{"id":29790,"date":"2012-05-03T08:33:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T12:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=29790"},"modified":"2012-05-03T08:33:27","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T12:33:27","slug":"lt-gen-richard-mills-female-infantry-training-will-be-the-same-as-the-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=29790","title":{"rendered":"Lt. Gen. Richard Mills: Female infantry training will be the same as the men"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Marine Corps Times<\/a> reports that Lt. Gen. Richard Mills, the deputy commandant for combat development and integration stated the other day that the proposed infantry training for women will match the training that men receive in the same schooling. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the same exact program of instruction a male lieutenant who\u2019s going to go on to become an infantry officer would get \u2014 exactly the same,\u201d Mills said of the course. \u201cThat involves a wide series of classes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like their male classmates in the program, female Marines can expect ample physical training, he said. Students spend several days \u2014 and nights \u2014 in the field, making long marches while weighed down with weapons, ammunition and protective gear.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll go through the same mental and physical tasks common to the duties of the infantry platoon commander out in the fleet,\u201d Mills said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article goes to say that women won’t be awarded the infantry designator or be assigned to an infantry unit because of Department of Defense restrictions – that the course is just a test program for the inevitable inclusion of women in the ranks of combat soldiers. While I applaud the Marine Corps for their preparation for the impending change in regulations, I urge them to keep the activist elements (journalists, etc…) away from the training so they don’t get to scream “Unfair!” and interfere with the test period. Those people tend to misunderstand that training is for war and everything else is bullshit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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