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Default We *need* women in Combat roles...

On Feb 15, 5:39*am, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 2/15/13 6:24 AM, Tim wrote:









On Feb 14, 12:44 pm, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 2/14/13 1:38 PM, Urin Asshole wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:46:15 -0500, Salmonbait
wrote:


...and here's a good example of why!


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=722_1360164856


When are you going to sign up?


Johnny Boy Herring claims he served as a combat engineer during our war
against Vietnam. I've asked him several times how many Vietnamese people
he killed with explosives or even his rifle, but as far as I recall, he
has never responded with the facts.


Harry, Engineers arn't combat troops, They build stuff like roads,
bridges, etc. *not that doesn't mean they're not also trained in
fighting. Don't personally know, but with a bit of speculation, I'd
say John 'probably' didn't kill anybody.


I understand that, and I also understand they usually aren't
"engineers," as we think of that term in the construction industry.
Combat engineers also blow things up.


I had two great-uncles who were engineers. They both drove steam
locomotives at5 the turn of the last century