Yet another pentagon politician eyeing that pension and perhaps thinking of a post-USMC fling at public office.
Geez this PC crap will get us all killed.
This is wrong, I want the rules changed
You're right, I'll do it right now ... by the way ... would'ja' like to go to a war zone and risk your life?
Hell yeah ... send me !
The money line.
“and if those standards are necessary.”
Meaning. . .standards WILL BE LOWERED to allow females in the MOS.
I weep for the future.
Whiner.
About years ago, my daughter was offered a commission in the Marines. She worked with the recruiter (a great guy, BTW) as to the physical requirements she would have to meet.
She trained *on her own* and periodically with the recruiter. She was able to meet the standard required for a basic male recruit. My point? If this woman was a self starter like my kid she’d have trained on her own to prepare, not whined that the USMC didn’t make her train hard enough. Always someone else’s fault.
My daughter ended up turning down the commission for several personal reasons. She did later go through SFPD academy (8 months!) which was brutal. Women got cut no slack there. Which surprised the heck out of me considering it is SF.
“he offered Santangelo a chance to go to Afghanistan while she awaits an opening in flight training”
,,,, after not succeeding in the Infantry. The USMC sure is cool these days,,, if you happen to be female.
If flight school doesn’t work out, she get to be an astronaut? And who in hell thinks its a fine idea that a platoon of USMC infantry be commanded by a female?
Amos needs to resign.
This is what happens when the Air Wing gets a commandant. Make no mistake, the Wing is beloved and critical,, but it should never run the Corps. That’d be like the USN medical branch running the entire surface fleet.
But typical in this age of Officers and Presidents.
In future combat the army that is NOT PC will win. As an aside I have lost respect for the military top brass. To save their pensions they caved to the Clown threats.
“And, Amos said, he offered Santangelo a chance to go to Afghanistan while she awaits an opening in flight training.”
To do what, Commandant? Lead an infantry platoon? After she failed to complete the Officer’s Infantry Course?
Amos explained that the rule about not getting a second chance was intended to protect the unsuccessful officer’s ability to get into their future military occupational specialty and be positioned for the critical selection for a regular commission, rather than staying as a reserve officer, which limits their potential for a career. But, he said, “we’ll take care of them.”
So let me get this straight...women are cheering and applauding a woman who want to put women in roles where they have a high probability of not succeeding which will will lead to a quick death? Is that about right?