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posted by Fnord666 on Friday September 22 2017, @08:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the should-have-drafted-Demi-Moore dept.

The U.S. Marine Corps will soon have its first female infantry officer. The unnamed lieutenant is expected to lead an infantry platoon of about 40 marines:

The Marine Corps is set to have its first female infantry officer, a milestone in its nearly 250-year-long history.

The lieutenant is scheduled to graduate with her all-male peers on Monday after she completed all of the graduation requirements in the service's grueling 13-week Infantry Officer Course, the Corps said. Her completion of the course was first reported by The Washington Post. The officer's name was not made public.

The course was opened to women in 2012, and on an experimental basis. More than 30 women attempted it, but when none passed, the course was once again closed to females in the spring of 2015. After the Pentagon opened all military jobs to women, four additional women tried the course without success.

Also at The Hill.


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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @08:50PM (11 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @08:50PM (#571803)

    A female marine.

    Well that's OK as long as you don't mind the breakdown of society and the ruin of all things true and great in America.

    EXACTLY like how "those people" broke America 5, 20, 50 and 100 years ago. Hurricaine Whatshisface proved all this by the way.

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday September 22 2017, @08:56PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Friday September 22 2017, @08:56PM (#571809) Journal

    Hurricaine Solorcaine?

    Hurricaine Migraine?

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @08:58PM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @08:58PM (#571812)

    Well that's OK as long as you don't mind the breakdown of society and the ruin of all things true and great in America.

    EXACTLY like how "those people" broke America 5, 20, 50 and 100 years ago. Hurricaine Whatshisface proved all this by the way.

    It took SN three--count 'em!! Three!!!--to get to "it's the end of the world as we know it". You guys are off your game today. Sad!

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @11:16PM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @11:16PM (#571887)

      Evidently the AC above has never met any female Marines. There have been lots, just no officers. If they had met a female Marine, society would not be broken down, but their sorry ass would be in short order. I would love to see the conservative sexist ex-Googler explain to this one how women are biologically incapable of command! Ah! Fun times!

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @01:46AM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @01:46AM (#571935)

        I assume you're talking about Damore?

        If so, you need to do your research. He's not conservative, and he didn't say that women are biologically incapable of command - in fact, kind of the opposite.

        Did you even read the memo? It's not that long. You really should.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @03:49AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @03:49AM (#571989)

          Seems like the only thing that will save America is nuking all the idiots without fallout shelters ready :)

          Of course some of our brave soldiers will have to clean out a few shelters with idiots in them, like all the major capitols and capitals :)

        • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @09:41AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @09:41AM (#572055)

          Damore explicitly referred to people being afraid to come out as gay conservative, so I suspect that he is a fucking Republican, if not a full on alt-wrong neo-liberal nazi white wale motherfucking douche bag of the highest order. Yes, I read the memo. The dick (double entendre intended) needed to be fucking fired! I would not want such a stupid cunt of a man working in my organization, and again, I expect that any, and I mean _any_ female Marine would tear his balls from his frame and stuff them down his throat so he could have at least one orgasm in his short an pathetic life. So, what about you, my fellow AC? Are you in need of loving attention, from the Corps? If not, fuck off. The US Military does not discriminate.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @05:04PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @05:04PM (#572133)

            Actually, Damore's political background is pretty well known because of the shitstorm that surrounded him.

            You read SoylentNews, you may as well read the history of something you're commenting on.

      • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Saturday September 23 2017, @05:56AM

        by DeathMonkey (1380) on Saturday September 23 2017, @05:56AM (#572014) Journal

        Evidently the AC above has never met any female Marines.

        The North Vietnamese army was about 50% female and they kicked the shit out of our 100% male marines.

        Also, GP was being sarcastic.

      • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday September 23 2017, @12:31PM

        by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday September 23 2017, @12:31PM (#572085) Journal

        I have met several female Marines. It's not an uncommon female name in Russia and France. It would have been stranger to meet male Marines, much as it would be for us to encounter a man (non-drag queen) called Penelope.

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        Washington DC delenda est.
  • (Score: 2) by Foobar Bazbot on Friday September 22 2017, @10:04PM (1 child)

    by Foobar Bazbot (37) on Friday September 22 2017, @10:04PM (#571841) Journal

    Poe's law, anyone? Pretty sure that wasn't a serious comment; to me the straight-faced declaration that all things true and great in America have been ruined 4 times already was a giveaway. Or if it is serious, you have to admire his trust in our society's resilience, to keep bouncing back and rebuilding "things true and great" from the ruins every couple decades.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by DeathMonkey on Saturday September 23 2017, @05:58AM

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Saturday September 23 2017, @05:58AM (#572016) Journal

      Clearly, the Democrats ruing everything every 8 years and our patriotic Republicans have to step in, adult-up, and fix everything!

      (yes, this is also sarcasm)