{"id":59181,"date":"2015-04-10T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=59181"},"modified":"2015-04-09T15:05:55","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T19:05:55","slug":"marines-conduct-the-last-test-of-ioc-for-female-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=59181","title":{"rendered":"Marines conduct the last test of IOC for female officers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Marine Corps Times<\/a> reports that the test for integrating females Marines into the Infantry Officers’ Course has ended as abruptly as it began, with the last two candidates failing to complete the initial Combat Endurance Test. The Marine Corps had hoped to test at least 100 females for their test period, but that’s not how it turned out;<\/p>\n

The testing period ends with just 27 female volunteers having attempted the course. Two other female officers also attempted the course as part of required ground intelligence officer training. The 0203 ground intelligence officer military occupational specialty was opened to female officers in late 2013, with IOC as a qualification requirement for applicants. None of the 29 female officers made it to the end of the course.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Honestly, I had hoped that some would be able to complete the course and I’m sure there are women out there who could successfully complete the physically demanding school. But the fact that are no graduates will only encourage the social engineers to lobby the Corps for a reduction in standards.<\/p>\n

The Army’s Ranger Course is set to accept 6 women into that school this Spring – all 6 have successfully passed the Ranger Training Assessment Course, according to the Army Times<\/a>; <\/p>\n

Thirty-six soldiers successfully completed the two-week course, said Maj. Gen. Scott Miller, commanding general of the Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning.<\/p>\n

The success rate for this month’s rotation was “considerably lower” than normal, said Maj. William “Shep” Woodard, commander of A Company, Army National Guard Warrior Training Center, which runs RTAC.<\/p>\n

The typical completion rate for RTAC is about 57 percent, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s good news – if there is even one female graduate from the School, that will mean that standards arent out of reach of women. From the beginning of this discussion, that has been my main concern – that standards aren’t reduced so the social engineers can fill body bags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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