[cyborg]

There are women who are cut out for front line battle. Not me. I'm a strictly behind the scenes person.

[Cornpone]

Ping...

[bella1]

No one is more lethal than a woman with PMS.

[sgtbono2002]

Just dont get one captured.

[austinite]

Women do not belong in combat. End of story.

[risk]

Let's rock. (Aliens script: Vasquez about ready to unload her gat...)

[gitmogrunt]

grunt wanna-bees with 'gina's.

get 'em outta my squad.

[fnord]

They’re often referred to as the WMs, or women Marines. They hate it, and the crass distortions of the acronym some say they’ve heard.

We used to call them BAMs (but only out of hearing)

[cynicom]

False bravado, stupidity, or both?

To form an opinion all one has to do is watch the currently running Marine training film airing on Military channel.

[TomasUSMC]

URRRRAAAAH BABY.

One thing though. I think after an IED ambush, some of our ladys might do a fine job of interrogating those male scumbags. It would do wonders for their arab male mindset to see a woman yelling and kicking their ass.

[Piquaboy]

This social engineering of the armed forces is ruining it. Women do not belong in combat, period, end of story.

[ruiner]

I can't figure out why the media can't abbreviate state names correctly:

"Niceville, Fla."

WTF is Fla.? Florida? FL? F.L. F.L.O.R?

[CheneyChick]

Cultural sensitivities precluded male Marines from searching women, so the female Marines were meant to deflate fears of Iraqi men and women, said the battalion executive officer, Maj. Larry Miller.

The same is true in Afghanistan where "bad guys" hide under burkas. Females troops are definitely a critical element to search the women.

[joesnuffy]

“I’m out here to prove a point,” Libby said. “A lot of males think females are weak. It’s time to shine, and I’m going to leave here golden.”

That's right sweetheart.. being a Marine is all about you....

[Sax]

It seems that they are doing everything they can to avoid involving them in a firefight or an assault - no instance of a firing their weapon is even mentioned in the article. They are called forward once females or children are detained for one purpose:

“With them, we can grab a wife [of a suspected insurgent], for example, put the screws to her, and find out where the husband might be hiding."

Have our guys roughing up Arab women in front of a village of locals would create more problems. The female Marines are employed for searches and interrogations in the field. Of course there are risks of ambushes or counter attacks that would see these women engaged in combat, but I am sure the risks have been weighed appropriately by brass in the field.

[monday]

Marines named Dawn, Libby, Jill? Sounds strange. Next Mattel will be marketing Marine Barbie w/ cute little cammo hot pants and cosmetics field kit.

[StarCMC]

said Libby, a 21-year-old from Niceville, Fla

From your neck of the woods, guys.

[Maigrey]

I still think that having women on the front lines is dangerous, and will get the men killed, when they start thinking of the hair on their chest, thinking of the marine next to them as a woman, not as a marine.

Oh how I despise PC war protocols.