Originally Posted by
Flightnurse
Canada has had women in all combat roles for several years. Capt Nicola Goddard was killed while serving as an FOO with the first Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in Kandahar. If they are quailified they can serve anywhere.
Canadian special forces have no women operators. Not sure if they are not allowed or if it's due to the fact that Canadians have retained their standards with no dilution to accommodate gender.
I'm not sure if the politicians in the US would be able to resist the temptation to meddle.
But even the new US policy, which looks good on it's facade, has a safety valve in the details. USSOCOM, amongst other, will have final authority as to whether we can actually integrate women...so we have not actually been ordered to do so come hell or high water.