why are women excluded from national service?

last SG · 2005-03-09T11:54:10+00:00

I was in the Army from 1992 to 1998, 6 years contract as a Woman Combat Instructor (the 8th Batch). I remember back in 1995, there were already such discuss...

Farmer Brown SG

as above…

InnoHippo SG

why torture the women? Laughing

FireIce SG

bcos men gotta be men!

we at home cook dinner and look after kids ok?

[email protected] SG

err ya lo they have to give birth and look after kids lei…some more they din have strength like guys…how they fight? oni go there die…

sbst275 SG

Accepted... What abt the singles?

suntze SG

Because we have sufficient numbers of male soldiers to field the SAF.

In Israel, for instance, women have to serve national service, albeit for a shorter period and usually for non-combat vocations. In WW2, British women were conscripted to take over work left by men who had to go to war.

Let's hope the day will never come when our womenfolks are also called upon to do NS. When survival is at stake, we may have to do whatever it takes, including fielding women into battle.

Farmer Brown SG

ok fair enough. Does anybody know when women started to join the SAF, SPF and SCDF?

Gordonator SG

why are women excluded from national service?

do u think a average female can carry a m16/SAR21, SBO with 2 full water bottle, 5kg fieldpack and helmet? and route march 24km through heat and rain?

kopiosatu SG

i think i'm more comfortable with it being all guys.

ladies provide inconvenience during operations. and i dun mean that in a sexual way... we gotta do things like have rooms specially for them, cater to their needs, blah blah blah...

i think think its easier for the commanders higher up to have pieces to move around when they feel like it, instead of those special ones which can move only a certain way.

Nelstar SG

Too much red tapes.

I lazy to argue about the inconvenience of national slavery for women liao...

You all go fight it yourself.

SpecOps87 SG

Hmmmz.actually to be frank with all the hype about women wanting equal status and as men...why not let them enlist into National Service?Let them do what the Israels are doing..the women can take up less combative roles like defending key civil installations like Changi airport etc with their male counterparts...to lessen the man-power burden.so that more of our men can be deployed at places like the Immigration checkpoints at Tuas and Woodlands,seaports etc...

Just my 2cents worth...and since women want equal status in society,i say to hell with the women's charter. Very Happy

bismarck SG

was going to say this...haiz...i pity my uncle...women's charter...

ha !
brilliant reason!

I-like-flings(m) SG

so can i learn how to cook and look after kids instead of ns and all those stupid reservist?

and pls how many gal can cook nowadays??? 2 yrs national service at shatec? Mr. Green

SMAPLionHeart SG

You want women to get raped in battles?
No thanks

John Ching SG

Did anyone follow the news report of 19-year-old, U.S Army supply company clerk, Pvt. Jessica Lynch's captured in Iraq? Neutral
Did anyone heard about the father, of previous 3 daughters, asked the Pentagon to stop the posting of his remaining 2 daughters to Iraq after the death of 1 daughter? Neutral

Before women are made to serve in the military, a government must be sure that the public is ready to see in the media & accept the the fact that their daughters being shown as a POW or getting beheaded is a reality of being a soldier. Neutral

The matter of female in U.S military is still an open debate. Women make up about 15 percent of the U.S. Armed Forces. Since 1994, most jobs in the military have been open to women, including combat aircraft and combat ships. The chief exceptions are submarines in the Navy; artillery, infantry, tanks and combat engineers in the Army and Marines; and special forces. Mr. Green

baer SG

How's come your fullpack is only 5kg, if memory serves me well, it is 15kg w/o SOP items, sect items (like claymore, parang), or plat items (if unfortunate aircraft ID panels) etc..

maybe you talk of 24km route march in SBO (skeleton battle order) instead of FBO (full battle order). Seems everyone always misidentifies webbing with SBO (somewhere along line SOP got mixed up as SBO??)

ditzy SG

Men don't have the monthly thingie to contend with? Laughing

SpecOps87 SG

Well...it still has to be maintained that,if the women want equal status in society as men,they should be there taking a fair share of the killing and dying as men have been.Being raped,humilated,abused,killed is part and parcel of war.Its either the women folk accept the harsh brutal realities of war then can they ask for equal status.I mean,even if there is no war,at least the fact thay they have served NS is already a added bargaining chip for them in the women deserve equal status as men fight,and to further enhance their position,to hell with the women's charter...as I sure don't see any men's charter.

Besides...politicians and parents have to come to it and realise that casualities are to be expected in any sort of conflict,be it men or women.Though unacceptable,it is a unavoidable price of conflict.Thus,if women wanna attain equal status,let them serve NS,if need be,send them to war and to hell with the women's charter...it makes them fat with the sweat of men..

Farmer Brown SG

Thanks guys, I'm actually writing a paper related to this matter. But lots of you are missing one point and i can't fault u since it IS a military forum. National service can cover the 5 aspects of Total Defence. Why not make compulsory service for women and have them cover the other aspects? National service, which most of you might agree with me, helps to foster friendship and weaves and binds the interracial fabric of our country. Even though it isn't in a very apparent manner, there are certainly benefits of National Service.

Does anybody know what the government's OFFICIAL stand on women and National service is?

and nobody seems to have the answer to my 2nd question.. When did women enter the SAF, SPF and the SCDF?

spacemarine SG

NS is already unpopular with about half of Singapores population. If there is NS for women, the whole of Singapore would be unhappy!

On issue of equality, IMO, women should do it too. Not neccessarily in military but nursing, teaching assistants etc, areas where Singapore needs contribution in. Not because these are less tough areas but because SOP for men in the military already established and there is little point in totally revamping it to include women.

Women not included in NS at all, IMO, is because Singapore is a conservative (some say MCP) society and basically there is enough guys to go around to do the job in theory.

However, the interesting thing to consider is that if women are roped into the military, because there is a surge in number of potential troops. can NS be shortened to 1 year?