during the Civil War, Tubman became the first woman to lead an armed military operation in the United States in what is known as the Combahee Ferry Raid."

After the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman Led a Brazen Civil War Raid | HISTORY



  1. "For Veterans Day, facts about the US veteran population | Pew ...​

    www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/11/08/the...
    The overall number of women veterans is also expected to increase, from around 2 million to about 2.2 million. The number of male veterans, on the other hand, is projected to drop from about 16.2 million in 2023 to just under 10 million in 2048."

  2. Women in Combat: Five-Year Status Update - CNAS​

    "www.cnas.org/publications/commentary/women-in...
    As of October 2019, in the regular Army, 1,055 women had accessed into combat specialties while 653 women had completed training and were serving in combat roles."
 
It just took me about 2 seconds to find out who the Conscientious objector was.

I was disappointed in his recent post.

One does not have to have been in combat to get PTSD. It can come from severe car accidents, threats of and acts of intense violence,
such as thousands of civilians have faced in the Israel situation, even from a very traumatic childhood, etc etc.

However PTSD from the Vietnam War or ANY war means the veteran served in Combat or in a few cases, there were other in service factors such as rape in service, and situations such as the USS IOWA explosion. I know a Navy vet fully compensated by VA for that horrific ordeal, in a non combat situation:

USS Iowa turret explosion - Wikipedia

I have dealt with the VA for decades and sometimes the most Honorable veterans, ( which they all are) with DD 214s and even 215s revealing their time in combat ,have a hard time getting compensated by VA for fully valid claims of service connection for a myriad of disabilities to include PTSD.

It is no secret that the VA claims process is miserable and often can take years to resolve valid claims.

However ,I dealt with a few wannabees over the years , and good veteran advocates know when they are not telling the truth.

If anyone here has PTSD from the Vietnam war, or Gulf War, Afghanistan etc etc , they definitely by now ,have been diagnosed and treated for it, and they get compensated by the VA, or will receive compensation ,if they have properly applied for it.

I trust that everyone here is basically honest in their posts ,but that is not always the case, even on large veteran websites, but where no one is fooled.
 
In my opinion if women want to be treated equally in society, they also need to stand up and be willing to take risks as members of the society. Military service is one of those risks. JimB.
 
jimintoronto said:
In my opinion if women want to be treated equally in society, they also need to stand up and be willing to take risks as members of the society. Military service is one of those risks. JimB.
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Maybe so. But that does not take into account differences between men and women. Will you be volunteering men to bear children?
 

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