FWIW/FYI, several years ago, PBS aired a multi part documentary called
Carrier, that centered around the
Nimitz (CVN-68) and its crew. IMO, episode three, "Super Secrets," available
here, uses the experiences of the crew to illustrate the issues of military effectiveness, professionalism, sexuality, gender, gender identity, youth, race, social practices, and cultural beliefs that have been touched upon in this thread.
For those in favor of expanded combat roles for women in the armed services, this episode may provide food for thought. YMMV.
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Originally Posted by Kyobanim
If not now, then when? And why not now?
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MOO, these two questions are of critical importance. Telling a cohort of Americans "not now" when they ask about participating in an activity that they see as vital to their sense of self-efficacy can have historically significant consequences.
The reasons for opposing expanded roles for women in the armed services center around concerns for military effectiveness. But what happens if those concerns are addressed by technology, by improvements to the art and science of war, by shifting political sensibilities, by changing cultural views, or by contingency?
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Originally Posted by Pete
Sounds PC to me. And is PC the way a military should be run?
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QP Pete, with respect, when in American military/naval/aerospace history have matters of policy
not been determined by the politically correct sensibilities of the day?
