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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No more corpsemen?
That’s been going on for awhile. In government and construction, the head guy used to be called the foreman. Now they are “lead workers”.
Man the guns! I mean person the guns or something.
"Health assistant up!" Yeah, that's great.
MEGA BARF!!!
I worked in a factory, the women line bosses were called foremen and nobody objected.
Isn’t it just possible that we are taking women’s lib too far???
I am so glad that I got out when I did.
Can’t use seaperson instead of seaman since it end in ‘son which is male. I guess sailor still works.
The idea is to fill the military with perverts and degenerates who will gladly follow orders to fire on citizens.
Whatta bunch of libtard PC crap!
I am a Boatswain’s Mate.
You know how hard it is for landlubbers to even correctly pronounce the word, “Boatswain?”
Now, they have to figure out how to say the title, “Boatswainperson’s Mate???”
I need a drink.
No real, NORMAL person cares. This is all a problem in the minds of liberals. The rest of America couldn't care less.
Somehow, an impassioned call for “Health assistant up!” in the midst of a firefight just doesn’t have the right ring to it.
(*&^&$*# IDIOTS!)
Another liberal power play. First world problem.
No matter what the bureaucrats say, in your everyday lives, call them seamen and corpsmen. If you get corrected, roll your eyes and use your term again.
Someday when the SHTF in whatever form it does, all this will be forgotten.
So, the Marine’s 0311 rifleman is what?
Riflehominid?
This is my rifle
This is my gun
This is for fighting.
This is for fun.
Change that, you pusillanimous maggots.
Feminism destroyed the world. Who’s raising the kids? THE SCHOOLS! And people wonder why so many young people support Bernie-the-Communist. If he were Republican they’d call him an ‘old fart’ and an ESTABLISHMENT relic of the past.
MENopause becomes WOMEN-OPAUSE
MENstruation becomes WOMEN-STRUATION
What does HIStory become?
I never thought about that. You can’t call someone a person without calling them a son. Tee hee hee.
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