What is the penalty for running right past her?
Anyone have any pictures? I did a cursory search and did not find any.
The culture has changed a lot. Unfortunately, War has not.
Rush Limbaugh’s All-American First Cavalry Amazon Battalion has come to pass.
We're willing to sacrifice our people, just so (some) girls can play with the boys.
As a former Army Infantry squad sergeant, I doubt she is leading. Occupying the slot and filling the parade duties, but “leading” ... you cant lead if you cant do.
In my experience, women cant do the duties of an infantry soldier. It requires a hell of a lot of upper body strength to do things like, setup a M2 .50 caliber machine gun, dig fox holes, transport a wounded team member, even humping a battle ruck. And it is not sexist to say so.
I was an E-7, Sergeant First Class Platoon Sergeant. 132d Support Battalion, 32d Infantry (Red Arrow) Brigade. RA attached to an Army National Guard unit in Wisconsin, (TAGO) so basically part-time soldiers.
My Platoon had 40 soldiers in it, 3/4 of them male. Piece of cake. ;)
This was in 1991. We were activated for Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm that year but it was over so quickly, we didn’t end up going over to The Sand Box.
But we were Ready, Willing and Able. :)
One problem is a disproportionate effort to protect her or to make her headlines may get a few good men killed. Semper Fi! G 2/5 Tet 68.
Will she get a separate hole in the ground for a latrine?
Whatever happened to Mad Dog Mattis?
Maybe he’s bunking with Jeff Sessions.
I hope it works out!
Not because I think this is a good idea...IT IS NOT! But, if it doesn’t work out now, they will continue to lower the standards until it DOES work!
And the only thing the LOWERING of the standards accomplishes is the INCREASING of the number of dead Marines! All so that the social justice idiots can claim that “women are the same as men;” when compared to different standards!
Semper Fi! My brothers and sisters!
This is such a bad idea for so many reasons.
Did Demi Moore change to the Marines?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Marines are still schlepping 80 to 100 lbs packs, right?
This wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t lower the standards which you know they did.
Alas, this PC nonsense will only result in the deaths of fine Marines.
She is already leading from behind, staying in the rear with the gear and just telling folks what to do. The Captain that asked for her must be a weak CO, willing to make his company a social experiment. He sounds like part of the problem, not the solution. Good Marines and Soldiers are going to die because of this lunacy.
I can't imagine the headaches of having them in the same unit.
His next fitness report should read:
"Able to follow unspoken orders. Politically sensitive. Team player who is willing to go with the flow"
I was talking to a friend of mine the other day.
He went to his first platoon as a freshly trained LT in ‘75.. He said the first thing the very veteran platoon Sgt said to him was, “Welcome Sir. Your job is to shut your mouth and watch.”
I guess it kind of knocked his ego back a little. But it served him well.