Via the insulting leftist social-engineers at Gannett Marine Corps Times:
The Marine Corps school that produces infantry combat officers will enroll its first-ever female students this year, Marine Corps Times has learned.
As part of the service’s extensive research campaign to determine what additional jobs could be opened to women, an undetermined number of volunteers will attend the Infantry Officers Course in Quantico, Va., said Gen.
I found an interesting development and good analysis over at The Patriot Perspective.
Saying that women don't belong isn't too popular a stance nowadays. Still, it needs saying sometimes. It doesn't mean women should have their opportunities limited because their gender is inferior. It just means the constraints of reality can limit women's opportunities whether we like to admit it or not.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Females don’t belong on the battlefield IMHO. I am afraid that my granddaughters may face being drafted to military service…..
I do not think that women belong in this environment.
There is a big difference between a woman combat pilot and a woman slogging through rough terrain with a pack on her back.
I think that this is just another attempt to weaken our military.
The desire of many women to step up and fight for the Country is exemplary, however, there still remains the physical limits that exists between the genders.
I have seen many examples of female pilots that excell in flying aircraft, however, they are not carrying them through jungles.
One would hope a degree of common sense kicks in here at some point.
Cheers Linda.
“It just means the constraints of reality can limit women’s opportunities whether we like to admit it or not.”
Guys can’t have babies and they’re grossly over represented in crime statistics. Point being, different is one thing, unequal another. Mature adults get it.
BTW, I’m with AFVET. Gals as pilots? Sure. Commandos? Not always. There are ops where size and power matter, others where stealth and smarts are everything. An operational commander does NOT want to kill someone and blow a mission with a PC mismatch.
Cheers
General Rhonda Cornum’s perceptions are a bit different.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,438760,00.html
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Hey there, Level Head! It’s always good to see you. I have a vague memory of this officer’s story . . . (wikipedia to the rescue, LOL) . . . ah, she was a flight surgeon on a downed helo. And she sure sounds tough.
Tis fair enough to say the fear of capture should not be the primary reason to bar women from certain roles. My bigger concern is whether they will lower the standards for women to pass the school, as done in the past.
Oh, what’s this? http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/women-to-attend-marine-infantry-school/
It says here that the Marines will not be “gender norming,” ie, lowering the standards, for women who attend the infantry school.
Hmm. It will be interesting to see whether they stick to this policy, and how many women succeed.
Thanks for prodding me to look into it a little further, my most interesting friend.
Lin
I with AFVET on this one, very few women are up to the physical challenge IM veryHO. But there is this, the Marines have boasted forever about every man a rifleman (which is good), so if you are a woman and a Marine Officer it would probably be a good thing to have some idea what’s going on if you manage to get into that situation. But as a platoon/company officer with the MOS, I think not.
I have a little step-cousin in Florida. She is pleasant, intelligent, well-mannered … and can power-lift more than twice my weight. It certainly would not be fair to gender-norm men up to her power-lifting standard.
Of course, as she gets older (she’s only 14), she’s likely to get strong.
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