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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @09:02PM (18 children)
She'll have to sit on the edge of the boat, out far enough that her pee doesn't spray into the boat. It wouldn't take much of a wave to tip her right out of the boat, feeding her to the giant squid and killer whales.
The men only need to sit for poo, but that is less trouble. They can plop it directly into the M203 grenade launcher, then fire it overboard. There are options for poo.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @09:08PM (7 children)
Reward the troops. Golden shower.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Saturday September 23 2017, @05:59AM (5 children)
They don't call it "the head" for nothing!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @06:13AM (4 children)
Turtle's head?
(Score: 3, Informative) by aristarchus on Saturday September 23 2017, @09:56AM (3 children)
Of the many things Soylentils are blissfully ignorant of, one is the nautical life. Some have tried to remedy this by quoting Herman Melville. But the basic terminology is still lacking.
Head. On a ship, a head is more properly a capstan head. This is the ratcheting spindle that usually coils a rode (((anchor line, for you landlubbers) or chain to hoist an anchor. Now, point being, the "heads", or aforementioned winches, are usually situated at or near the bow of the vessel ("front", again for you landlubbers). In most sailing, of large ships as well a small, a downwind course is more favorable, less pounding, in the off quarter better speed, et cetera. But the important thing, is that sailors used to relieve themselves where the anchor leads lead out, or at the heads. Thus the origin of the naval term for a "facility". But, as in most things, the cap'n's quarters were aft, or upwind from the heads on most headings, much like the West End of London was for the lower classes, because of the prevailing winds that put it downwind.
Now, mind you, another sailing author is to be paid attention to. Kipling said:
Marines! Harumfrodite Marines that could kick jmorriss' but from here to Timbucktoo!
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Saturday September 23 2017, @10:02AM (2 children)
Or was it the East End?
Which way does the wind blow in London?
More importantly, link for the Kipling: http://www.bartleby.com/364/229.html [bartleby.com]
I prefer Conrad or Melville to Kipling, but when it comes to the Heart of Darkness that Was British Imperialism, does it really matter what side you were on? (Wait for it: sarcastic remark- - - not meant to be taken literally---jmorris is still a dick. )
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @02:38PM (1 child)
(Score: 2, Insightful) by aristarchus on Saturday September 23 2017, @06:30PM
Are you seriously suggesting jmorris is not a dick? After all, he did post this:
While jmorris is not the cause of all the ills of the world, or even all the evils of the alt-wrong, he does own this. Clearly he is not normal.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday September 23 2017, @12:17PM
Some pay extra for that.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @10:09PM (4 children)
I wasn't aware that it's not possible to piss in a container. I'll also have to forget all those products I've looked up for the unlikely event magic starts existing or I win the lottery that people with that plumbing configuration can use to take a piss standing up while camping. Those apparently cannot be used on a boat.
I learn new, interesting shit about you cisgendered folks and your caste system every day!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday September 23 2017, @05:52AM (3 children)
LOL, I got to try a SheWee once. Really not getting what's so great about standing to take a whiz though.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 4, Funny) by aristarchus on Saturday September 23 2017, @10:11AM (1 child)
Actually, the only real benefit to peeing standing up, is the writing. You can write your name in the snow. Also works on sand. If you have the capacity, entire sonnets or mid-sized poetic works are possible. But really, a pen and paper are much more convenient, and longer lasting, than any penis and any medium. So really it is a faux advantage.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Saturday September 23 2017, @12:20PM
You can also more effectively pee on trees, walls, boulders, and such to mark your territory and keep the wolves away from your campsite. When bored, it's fun to play with. The wonders of the marvelous penis. Click to learn more...
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by unauthorized on Saturday September 23 2017, @01:39PM
It saves you a few seconds, but I'd say the most significant advantage is the much longer urethra, meaning a lot less urinary tract infections you have to deal with.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @10:15PM (2 children)
Ooh! I'm patenting a cupped-piston munition with waterproof seal for the M203 -- you can pour "any" liquid down the barrel, where it collects in the piston's cup, then loft it skyward! There wlll, of course, be an airburst charge, to ensure the proper dispersal of the liquid on target.
Think of it as a technological assist in pissing contests, allowing you to boldly go where no man has gone before -- I bet it'll actually be even more popular with the gents than the ladies!
Kids throwing urine bottles of overpasses? Strike back! etc.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @10:40PM
Nope, nope, the Guardians of the Caste System have spoken. Such urine projection distance assistance devices could (if I'm understanding correctly) lead to a complete breakdown of the caste system underpinning their society. We're talking Old Testament, AC, real wrath of Goddess type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes, the dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
(Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Friday September 22 2017, @10:56PM
> you can pour "any" liquid down the barrel, where it collects in the piston's cup, then loft it skyward! There wlll, of course, be an airburst charge, to ensure the proper dispersal of the liquid on target
I'll buy 50, and 100 liters of coke, and hire as many Russian whores as required.
Can I deduct party costs from my taxes, when it's to distract the president from declaring war on anyone?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday September 22 2017, @11:50PM
Because, being marines, they spend all their life on boats, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by tibman on Saturday September 23 2017, @05:06AM
M203 doesn't work that way. It's breach loaded from the side. If you tried to shit down the barrel then you'd have to point your rifle at your dick. Safety on the m203 is bad enough already.
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