入りたかった部隊。

米軍の女性兵士は今でも戦闘職種に就くことはできません。まー、現在の作戦においては、女性兵士は戦闘職種でなくても、前線でもけっこう活躍してますが。それはさておき…昔、私はその制限を十分理解せずに、戦車に乗りたくて軍隊に入ったんですが、もちろん戦車隊は無理でした。(^^;

けっきょく、戦闘支援職種の化学防護専門官になったんですが（実は日本語通訳は副職です）訓練や演習に参加する際に、他の部隊の装甲車や戦車に乗って写真を撮りまくりました。それに、何度か運転したうちのFOX化学防護車両もなかなかカッコイイ。キャタピラはついてないけど、水を泳げるスグレモノ。そして他の装甲車と違って、汚染された空気を噴出すエアコンも完備。クソ暑い夏の演習とかは快適だったな〜。(^_^)b

戦車隊には入れなかったけど、十分楽しかった。(^o^)

The unit I really wanted to be in.
US female military personnel cannot be in combat arms. But in recent operations, even though females aren't in combat arms, many of them are doing a great job up in the front lines. That aside... A while back, I wasn't familiar enough with that restriction, so I joined the military, hoping to ride my favorite tanks, but that never happened. (^^;

As a result, I ended up in combart arms support, specifically an NBC Defense Specialist (my secondary specialty was Japanese translator), but when I participated in exercises and training, I hopped on tanks and armored vehicles at every opportunity and took pics. Also, our NBC unit's FOX vehicle is pretty darn cool. Though it doesn't have caterpillars, it can swim well. And unlike the other armored vehicles, it pushes out contaminated air with its overpressure air conditioner. We didn't break a sweat during scorching summer exercises. (^_^)b

Though I coudn't get into an armor unit, I had lots of fun in the military. (^o^)