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    Indian Woman for Combat Duties

    LIke i said. everyone is welcome to their own misery. Lets move on.
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    Indian Woman for Combat Duties

    Well said - woman in insurgencies the world over ( Vietnam./ Borneo / farc / Basque / etc) have played pivotal combatant roles Though I still think that reducing standards is a slippery slope - the sad reality is that somebody will play politics with this and then real-world rationality will...
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    Indian Woman for Combat Duties

    Where have I backtracked. I said that way in the beginning. The woman bsf unit was pulled off the border because they were woman not because they couldn't fight. Like I said you go your way. I did. You cant play vote bank politics with incoming standards. Just as an example in the Vietnam...
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    Indian Woman for Combat Duties

    Talk about missing the forest for the tress. You go your way and Ill go mine. After all everyone is welcome to their own misery :) Amen Said the same thing about. Women in Infantry does not work because 1) Mixed Units have proven to be a bad idea 2) Not enough female recruits to staff...
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    Indian Woman for Combat Duties

    This took me a minute to Google. Sanjukta Parashar’s name is enough to fill terror in the hearts of Bodo militants of Assam. She has taken down 6 militants and arrested over 64 militants in just 15 months...
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    Indian Woman for Combat Duties

    Women units in COIN with ( CAPF/IPS) ithless than 5 years old afaik operationally. No info on casualties. I can troll through the CAPF websites for names on the weekend. Do not know about medals but there are enough citations etc that can be googled. I don't know how to define "on par' when...
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    Indian Woman for Combat Duties

    Sorry . Suggest please Google Usha Kiran of the CRPF. Or sanjujta parashar IPS cadre fighting bodo militants or Archana Ramasundram who headed the SSB guarding the Nepal/China border or Shakti Devi who headed the all woman unit to Liberia . There is even all female CAPF unit in the NE...
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    Indian Woman for Combat Duties

    in the CAPF - women (jawans and officers ) are already posted on borders and in many cases leading COIN operations . @ezsasa sorry bro. - elections thrown my day for a toss . Will get back to you on what you asked as soon as possible
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    Indian Woman for Combat Duties

    Agreed but there are enough niche areas woman can operate effectively. I have read of at least one Delta support sniper being female. Combat pilots - inherent biology makes woman more suited to taking higher G forces. Armoured forces , Intel , logistics , cyber warfare. - the "Frontline" is...
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    Indian Woman for Combat Duties

    Actually there are quiet a few. Sofrep has a couple of articles . Wesley collage has a detailed analysis of 5 years worth of AAR of female units in Afghanistan. Other sources where you will findfa smattering of mentions and annecdotes he following books Relentless Strike Masters of chaos...
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    Indian Woman for Combat Duties

    Woman have and still serve in SFOD-D and ISA and 160th SOAR - all JSOC units. For SOCOM woman have now officially cleared Ranger and SF selection as well as 1 though MARSOC - In SOCOM women serve in a unit called CSG -cultural support group In Israel have served with the following units...
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    Indian Woman for Combat Duties

    Where are you getting your data from ? PS- Women are already in combat roles in India. - airforce + ships + CAPFs + SFF Women have served in combat with special forces units in America , Israel and as intelligence officers across a host of countries. There is no political correctness. If a...
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    Indian Woman for Combat Duties

    Sidebar - a number of countries field Women in Combat Duties and even Special Forces. And historically a number of cultures (including the Subcontinent) have women fought on the battlefield.
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