17 pct of male Marines surveyed likely to leave Corps if women get combat posts

[Big_Mike]

92. That is exactly my point.

Israeli units have females everywhere except in front line infantry, armor, artillery, and engineer units. In the artillery, they are in missile, fire control, or meteorological sections. In the Infantry, they are at Battalion (two levels up from direct combat, nearby the fight, but not directly engaged. They might well shoot, but they are not at the tip of the spear.) level. I have not heard their exact assignment level in Armor other than they are not in tanks themselves.

In our Engineer Battalions, units have already been commanded by females (for example, LTC Laura Loftus commanded the US Army's 4th Engineer Bn in Iraq until injured in a traffic accident). They are not at the squad level, but they are mechanics and battalion staff personnel.

I did not say they can't be in direct combat- it already happens. But elsewhere they are not assigned to the line units, only one level up.