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Commandant to Marines: 'It's Time to Move Out' on Women in Combat
Military.com ^ | December 4, 2015 | Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on 12/05/2015 7:14:25 PM PST by QT3.14

The top officer of the Marine Corps sent an unequivocal message to troops: It's time to get behind the mandate to integrate women into combat units.

Gen. Robert Neller released a sternly worded video late Friday, a day after Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced that all military jobs -- including infantry and special forces positions -- would be open to female troops by the start of next year.

The Marine Corps was the only service to request that some fields remain closed to women, citing a yearlong co-ed infantry experiment that found gender-mixed units underperformed all-male ones.

Despite that, Neller made clear that the Marines were going to lose no time in conforming to the new mandate.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bs; combat; diversity; military; pc; usmc; war
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To: TigerClaws

One of the main septic tanks needing pumping is the State Dept.


81 posted on 12/05/2015 11:29:02 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: QT3.14

Having done my 20yrs, 7 in 2nd Ranger Bn, and 13 in Special Forces, this will not end well. Stupid pc assclowns are gonna get our young men killed...and I have a vested interest because both my sons are currently serving.


82 posted on 12/06/2015 12:06:24 AM PST by mikefive (RLTW)
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To: napscoordinator

LOL you asked for it, didn’t ya! The smartest make the best choices and always aim for the best for themselves, thus just wanting to be a Marine is the best decision. No offense to any other branch. Had a bro in each of Army, Navy, Air Force, but advised that if son was to join, get the best training.


83 posted on 12/06/2015 12:42:39 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: TigerClaws

Hope those forced out will be willing to go back in.


84 posted on 12/06/2015 12:53:30 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: Axenolith
One of the main septic tanks needing pumping is the State Dept.

See 'The Diplomad 2.0 site.

He feels the same.

W. Lewis Amselem, long time US Foreign Service Officer; now retired; served all over the world and under all sorts of conditions. Convinced the State Department needs to be drastically slashed and reformed so that it will no longer pose a threat to the national interests of the United States.

85 posted on 12/06/2015 12:53:56 AM PST by QT3.14 (Radical Islam attacks USA. But, our government threatens us with imprisonment for criticizing them!)
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To: Gritty

Yesterday...”White House mulls women in military draft as Pentagon opens combat roles”

https://www.rt.com/usa/324825-usa-women-military-draft-proposal/


86 posted on 12/06/2015 12:59:09 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: QT3.14

“...and if there’s not enough seats in your combat vehicles, you can just let em ride on your laps!”


87 posted on 12/06/2015 1:20:48 AM PST by Theophilus (Be as prolific as you are pro-life.)
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To: mikefive

The liberal cult has jumped the shark of Nature and Nature’s God.


88 posted on 12/06/2015 1:32:19 AM PST by Theophilus (Be as prolific as you are pro-life.)
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To: QT3.14

“Gen. Robert Neller”?
or obammy butt boy?
YOur social experiment bull shit is going to get good men killed there General Butthead.


89 posted on 12/06/2015 1:40:34 AM PST by Joe Boucher (the only good mooselimb is a dead mooselimb.)
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To: napscoordinator
It is odd that the "hundred" you know are apparently dim bulbs ... I am personally and closely acquainted with dozens, have known and dealt with hundreds, am related to several -- ALL of them above average in intelligence, a few of them WAY WAY WAY above average in intelligence.

The same cannot be said of the hundreds -- yes hundreds -- of navy enlisted I've known over the years, and been related to many. Are there highly intelligent people in the Navy? You had better believe it, but if you 12 typical Marines against 12 typical Navy enlisted, I know which group would be the most likely to be the smartest bunch of men. Apparently, you do not.

So what I learned on this thread is that you talk out your ass. :^)

90 posted on 12/06/2015 2:16:10 AM PST by Finny (Voting "against" is a wish. Be ready to own what you vote for.)
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To: kearnyirish2

I’ve noticed that females in the workplace can harbor quite a lot of resentment. They resent me but I don’t know why. I’m naturally pretty quiet but have tried to be friendly and part of the group only to get shot down (misconstruing a neutral off hand comment purposely to start an argument, or shut me up.) I follow up and show interest about something they’ve mentioned, an upcoming wedding, health issue whatever but on the other hand get ignored when I reciprocate and share something about myself. My mom gets rushed to hospital and I have to call in to work? Nobody asks if she’s OK the next day. I used to say hello when I walked in but since nobody responds except the manager himself I only greet him now. Seriously, the women can talk about their home life and personal stuff they deal with, kids, family etc. but one time when I had shared a couple things about my family I got told “Why you be telling me this stuff, it makes your family sound crazy.” It was a weird response because it had nothing to do with anything “crazy.” It was just about a long lost love that my elderly but long time married Aunt asked us to track down on the internet and before that how my parents struggle with my 40 yr. old half brother sponging off them with no job in sight.

