Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Females in the FSC

Reference: FM 4-90.1, pg. 3-1 “Unlike the Force XXI (FXXI) and SBCT logistics unit assignment design with the FSCs assigned/organic to the support battalion, the combined arms, fires, reconnaissance commander commands and controls the forward support company (FSC) (i.e. the FSC is assigned/organic to the combined arms, fires battalion and the reconnaissance squadron).”
Issue 1: USAFMSA shows that the FSC falls under the BSB.
Issue 2: Title 10 and the Department of Defense (DoD) collocation rule exempts female soldiers from assignment to “…battalion size or small units which are assigned a primary mission to engage in direct ground combat or which collocate routinely with units assigned a direct ground combat mission.” (AR 600-13, para. 1-12)
Question: Doesn’t this mean that females cannot be assigned to FSCs?
Female soldiers can be assigned to forward support companies. Although aligned with a specific combat arms battalion, forward support companies are assigned to the BSB.

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