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Kristen, didn't you also just state that you WERE subject to it by members of the Air Force? "The worst experience I have had within the military came from Airforce trades.  They made female feel much inadequacy and treat us as second class citizens." Does this not substantiate my point?

I don't care to, it's not my issue. Sums up your opinion quite well. No doubt since you have nothing at stake and are unaffected by it, you have little vested interest in the issue... other than to post your opinions here. Also, and for the record, virtually all ≠ all. Perhaps "most"...

Caesar: In my experience, it has been all of them. However, even then I never stated it was everyone. Perhaps before every sentence I should write "in my experience" if that would clarify your concerns. If you don't believe me, or care to prove me wrong, see how many women you can find who have...

Glorified Ape: Some excellent points, and the question I would put to you is, are we simply trying to recruit large numbers (hence the general lowering of standards), or the recruiting of a smaller number of more qualified applicants? If sheer numbers are the focus, then many people, men and...

How do we fix this, force men to be good-buds with their female squaddies? Unfortunately, Infanteer, I don't think we can. Even as a modern, western society, there are still inequalities throughout our society based on race, religion, gender, sexual preference and so on. Until we, as a society...

Caesar: No, I haven't done a survey of every serving female soldier. I have, however, witnessed such discrimination against women, and have spoken to probably hundreds of currently serving soldiers across the country who have all expressed some degree of discrimination based on gender. I know...

Chags: Yes, units should send their best, toughest, smartest, fittest soldiers on the elite courses, and most of the times they do. You know what? They will STILL mostly wash out. They will fail, they will get injured, they will quit. More than half of them. More than half the budget of the...

1. The Freshette (since so many were curious) is labeled as the "feminine urinary director". Basically a funnel with a hose. More information here: http://www.freshette.com/ with pictures and ordering information. 2. I'm surprised that no one has made this corrolation. We have already...

If you qualify for 031, you may express a preference for a particular battalion, but there's no guarantee you'll get it. It will depend a lot on where the most troops are needed. You seem quite fixated on being a paratrooper, when you should be worried about becoming a soldier. Don't join with...

With all due respect, I don't want or require your protection. I'm not some little babymaking housewife that needs to be coddled and sheltered from the big bad world. I am a human being, just as you are, and am free to make my own decisions. To imply that you know better than a woman, even in...

Let's take a look at the other end of the spectrum for a moment. When I was in WATC in '99 on basic, we got one weekend off in 6 weeks (allowed off base, but not outside city limits). My whole course went to the JRC on base, and once there, ran into a significant number of Brits... hardly...

Don't get me wrong Michael, a few years back, I knew many people who were able to take cross-trade training. I knew a tanker who did a QL3 Med A, a musician who got the old CLC course, and a reserve weapons tech who scored a position on basic para. However, in recent years, such cross training...

Grunt, you may care to research your facts. I've heard people of numerous nationalities use the word Infanteer, so it's far from a purely Canadian term. Furthermore, I would be astounded if a US Army Ranger or Air Force Fighter Pilot referred to themself as a "Marine". Nor is Marine an...

Without denegrating into more name calling garbage that got the last thread locked, there are currently hundreds if not thousands of women currently serving in Iraq. While not in hard combat positions, many are seeing direct or indirect combat. They are being taken prisoner, they are being...

If you're a musician by trade, the chances of you getting an non trade-related course are nominal at best. Assuming you're in an infantry unit (since you're a piper), the CO is concerned with training Infantrymen, and therefore every Infanteer in your unit will get first crack at every Infantry...

Ltmel: To address your actual points, you may care to re-read what I already wrote about my experiences. I worked an entire summer at a cadet camp, and wasn't simply relegated to the MIR. I didn't write based on opinion, I wrote based on experience. I had commissioned CIC officers who were...

Yes, there are women who think that women shouldn't be in the military; just as I've had people tell me that I'm psychologically imbalanced because I don't want to have children. Ignorance comes in all forms and from all types, but that doesn't make it excusable. As for "bullying" amongst men...

Sadly, it is the attitudes of many soldiers who think women don't belong in the combat arms that so many have left, and so few join. I can't think of a single female infanteer who has not been the victim or bullying, harrassment, sexual overtures from fellow soldiers, or various other forms of...

There is already a long and exhaustive thread on the CFAT located here: http://army.ca/forums/threads/23193.0.html Please refer to this one. Topic locked.

I have very long hair, and wear it in a bun all the time. The only time I have ever worn a braid is to fire weapons in the prone position. The bun tends to push my helmet over my eyes, and is a b*tch when trying to keep a sight picture, same with the old Gilligan-stule bush cap (no problems with...