The recent debate about the entry of women officers in the armed forces has been highly ill- informed and subjective in nature. People have taken stands and expressed opinion without analysing the matter in its entirety. It is imprudent to consider it as an issue of equality of sexes or gender bias or even women’s liberation. It is also not a question of conquering the so-called ‘last male bastion’. That would amount to trifling a matter that concerns the well-being and the war-potential of a nation’s armed forces.
Maj Gen (Retd) Mrinal Suman, AVSM, VSM, PhD
Women in the Armed Forces
Comment: The above article has missed the essential aspect that presently that there are no women soldiers (PBOR) being recruited. Only Women Officers are commissioned from the Officers Training Academy, Chennai on short service commission. The point has been missed with regard to Women officers making up the shortage of Officers in the Armed Forces. Besides troops during peace time are used by bureaucrats for anti insurgency operations, rescue and disaster relief in which women can contribute immensely. An all women Battalion or Brigade manned solely by women officers and women soldiers can prove very effective in combating internal insurgency, providing assistance and civil aid at times of war.
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