{"id":56117,"date":"2014-10-30T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=56117"},"modified":"2014-10-30T10:05:23","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T14:05:23","slug":"first-women-to-earn-eib-are-korean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=56117","title":{"rendered":"First women to earn EIB are Korean"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well the glass ceiling for women earning the Expert Infantry Badge has been busted – by Korean soldiers – according to the Army Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Staff Sgt. Kim Min Kyoung and Staff Sgt. Kwon Min Zy, both infantry squad leaders in the Republic of Korea Army\u2019s 21st Infantry Division, said they are honored to have had the chance to compete.<\/p>\n

The women successfully tested for the EIB \u201cnot because of their expert skills, but because there were 21 soldiers from the 21st Infantry Division that competed with them, pushing and pulling each other, helping each other out,\u201d Kwon, 21, said through Sgt. Jung Hoi Won, a Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army (KATUSA) soldier who translated the interview for Army Times.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good for them! I know this is going to be held up as some sort of excuse for women to be in the US infantry, but it’s not really. yes it’s grueling and it requires a lot of training and attention to detail, but it’s not being infantry – it’s being infantry for a few days. Yes, I read the article, too, and I know that these ladies are assigned to infantry units. But, they’re not assigned to US infantry units and there’s a difference.<\/p>\n

But, congratulations, ladies. Seriously.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to HS Junior for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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