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Marine Corps to create experimental task force with 25 percent women
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| March 13, 2014
| Jennnifer Hlad
Posted on 03/15/2014 2:11:50 PM PDT by QT3.14
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To: ilovesarah2012
It gets to the point that you just shake your head.
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posted on
03/15/2014 3:15:07 PM PDT
by
xzins
( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
To: QT3.14
A self reproducing task force, a brilliant idea.
To: AnAmericanMother
But if Murphy is active in the vicinity Just hope it is Audie Murphy.
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posted on
03/15/2014 3:16:40 PM PDT
by
xone
To: xone
LOL!
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posted on
03/15/2014 3:19:37 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
To: AnAmericanMother
I don’t think that #1 applied to Audie, considering his exploits.
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posted on
03/15/2014 3:23:24 PM PDT
by
xone
To: Jet Jaguar
Something I wonder if they have considered-
It was a big enough PITA retrofitting Navy ships for female crew. Some of the older amphibs (LPDs) never were. They were too close to decomming for the expense.
Are they going to now refit all the amphibs for female troop berthing? The newer ones have a small amount but I don’t think it’s anywhere near the 25% level, especially in those ships that carry large amounts of grunts.
To: QT3.14
Well that’ll teach Putin.
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posted on
03/15/2014 3:31:01 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
To: Jet Jaguar
Watch the DoD homosexual mafia turn the data into a Power Point Briefing win. The fix is already in.
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posted on
03/15/2014 3:32:06 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Of course Patton did not realize he was actually offending God and worsening his chances. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I think 'many' Historians would tell you Patton probably looked upon himself as 'God'.
Of the many things Patton was, PC is not one of his traits.
He could not 'survive' in todays 'world'.
Ike and Bradley were the Statesmen, MacArthur the Politician. Patton was the warrior.
After Desert Storm etal, Powell came home the 'hero', Schwarzkopf the 'warrior'... When the press need 'putting in their place', Schwarzkopf was called upon to brief them.
Schwarzkopf would have been MY choice for Pres or UN Ambassador, even Sec Of State but we all know that was impossible.
A 'tribute' to Patton was that the majority of the "Allied" Military leaders did not like him.
The Germans RESPECTED and FEARED him. Hitler once referred to him as that crazy cowboy general, and the most dangerous man the Allies have.
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posted on
03/15/2014 3:39:43 PM PDT
by
xrmusn
(6/98 --"I would agree with you BUT that would make both of us wrong".)
To: BenLurkin
That women was on a Huell Howser video log she is really some woman amazing and has her own Brassier line now
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posted on
03/15/2014 3:57:03 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi MomÂ… I was refereeing to Obama)
To: QT3.14
We all will have to learn the hard way that this will not work.
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posted on
03/15/2014 4:08:45 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: QT3.14
PC insanity. Utter madness.
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posted on
03/15/2014 4:15:32 PM PDT
by
ought-six
( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: Secret Agent Man
" would expect at least 35-40% casualty rates..." Would be even higher if they include all the females put out of action by pregnancy.
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posted on
03/15/2014 4:33:00 PM PDT
by
drpix
To: xone
![](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/2013/07/Red_Badge_of_Courage_a_l.jpg)
He got around. :-)
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posted on
03/15/2014 4:35:02 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
To: xrmusn
My dad was (thankfully from his point of view) not directly under Patton, but he was nearby (Dad's unit of combat engineers got loaned to the Brits for awhile).
Dad said he was "peculiar" (which was Dad's polite way of saying stark staring crazy) but a "damn good fighter".
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posted on
03/15/2014 4:38:11 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
To: little jeremiah
True, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
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posted on
03/15/2014 5:15:51 PM PDT
by
blaveda
To: QT3.14
The Rush Limbaugh “All-American First Cavalry Amazon Battalion”.
Sync them up, so they get PMS at the same time, and there won’t be a force in the world who can stop them.
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posted on
03/15/2014 5:17:57 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: QT3.14
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posted on
03/15/2014 5:20:36 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Armor isn't something that you just turn the key and drive, it takes muscle to arm and maintain, load and operate, tracked vehicles, especially where there are no roads and under war conditions.
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posted on
03/15/2014 5:21:48 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
To: QT3.14
Here’s the deal: make this 460 person task force composed of LBGT members exclusively. Send them to Afghanistan to gain real world combat experience. Does that sound too harsh? I don’t. If the LBGT community wants equal rights in the Marines, it’s time to prove yourselves boy, girls, and “other”. You’ve got a LONG way to go at this point.
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