Sorry...yeah I should probably just talk to a counselor about this issue lol. For the life of me I just can’t figure people out.


91 posted on 12/06/2015 2:22:52 AM PST by kelly4c
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To: QT3.14

I thank God that I was in the Military years before Political Correctness ruled the day.

Now, Political Correctness will ensure the death of many men who were forced to drag along a weaker ( both emotionally and physically ) burden with them as they fought the enemy.

That’s the ticked to defeat our troops...tie a ball and chain around their ankles and let them run.


92 posted on 12/06/2015 4:28:33 AM PST by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: kelly4c

I think a lot of them resent having to work, and the resent the fact that the second income doesn’t provide a millionaire’s lifestyle.

Odd how they respond to you sharing things that they routinely share at work; not sure why you get that response. I find that I can only relate to Americans over 60 and foreigners; they don’t take three days off when a pet dies, and don’t care for gossip.


93 posted on 12/06/2015 4:35:21 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2
I've posted on other threads that my company is dealing with an unintended consequence of promoting unqualified females (to keep lawyers at bay) by having us men (who were bearing the brunt of long unpaid extra hours as "salaried employees") work the same hours the salaried females work (the bare minimum). They are powerless to do anything without serious legal issues.

Some years ago, I was working at a company, and asked what did I need to do to get a promotion. My manager leveled with me that the company had too many white male managers, and no further promotions for such would occur until they had more female managers.

I thereupon decided that working hard enough to get promoted did not make sense, and shifted to working the minimum. What didn't get resolved by 5pm, didn't get resolved that day.

Sometime after that, I left for a better paying job.

94 posted on 12/06/2015 4:39:10 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: laplata
Meet the Defense Ministers of Albania, Netherlands, Germany, Norway and Italy.

The Defense Minister of Russia.

Pray for NATO.

95 posted on 12/06/2015 4:47:52 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: napscoordinator
I know Marines aren't the smartest of them all..

The irony! The irony!

96 posted on 12/06/2015 4:50:37 AM PST by don-o (I am Kenneth Carlisle - Waco 5/17/15)
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To: TheCipher
What do they think is going to happen to them when they are captured on the front line ? It is going to be more than off-color jokes. Yet they push for this.

The women officers want to be able to be in "combat arms" MOS, in order to be eligible for promotion to senior ranks.

They do not necessarily want that to happen when they are just 2nd Lt's and might actually have to command a platoon in real combat.

97 posted on 12/06/2015 4:54:31 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: Salvavida
CMC had no choice. It came first from SECNAV, and then from SECDEF.

The Commandant always has a choice. He has the choice of resigning, rather than comply with orders he knows will get his Marines killed. He chose his career.

98 posted on 12/06/2015 4:57:34 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: Finny
So what I learned on this thread is that you talk out your ass. :^)

Several us us learned that a long time ago. Welcome to the club. I generally pass over the idiocy; but messing with the Marines touched a nerve.

99 posted on 12/06/2015 5:00:12 AM PST by don-o (I am Kenneth Carlisle - Waco 5/17/15)
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To: kelly4c
I’ve noticed that females in the workplace can harbor quite a lot of resentment. They resent me but I don’t know why. I’m naturally pretty quiet but have tried to be friendly and part of the group only to get shot down (misconstruing a neutral off hand comment purposely to start an argument, or shut me up.) I follow up and show interest about something they’ve mentioned, an upcoming wedding, health issue whatever but on the other hand get ignored when I reciprocate and share something about myself.

If you are a male who they are not attracted to, women at work will resent your thinking that you have the right to chat with them (just like girls in high school did).

If you are an attractive woman, women at work will resent the competition.

100 posted on 12/06/2015 5:10:24 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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