Sure, they should be allowed. But they need to make sure it stays equal. That means no special privileges if they are mothers. I seem to remember one story where a woman went AWOL because she refused to report for duty because she had no one to keep her baby. I think the outcome was that no charges were filed against her. She knew when she joined the service that there was a possiblility of being deployed, she knew that when she chose to get pregnant and have a baby. She should have no more privileges just because she is the mother and not the father of this baby. A man would not have had this leniency given to him. By the way, I am a woman.

She should have thought about that before she got pregnant or joined the service. She had plenty of time to find a caregiver before the baby was born. If someone in the real world told their boss they weren’t coming to work anymore because they didn’t have a babysitter, they wouldn’t have a job.

If this were to happen it would cause more problems then it would ever be worth. Favoritism, sexual assaults, Pregnancy, hygiene problems with long missions ext…. All of these things have no place on the line. I do believe there are women out there that could do the job but its just not worth the troubles it will cause.

Womens’ brains are smaller than mens anyways. No way they can handle combat. The only acceptable way for them to be in a combat zone is to be there to sexually satisfy the male combat troops.

OK. I usually don’t comment on these forums but being a military service veteran and a woman also, I would like to lend my opinion. I love all of our service women both currently serving and veterans. But there are things that NCO’s don’t see, that congress doesn’t see, that the President doesn’t see. There are a number of single and very promiscuous young women that have enlisted in the military. Some of which enlisted just based on the fact that there is such easy access to men with careers and stability. I have seen first hand in a support unit, female soldiers sneaking around with other soldiers that are married, dating their own first line supervisor/ NCO. I HONESTLY JUST FEEL THAT, THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE RAPE ALLEGATIONS, AND INCREASE IN SINGLE SOLDIER PREGNANCIES, AND A DISTRACTION FOR THE MALE SOLDIERS WHOSE PRIMARY MOS IS TO BE ON THE FRONT LINE AND IN THE DIRECT LINE OF FIRE. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT RISK TO TAKE AND I FEEL IT WOULD BE A HUGE MISTAKE!!!!!