Two more female officers fail in Marines’ infantry course

The Washington Times ^ | July 3, 2013 | Rowan Scarborough

[jazusamo]

A third pair of female Marine lieutenants has failed to complete the Corps’ Infantry Officer Course at Quantico, Va.

The Marine Corps Times embedded a reporter with the latest class of candidates. It reported Wednesday that one of the women was pulled for falling behind schedule. The other made it to the course’s end but did not meet its standards, as did six men, the newspaper said.

Corps commanders have said they will not lower standards to ensure that women can qualify for direct ground combat units. The Pentagon last winter lifted the ban on women in such jobs, but it has opted to conduct two years of study on how sex-integration would work for infantry, armor and special operations.

[jazusamo]

It's good the Marine Corps is sticking to its standards, hopefully Obama and Jarrett won't look for new commanders.

[JohnBrowdie]

it’s just not a problem. I’m sure the jihadists would be happy to have separate wars for men & women.

[tet68]

It’s not easy being green.

[oh8eleven]

two years of study on how sex-integration would work for infantry, armor and special operation
Two years? How about in a NY minute - FAIL.

[I want the USA back]

The Marines have pride in themselves, their high standards, and our country. Unlike the democrat party.

[CodeToad]

They should study current female availability rates in the military. They’ll find going to war with women means empty positions when they are needed.

[rfreedom4u]

SEMPER FI!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Corps commanders have said they will not lower standards to ensure that women can qualify for direct ground combat units.

Not yet. If the Commandant refuses to issue lowered standards for women, then Obastard will replace him with a lesbian general who will.

[ConorMacNessa]

Butt-buddies and jihadists in our military. Now all we need is a gender-normed bunch of 03’s.

[GeronL]

just keep lowering the requirement until it becomes the Peace Corps with guns. Imagine valley girls texting during thier quarter-mile march to the mall.

[ConjunctionJunction]

“[Do the standards] really have to be that high?”

-Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/gen-dempsey-if-women-can-t-meet-military-standard-pentagon-will-ask-does-it-really-have

[jazusamo]

I believe you may be right.

[Red Steel]

In the only example that is given in the article, it was an easy test for men. Climb up a rope for only 20 ft.

Hey, the Marines should recruit those Hollywood women since they can whup 20 men at once while being 95 lbs soak and wet. ;^)

[tgusa]

Yup - easy to get pregnant.

Hey, here’s a solution - require females in war fighting positions to have a tubal ligation (is that the term?) and require males to have a vasectomy. It is, after all, a volunteer military .....

[BarbM]

Girls shouldn’t try to do men’s jobs. Let the men be men.

[Obadiah]

Precisely. Bank on it.

[jazusamo]

That sounds like something that butt kisser would say.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Marine Statement:"A Corps memo sent to Congress, and obtained by The Washington Times, said it is developing a “predictive mechanism.” “The Marine Corps’ high standards cannot be lowered, nor can we artificially lower them to ensure a certain percentage of females will qualify,” the memo states. “Conversely, we will not artificially raise standards.”

Response: Reading between the lines the Marines will, in fact, lower their physical standards. The public will never be informed. Sorry to be so cynicalbut Egalitarianism trumps even the nations survival.

[Red Steel]

That would be Dempsey to a “T”.

[clintonh8r]

Dempsey is a pussy himself, so.....