Posted on 06/09/2016 5:07:52 PM PDT by lowbridge
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are getting a progressive make-over. The word 'man' will be dropped from each job and rating description to make them inclusive and gender-neutral.
Long gone are the days of ordnanceman, corpsman, or naval aircrewman- the new rating could be called ordinance person, health assistant, and aircrew assistant.
"This is one more step in how our force has changed," Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus said in an interview Friday. "Our force has evolved, our force is different. And I believe it's stronger and better."
"It's time for us to let go of telling women, 'You're just included. We don't call you out by sex, but just know you're part of mankind,'" said Lory Manning, a senior fellow at the Service Women's Action Network. "When you hear that 'man' at the end, the image is a male image."
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“The Enemy” will henceforth be known as “The Opposing Dudes”.
. . . the truth.
No more seaman?
“Sea Person, I ordered you to chip that rust !!!”
Manual labor will henceforth be known as Peron Performing Physical Work.
Yeoman permanently changed to t_tless Wave.
YN2 W.D.Lun USNR-R
VAW-116 aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43
Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club, 1968-69
Oh well now, we’re going to have to rename huMAN and woMAN. And MANkind. Chelsea MANning will have to change his name, too.
HERSTORY he he
I guess “Man Overboard” is a thing of the past.
“Sea Person, I ordered you to chip that rust !!!”
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I worked with a guy who was a Navy vet. I asked him one day what he did in the Navy for 4 years. He said, “I chipped paint”. And that’s all he said.
Active Duty ping.
I guess they are going to come up with a new name for a cockpit too.
A Marine gets hit. Who is really going to scream out “health assistant!”?
The bastard is an absolute disgrace to humanity.
The only effective way to win this is to mock them, vociferously, at every opportunity. Laugh at them, point at them, snicker at them, as forcefully as you can. Being mocked is embarrassing, and they should be embarrassed as often as possible.
Re: WO MAN
I propose WO APE
Is that guy in 54 a hotel doorman?
I am so glad I am retired and do not have to deal with this crap. However, if the Association of Aviation Ordnancemen changes its name, I’ll not be renewing my membership.
The US military is heading for a butt kicking that is going to be Biblical.
They are trying to un-define us back to the primordial soup that they think we came from.
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