VH> Me, I'm an Infantryman, and I've had this discussion before -- what
 VH> people who haven't been there don't understand is that combat is OPEN
 VH> ENDED.  In other words, there's no point where you can say "A little
 VH> more strength WOULDN'T be an advantage."
Correct, and if you have enough (a lot) of strength, the combat is never 
going to get started...:)
IE, Most folks aren't going to physically challenge Mike TYson.
(or someone built like him)
 VH> When you start putting smaller, weaker people -- and that means females
 VH> -- in combat roles, you're always degrading your overall capability.
 VH> Of course, in the Infantry, we've so far managed to win this argument.
 VH> :-)
The infantry isn't being ran by a bunch of wishy washy elected officials.
jeff
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