Should basic training continue to be co-ed?

[Batgirl]

After 10 years of training males and females together, the British Army is returning to single sex platoons for its standard entry recruits from next year after research has shown that female recruits in mixed platoons were three to four times more likely to be injured and medically discharged during training compared with their male colleagues. Opponents of co-ed basic training also cite other issues around inappropriate conduct and the lowering of standards for male recruits as reasons for returning to single sex training. What are your views on co-ed basic training? Should all branches admit it is a failed experiment and bring back separate training programs? Or is it important that males and females are trained together from the outset?

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[Vulture6]

The focus on basic training needs to be to produce basically trained warriors fully indoctrinated in military life. Co-ed training during basic, in my opinion, leads to too many distractions and other issues.

Bring the co-ed part of it in later, after basic.

[Grimmy]

^ I agree.

[Batgirl]

A year ago I would have answered differently but since starting my training, I agree with what Vulture has said above. The British Army is right in its decision to return to single sex platoons for its standard entry recruits as the past 10 years have highlighted the failure of the MoD's mixed platoon approach. For our training here, we're administered in female platoons and it's only been from this second term that we've been integrated with the male platoons for some of our field exercises.