Shes not right, every Marine is supposed to be a rifleman. That means even the clerks and cooks can be on the front line with others depending on them for survival.
The Marines had the Womens Reserve in WWII. Worked out fine.
There is a massive difference between every Marine being capable of acting as a rifleman in a pinch, and being with the infantry. Most Marines will readily acknowledge that.
If they are cooks etc, then they are not 0311s (combat riflemen). The cooks et al only enter combat when things get dicey. Every Marine is supposed to know how to be a rifleman, but that isn’t the same as being one full time. Assigning a women to 0311 is what will get the other 0311s in her platoon killed. Then they will have to fall back on the cooks etc.
How is she wrong? All she said was that the Commandant’s request to keep women out of combat arms MOS’s should be respected. Do you really disagree with that?
Yes all marines are riflemen. That doesn’t mean that you have to deploy women in infantry units.
Yes, Every Marine is a Rifleman. Every Marine is trained with the same basic combat skills, so in the event that sh!t hits the fan, POGs have the basic skill sets to perform in combat. That doesn’t mean, POGs are going to be on the front line running patrols, kicking in doors, clearing houses, and generally destroying anything that enters their path.
For those unfamiliar with the term POG.
Definition: Personnel Other (than) Grunts
Grunts (Infantry) Defintion: Property Of Grunts
The problem isn’t the “rifleman” part of it. Women are frequently better shots than men. The problem is simply a question of strength and stamina, which, for most women, is less than for most men.