As it turns out, the commandant of the Marine Corps, James Amos, ghost wrote the piece with the young 2LT, because, for some reason the issue was important to him. Probably not because the civilian leadership has made it important, or probably so.<\/p>\n
Santangelo still won’t accept responsibility for her own unpreparedness for participation in the course. She says that the Marine Corps set her up for failure by making initial training different for men and women.<\/p>\n
[W]hen she joined the Marines, Santangelo found the playing field changed; she was segregated into female-only training units and as a woman, was relegated to less strenuous physical training than her male counterparts. And that\u2019s why, Santangelo told \u201cOn the Radar,\u201d she didn\u2019t have a fair shot at passing the Marine Corps\u2019 Infantry Officer Course.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Or, maybe she thought that she’d be held to a different standard in the men-only infantry course, too. She had a fair shot at the course, and failed herself by not training properly. 23 men failed right along side of her. Did the Marines fail to prepare them, too? Or did they fail to prepare themselves?<\/p>\n
For some stupid reason (probably for politically expedient purposes) Santangelo is getting another shot at the course. I could see that if she was going to be allowed to use the skills that she learned at the school, but she won’t. Since she now knows what to expect in the course, she can properly prepare herself, but how many women will be allowed to do the same? And for what purpose?<\/p>\n
But, as we’ve all known since we read Santangelo’s Washington Post piece, this has been about LT Santangelo, not the Marine Corps or even women in combat. I wonder what her excuse will be when she fails next time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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