Even in 'non-combat' positions, you have to sleep somewhere, eat something, drink water, and carry enough ammunition to operate. Then there's the gear required to actually perform your function.
I never met a woman who could carry 50% of what a man did over any distance. Not two feet, not twenty miles.
What that means in mixed units is all the men get even heavier packs because the women can barely manage to ruck with their body armor, kevlar, and rifle, let alone the other 60-80 pounds in the pack.
All that extra weight gets distributed among the squad, and still they exit after one enlistment with fucked up hips, a fucked up back, on some sort of permanent disability.
Even in 'non-combat' positions, you have to sleep somewhere, eat something, drink water, and carry enough ammunition to operate. Then there's the gear required to actually perform your function.
I never met a woman who could carry 50% of what a man did over any distance. Not two feet, not twenty miles.
What that means in mixed units is all the men get even heavier packs because the women can barely manage to ruck with their body armor, kevlar, and rifle, let alone the other 60-80 pounds in the pack.
All that extra weight gets distributed among the squad, and still they exit after one enlistment with fucked up hips, a fucked up back, on some sort of permanent disability.