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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: 2) by VLM on Saturday September 23 2017, @12:09AM (3 children)

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 23 2017, @12:09AM (#571910)

    if she sits to pee

    Technically, "she" could be pre-op trans, as in born male but feels like a girl and still pees perfectly well standing up. Which fits in with the whole HIPPA like thing about not naming her. You can name an infantry officer in public; the trans issue gets into disclosure of medical illness territory. This theory seems to fit the observed facts pretty well. I'd be willing to guess "she" was recently a "he" and medically is still a dude or at least is still peeing standing up.

    This is also going to be an interesting issue for the Olympics. If its not handled carefully basically all "female" world records and medals will soon be held by born-male-trans-call-me-a-woman people. Yeah I know it sounds crazy but devoted athletes have done crazier stuff to win...

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @02:34AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @02:34AM (#571953)

    Or maybe she's not named because she prefers actually doing her job instead of becoming a poster child for feminism worldwide and being paraded around? I'm sure Sam Biddle is on the case, fearless journalism etc.

    • (Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday September 24 2017, @12:44PM

      by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Sunday September 24 2017, @12:44PM (#572298)

      because she prefers

      Just guessing that AC has never been in the military. That usually isn't a very high priority for upper ranks WRT folks at the bottom in .mil

      Also this isn't the first time a "girl" has done a "boy" job and historically the .mil absolutely poops itself with journalistic excitement. However WRT medical information about specific service members, historically the .mil goes all secret squirrel. Conclusion is this isn't a story about classical feminism so much as a story about someone's transitioning medical records.

  • (Score: 2, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday September 23 2017, @07:52AM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Saturday September 23 2017, @07:52AM (#572038) Homepage Journal

    Believe me, I will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. In any capacity. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. It’s been a very confusing issue for the military, and I think I’m doing the military a great favor. #MAGA 🇺🇸