Jon B. Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Come on man. You've never speculated or put out information that wasn't completely true? It's the internet. It happens.Yes, it does appear that women have been allowed to serve in 160th for about a year now. Haven't heard of any getting accepted yet. I would think that would be big news.No news is good news in the special operations community. Generally the less the public knows the better. That's how it's always been, and how it needs to remain. 1 Quote
Velocity173 Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) No news is good news in the special operations community. Generally the less the public knows the better. That's how it's always been, and how it needs to remain.Yeah but we're not talking about covert ops. Having women serving in special ops roles is hardly something that needs to be kept secret. Plus, everyone these days has a cell phone and a camera. 160th doesn't have special aircraft that can evade the eyes of the common citizen. There's very little that they do that can be kept from the public. Edited May 31, 2014 by Velocity173 Quote
Joe_P148 Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Yeah but we're not talking about covert ops. Having women serving in special ops roles is hardly something that needs to be kept secret. Plus, everyone these days has a cell phone and a camera. 160th doesn't have special aircraft that can evade the eyes of the common citizen. There's very little that they do that can be kept from the public. Quote
Velocity173 Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Yeah but we're not talking about covert ops. Having women serving in special ops roles is hardly something that needs to be kept secret. Plus, everyone these days has a cell phone and a camera. 160th doesn't have special aircraft that can evade the eyes of the common citizen. There's very little that they do that can be kept from the public.Lol! What? Let's hear it. Critique my post. Quote
Jon B. Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Yeah but we're not talking about covert ops. Having women serving in special ops roles is hardly something that needs to be kept secret. Plus, everyone these days has a cell phone and a camera. 160th doesn't have special aircraft that can evade the eyes of the common citizen. There's very little that they do that can be kept from the public. It's not being kept secret. It's just not news-worthy. There are a lot of things that shouldn't be in the news. This is one of them IMO. The only reason it's even an issue is because apparently the Military needs to have equal rights for everyone, and now it's a damn publicity stunt. Some commander gets to go "Hey, I put X amount of women through "insert military course here". That's all it is. It's a freaking joke. Quote
Velocity173 Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 It's not being kept secret. It's just not news-worthy. There are a lot of things that shouldn't be in the news. This is one of them IMO. The only reason it's even an issue is because apparently the Military needs to have equal rights for everyone, and now it's a damn publicity stunt. Some commander gets to go "Hey, I put X amount of women through "insert military course here". That's all it is. It's a freaking joke. I agree, but when it comes to women breaking into traditional roles filled by men, it's always going to be newsworthy. When I was in the Marines they made a big deal about the first female Marine Aviator. When the Thunderbirds had their first female pilot it made news. Just read about the first female AF HH-60 pilot in the news the other day. People like "firsts." Quote
skyreaper Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Or the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world, Emelia Earhart. Wait... 1 Quote
Velocity173 Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Or the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world, Emelia Earhart. Wait...Wasn't her fault. Blame it on her drunk navigator. Quote
nskojo Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 They are in the unit already...(pilots) Already for years have had support MOS (FLT Ops, S shops) females serving. 1 Quote
DavidMH47 Posted July 6, 2014 Posted July 6, 2014 The first female pilots have passed assessment and a few are in Green Platoon right wow. 1 Quote
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