{"id":61102,"date":"2015-07-30T10:35:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T14:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61102"},"modified":"2015-07-30T10:37:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T14:37:17","slug":"marine-corps-gazette-censors-lieutenant-colonel-germano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61102","title":{"rendered":"Marine Corps Gazette censors Lieutenant Colonel Germano"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure you remember earlier this month<\/a> when we discussed Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano when she lost command of the 4th Recruit Training Battalion on Parris Island, S.C. when she was accused of \u201ctoxic leadership\u201d for telling the females in her command that they needed to exceed the standards that the USMC sets for females. <\/p>\n

Well, it seems that she had an article scheduled for publication in the Marine Corps Gazette along the same lines, but the Gazette spiked her article when she was relieved, according to the New York Times “At War”<\/a> blog.<\/p>\n

The editor of the Gazette, John Keenan, a retired Marine Corps colonel, denies that Marine Corps leadership had a hand in the spiking of Lieutenant Colonel Germano’s opinion piece;<\/p>\n

For the Gazette\u2019s part, the reasons behind the decision to pull the article were simple, Mr. Keenan said. Colonel Germano\u2019s relief complicated prospects for publication in the journal not just because it had damaged her professional credibility but also because some readers might see publication as an implicit endorsement of her position in her dispute with the Corps about being fired.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could argue that running that article would bolster her argument\u201d surrounding her dismissal, he said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m not going to bolster that argument \u2013 on either side.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, the Marine Corps really didn’t have to say anything to Keenan – he knows which side of his bread is buttered. We certainly can’t have a Marine telling other Marines that there needs to be one standard irrespective of their ugly parts.<\/p>\n

Mr. Keenan also said, however, that whatever the perceptions about Colonel Germano\u2019s dismissal, her article contained valuable insights. \u201cPersonally, I feel there is a lot of validity to what she is saying about, \u2018Don\u2019t hold women to lower standards,\u2019 \u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, then what’s the problem with publishing her piece? She has a valid point that no one else in the Corps appears willing to say in public. Germano has the real world experience that bolsters her point. So, what’s the problem? <\/p>\n

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

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