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Lieutenant becomes first woman to lead Marine infantry platoon
http://thehill.com/ ^ | 8/9/18 | MORGAN GSTALTER

Posted on 08/09/2018 10:55:32 AM PDT by BBell

First Lt. Marina Hierl has reportedly made history by becoming the first woman in the Marine Corps to lead an infantry platoon.

The 24-year-old is one of four platoon commanders in Echo Company, a group of 175 Marines and Navy sailors who were recently sent to northern Australia, The New York Times reported Thursday.

Hierl is one of two women to the 13-week Marines Corps Infantry Officer Course, according to the Times.

“I wanted to do something important with my life,” she told the newspaper. “I wanted to be part of a group of people that would be willing to die for each other.”

She is now leading a platoon of roughly 35 men for six months of training exercises in the Pacific, the Times reported.

Capt. Neal Jones, commanding officer of Echo Company, reportedly asked for Hierl to be assigned to his unit.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: infantry; lieutenant; marinahierl; marine
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To: Bratch
Can't post the picture due to copyright issues but here's a link.

Oh, yeah, she looks FULLY capable of keeping up when it hits the fan.

61 posted on 08/09/2018 12:58:20 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("It rubs the rainbow on it's skin or it gets the diversity again!")
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To: OldMissileer

Did she pass? 130 lbs. pack on a 100 lbs human doesn’t seem like a reasonable engineering ask of human female ankles and knees.


62 posted on 08/09/2018 12:59:34 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: RinaseaofDs
Did she pass? 130 lbs. pack on a 100 lbs human doesn’t seem like a reasonable engineering ask of human female ankles and knees.

From what I was told she washed out around the fifth month. TBS is about six months long.

63 posted on 08/09/2018 1:03:22 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: BBell
“She’s one of us,” Lance Cpl. Kai Segura said of Hierl.

What else is he(?) going to say to a reporter?

64 posted on 08/09/2018 1:06:05 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: hoagy62

I’m old now and besides, she would have wielded power over every single aspect of my life back then. That’s why we never talked to our officers.


65 posted on 08/09/2018 1:06:24 PM PDT by BBell (Rebekah ist mein Erzfeind)
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To: RinaseaofDs

If you are wounded she ain’t going to be any help.


66 posted on 08/09/2018 1:08:23 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: DesertRhino
YPJ Infantry.

Probably can't carry 120 packs far, but did a fine job of killing ISIS.

Men have more muscle for kicking in doors on an assault, but motivated and trained women can perform most infantry tasks - notably holding positions, which was a main function for YPJ, while the male YPG did most assaults.

Commander of the Operation to liberate Raqqa from ISIS, Rodja Felat:


67 posted on 08/09/2018 1:11:11 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: PJBankard

We had a mustang who had been an enlisted grunt. You would not have known it though. We called him our zero hero. We had a smack ass 8th & I gunny. We called him the EST gunny, he had been in the EST when he was a young Cpl. He was a legend in his own mind. The Corp made him a 1stSgt.


68 posted on 08/09/2018 1:12:11 PM PDT by BBell (Rebekah ist mein Erzfeind)
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To: central_va

Easing ourselves out of this will be difficult. Wanna make them helo pilots, fighter pilots, even snipers (especially snipers) then go ahead.

Marine infantry? Makes no sense.


69 posted on 08/09/2018 1:12:50 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: BBell

Pretty sure that one second from the left sniped the entire 2016 election.


70 posted on 08/09/2018 1:17:48 PM PDT by DPMD
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To: Mr.Unique

Not only that, if it’s like when I was in she has total control over him.


71 posted on 08/09/2018 1:23:26 PM PDT by BBell (Rebekah ist mein Erzfeind)
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To: DPMD; BeauBo
I just remembered on from my days. "If I die on the Russian Front! Bury me with a Russian C..T!".

We were not allowed to do that one around certain areas. Even then.

72 posted on 08/09/2018 1:26:25 PM PDT by BBell (Rebekah ist mein Erzfeind)
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To: fortheDeclaration
"And when WW2 ended the Russians got rid of the women."

Even during the war, women were a tiny minority among combat troops, but they did serve in several combat roles, like tankers, pilots, snipers and machine gunners. 89 became Heroes of the Soviet Union (Medal of Honor equivalent). Just the female snipers had over 11,000 confirmed kills.

Senior Sergeant Roza Shanina did not get such a high award, but she is remembered because of the diary she kept during the war, which was later published. As a sniper, she was recognized for her ability to hit moving targets, and to string together doubles (hard with their bolt action rifles). She had 59 confirmed kills, before she had her torso blown open, while shielding the commander of the supporting artillery unit.

73 posted on 08/09/2018 1:31:33 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo
She had 59 confirmed kills, before she had her torso blown open, while shielding the commander of the supporting artillery unit.

I hate it when that happens ...

74 posted on 08/09/2018 1:32:19 PM PDT by x
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To: BBell

Bury me deep...


75 posted on 08/09/2018 1:33:44 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

Been awhile...


76 posted on 08/09/2018 1:39:45 PM PDT by BBell (Rebekah ist mein Erzfeind)
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To: BBell

77 posted on 08/09/2018 4:17:23 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: fortheDeclaration

Why is she allowed to wear her hair that long?


Short hair is for people (men) who will actually be in combat, not for rear echelon types who will just add up the body count.


78 posted on 08/09/2018 4:20:11 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF; BeauBo

Thanks for the pictures. I could not find any. Find any bikini shots?


79 posted on 08/09/2018 4:58:42 PM PDT by BBell (Rebekah ist mein Erzfeind)
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To: BBell

“Find any bikini shots?”

Lots

But none of the LT.


80 posted on 08/09/2018 5:51:02 PM PDT by BeauBo
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