{"id":34853,"date":"2013-03-31T08:13:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T12:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=34853"},"modified":"2013-03-31T14:30:03","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T18:30:03","slug":"two-more-females-drop-out-of-marines-infantry-officer-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=34853","title":{"rendered":"Two more females drop out of Marine’s Infantry Officer Course (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a link sent to us by beretverde, NBC<\/a> reports that two more women tried unsuccessfully to graduate from the Marine Infantry Officer Course at Quantico, VA;<\/p>\n

Two female officers entered the demanding Marine Infantry Officer Course this week \u2014 only the second time in the history of the course that women have been allowed to compete to become ground combat leaders \u2014 but neither passed the grueling obstacle course on Thursday, military officials said.<\/p>\n

The women made it through the first few days of the course.<\/p>\n

Of the 110 students who began the course this week, 96 are still enrolled \u2014 the women were joined by 12 of their Marine brothers who also failed to complete the obstacle course entirely or could not complete it in the time allotted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, it’s a difficult course, even men can’t make it through. There are five other women waiting for the summer course to begin so they can get their shot. I wish them luck, I truly do – as long as they make it through the course and graduate at the current standards. Eventually, I’m sure, a woman will graduate, but I’m also just as sure that the politicians and the sociologists will be doing their best to lower the standards so they can make their numbers.<\/p>\n

UPDATED:<\/strong> The New York Times<\/a> tells a more complete story of the two young ladies. And mentions my concerns;<\/p>\n

In Quantico, concerns run deep among some staff members that pressure to accommodate women will lead to a softening of the Marine Corps\u2019 tough standards. Col. Todd S. Desgrosseilliers, commander of the Basic School, which includes the Infantry Officer School and the Basic Officer Course, said that would not happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are gender-neutral now,\u201d he said of the standards. \u201cThey aren\u2019t hard to be hard. These are the things they need to be able to do to be infantry officers.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, combat is Go\/No Go. There are no minimum standards – only pass-fail. And I wonder if Col. Todd S. Desgrosseilliers has noticed who the Secretary of Defense is for the next four years. I have no doubt that Chuck Hagle would make political points with women’s groups by sending more soldiers to their inevitable deaths with less-than-minimum-standard leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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