or like Audrey Hepburn.
I wont read the rest of a Times article to see if this person ended up changing the women marines into a lean mean fighting machine once she got rid of discrimination.
What I’ve read so far is that the women suck because they’re expected to suck.
Usual Times ####.
>>What I’ve read so far is that the women suck because they’re expected to suck.
Well, that sentence wins the Internet today.
or like Audrey Hepburn.
No, every combat metric has shown that females simply do not have the endurance, strength and size required to perfrom to the published standard. So many times the girl int eh element could not carry the M60/240 Base plate/ammo cans let alone her own equipment. So many times some guy would double up- being chivalrous and all. Meanwhile, the girls got unique attention from the Drills, the Tacs the Instructors and even the Mess Sergeant.
As a former Infantry NCO turned Engineer officer, I noted these things and endeavored to eliminate any bias towards women. What I mean is I refuse to hold them to a different standard of performance and conduct than men. I was stridently opposed by senior commanders and NCOs at every level- one even declared me a sexist by virtue of not allowing women to have time off for monthly issues-w/o going to sick call. You see, even sick call rates were monitored by DA/DACOWITS and any negative rate of anything measureable higher than men was “controlled”.
I retird in 2007 after 24 years of combined enlisted and commissioned service and I would never expect the military or naval forces to accept anything other than the highest reasonable standard for any service member. We need to kick ass on the battlefield, not be known for how nice we treat our warriors.
Since the mid 70s, the military and naval services have all been voluntary- so anyone who elects to enlist or accept a commission should do so with the clear understanding that the journey they are about to embark on is not about them, but rather the nations need for killers and facilitators of killers who can bear the shaft or the point with aplomb.
A willing man is able to be made hard, a hard man is good to find, train him to be the best and most capable and he will do his job with honor and fidelity to doing what’s the right.
Rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf....