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Female Dropped From USAF Special Ops Course

tomahawk6

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A little surprising that she couldnt cut the course. Its the USAF for god's sake !

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/15/1st-enlisted-woman-attempt-air-force-special-recon-training-dropped-program.html
 
Jarnhamar said:
Not a big fan of women doing 'man's work' are ya?

Just posted a story that I knew would get a conversation started. :D
 
tomahawk6 said:
A little surprising that she couldnt cut the course. Its the USAF for god's sake !

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/15/1st-enlisted-woman-attempt-air-force-special-recon-training-dropped-program.html

"Attrition across the elite training pipelines ranges between 40 and 90 percent, depending on specialty, he added."

It's AFSOC.  Plenty of folks don't cut it in their courses.  I guess the question is "so what?" 
 
In the CF whats the drop out rate for Army,Air Force and Navy basic ? Of the 4 US armed forces the USAF has the easiest then the Navy with the Marines being the toughest.
 
tomahawk6 said:
In the CF whats the drop out rate for Army,Air Force and Navy basic ? Of the 4 US armed forces the USAF has the easiest then the Navy with the Marines being the toughest.

Basic training is the same - it's all done at CFLRS and the staff and students are mixed.  The platoon will have RCN, CA and RCAF students together, taught by staff from all services.

I'm sure there are stats as to which students tend to drop out more, but it's not due to differences in the program.
 
CFLRS isn't really the level of training the article is discussing though.  Wouldn't the better question be asked in relation to CANSOF hopefuls?
 
tomahawk6 said:
A little surprising that she couldnt cut the course. Its the USAF for god's sake !

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/15/1st-enlisted-woman-attempt-air-force-special-recon-training-dropped-program.html

Are you actually trying to suggest heir course is in any way easy with the comment "its the USAF"? The AF SOF pipelines are hellishly long as start off sprinting.
 
I used to call the USAF civilians in uniform. There is much I admire about the USAF but we still have an interservice rivalry.
 
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