Posted on 03/15/2014 2:11:50 PM PDT by QT3.14
The Marine Corps will open new combat jobs to women, allow women to volunteer for combat specialty training previously closed to them and create a co-ed experimental task force to evaluate how female Marines perform as part of a ground combat unit, Marine officials said.
The task force will be made up of about 460 Marines, and about one quarter will be women, said Capt. Maureen Krebs, a Marine spokeswoman. The task force will look like a small battalion landing team with attachments such as artillery, tanks and amphibious assault vehicles — similar to the ground combat portion of a Marine Expeditionary Unit, but about half the size.
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It gets to the point that you just shake your head.
A self reproducing task force, a brilliant idea.
Just hope it is Audie Murphy.
I don’t think that #1 applied to Audie, considering his exploits.
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.
Well that’ll teach Putin.
Watch the DoD homosexual mafia turn the data into a Power Point Briefing win. The fix is already in.
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”.
That women was on a Huell Howser video log she is really some woman amazing and has her own Brassier line now
We all will have to learn the hard way that this will not work.
PC insanity. Utter madness.
Would be even higher if they include all the females put out of action by pregnancy.
He got around. :-)
Dad said he was "peculiar" (which was Dad's polite way of saying stark staring crazy) but a "damn good fighter".
True, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
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.
This will be a disaster.
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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