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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, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Saturday September 23 2017, @10:02AM (2 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday September 23 2017, @10:02AM (#572058) Journal

    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. )

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @02:38PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @02:38PM (#572111)
    "jmorris is still a dick." I've seen your kind of petulance before. KKK members have it. No matter what goes wrong, it's the nigger's fault. Nazi members have it - no matter what goes wrong, it's the jew's fault. With you, it's one of a half dozen boogey-men that you chase around Soylent. So, what kind of uniform do you wear? You have spit-shined jackboots? Black uniform, with lightning bolt insignia? We want pics!!
    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by aristarchus on Saturday September 23 2017, @06:30PM

      by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday September 23 2017, @06:30PM (#572147) Journal

      Are you seriously suggesting jmorris is not a dick? After all, he did post this:

      What does "cisgendered" mean?

      Normal. Opposite of defective.

      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.