Should Women be Allowed

for All U.S Military Combat

Positions

Isaiah Baker
Nicole Unzueta
ENGL 111
DACC

Who would you want to go

into combat with ?

All Male Infantry Units have a 90% Success Rate and

Retention Rate .....
Seck (2015), Mixed Gender Teams Come Up Short in Marines' Infantry. Retrieved from http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/military/2015/09/mixed-gender-teamsup-short-marines-infantry-experiment/71979146

Mixed Gender Unit have a 80%

female drop out rate..

Be Honest with Yourself Who Do you want to be on

the Front Line with ..
Seck (2015), Mixed Gender Teams Come Up Short in Marines' Infantry. Retrieved from http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/military/2015/09/mixed-genderteams-up-short-marines-infantry-experiment/71979146

Male vs. Female Grip Strength

The weakest male has a

grip strength equivalent
of the average female
grip strength.
The strongest female
athlete has a grip
strength equivalent of
the average male grip
strength.

Khan (2015), Men are Stronger than Women (on average). Retrieved from http://www.unz.com/gnxp/men-are-stronger-than-women-on-average

Male vs. Female Grip Strength

The strongest male

out performed the
strongest female
athlete by 25%
Who do you want
pulling your loved
one out of certain
death doorstep

Khan (2015), Men are Stronger than Women (on average). Retrieved from http://www.unz.com/gnxp/men-are-stronger-than-women-on-average/

How many females actually

enlist in the U.S. War Machine
-85.8%
Male Active
duty
Women vs Men in active duty
comprise of Officers and Enlisted
personnel
Male total of all DOD branches is
Officers(200,204), enlisted
(1,006,507) for a total of 85.8%.

Female total in all DOD branches

is Officers (37,899), enlisted
(166,815) for a total of 14.2%.

Women vs Men in Reserve Units

comprise of Officers and Enlisted
personnel
Male total in all DOD branches is
Officers (104,050), enlisted
(597,898) for a total of 82%.
Female total in all DOD branches
is Officers (23,329), and Enlisted
(130,586) for a total of 18%.

-14.2% Female Active Duty

-82% Male
Reserve
members
-18% Female Reserve Members

Department of Defense (2012), 2011 Demographics Profile of the Military Community. Retrieved from
www.militaryonesource.mil/12083/MOS/Reports/2011_Demographics_Report

Congress Setting a Deadline

Has set a time frame for all

branches to open all jobs to
both genders by the end of
2015.
Congress is wanting to open all
jobs with specific testing.
Congress isn't discussing the
amount of money this type of
immediate change will cost.
Congress isn't taking into
account each branches testing
for these extremely
demanding jobs

Olson (2015), One Year Later, Women still Shut out of Quarter Million Jobs. Retrieved from
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/07/22/one-year-late-women-shut-out-quarter-million-military-jobs.html
Kamarck (2015), Women in Combat: Issues for Congress. Retrieved from http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R42075

Concerns From An Actual

Female Combat Veteran

Cost for living quarters not

only in country but out of
country in non-war theater,
war theaters, and vessels.
The breakdown of authority in
in these units due to
relationships developing.
Health concerns such as being
in full MOPP gear for weeks
during combat theater.
Actual female participants who
would volunteer for these units
and pass everything.

Eden, J. (2013), The Problems of Women in Combat: From a Female Combat Vet: parts one, two, and three. Retrieved from
http://www.westernjournalism.com/the-problems-of-women-in-combat-from-a-female-combat-vet

Overall considering factors

Why try and fix something that

isn't broken......
Studies and experience have
shown that the male combat
units are stronger, faster,
combat effective, cost
efficient, and unified.
Female's have been in the
combat theater for years. With
exceptions to specific jobs and
all we want is the branches
voices to be heard and not
rushed. Just because someone
wants to be a political hero.

MALE OR FEMALE
IF YOU CANT
PERFORM THE
DUTIES THAT ARE
DEMANDED OF
YOU. THEN YOU
DON'T BELONG IN
JOBS WHERE LIVES
ARE ON THE LINE.