“I wanted to prove to the men that I can do what they can do,” said Spc. Tinita Taylor, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd BCT.<\/p>\n
Completing the course was not an easy task for her. According to Taylor, the mental tasks were the hardest to overcome.<\/p>\n
“I had to keep reminding myself ‘mind over matter’; my head and body had to work together to finish this,” said Taylor.<\/p>\n
“My body held up, but telling myself I can do it is what I needed to do,” she continued.<\/p>\n
The Caruthersville, Mo., native said she got her drive from wanting to be one of her childhood role models.<\/p>\n
“By completing this course, I feel I am halfway to being that warrior princess I want to be,” said Taylor.<\/p>\n
Enduring the course opened Taylor’s eyes to what infantrymen do, and she found a new respect for them.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Congratulations, Specialist. <\/p>\n
But can someone tell me how this makes our military better able to face our nation’s enemies? I’m sure she had a lot of obstacles to overcome, but she used a lot of “I’s” in that statement. Now, if JOTC hasn’t changed since I went through (when mastadons still roamed the Earth) it is a unit course, not a course that tests the individuals, but rather a course that trains the team to function in a jungle environment. I went though it with my squad and my platoon. Granted there were individual skills that were trained but we were evaluated as a unit.<\/p>\n
So, that makes me wonder how Specialist Taylor got into the course in the first place. And if they still teach the course and evaluate units the way they did back in olden times, how was that unit that she was attached to benefit from having her going through the training? Or is this just another school where you get another badge for the badge-happy Army?<\/p>\n
Graduating from jungle school is just the beginning of what Taylor has in mind to add to her list of accomplishments. Next up is Air Assault, which she plans on attending later this year, and then it is on to Pre-Ranger and Ranger School.<\/p>\n
“My goal is to be the first female Soldier to complete Ranger School,” said Taylor. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Any schools in your future that don’t have a badge involved? By the way, you have to go to through jump school before Ranger School, specialist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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