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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: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 23 2017, @01:35AM (2 children)
In all the time that ~30 women have failed the course, how many men have failed?
The media hovers over every female, but they've taken no notice of the men who try and fail. I'm almost curious enough to research that question - but on the other hand, I don't really care how many men OR women have failed. Nor do I even care if any hermaphrodites have made the attempt. Don't care how many white or black people, citizens, or immigrants, tall or short, blue eyed, green eyed, or brown eyed. I couldn't even give a fuck if there are any blonde-headed people in the mix.
I'm confident that if and when I ever have any reason to interact with an officer of the Marine Corps, that officer will be competent. And, THAT is what matters.
Diversity, you say? Well, the Corps will destroy it's enemies with no regard for race, color, religion, gender, or even wealth. THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sam4lq2WHos [youtube.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @10:13AM (1 child)
Spoken like a sailor, from the safety of a ship.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 23 2017, @02:21PM
You, Sir, are ignorant. Remember Beruit City, 1978? I was there to welcome the grunts ashore. I'm a destroyer man, and we don't wait for jarheads to show us how to get ashore.
Alright, I'll throttle the bravado down just a little bit. All of us destroyer men were scared shitless that we were facing five different armies at the same time, each jockeying for position around the city we were trapped in. Those jarheads coming ashore were the most beautiful people we had ever seen in our lives. But, still - safety of the ship? You're ignorant.