{"id":61837,"date":"2015-09-15T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61837"},"modified":"2015-09-15T07:53:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T11:53:00","slug":"mabus-draws-ire-of-marines-in-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61837","title":{"rendered":"Mabus draws ire of Marines in experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day, we talked<\/a> about Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and his mistrust of the results of the Marine Corps’ mixed-gender units. In a link sent to us by Bobo and Marine_7002, the Washington Post<\/a> talked to some of the Marines who feel that the Navy Secretary threw them all under the bus.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur secretary of the Navy completely rolled the Marine Corps and the entire staff that was involved in putting this [experiment] in place under the bus,\u201d said Sgt. Danielle Beck, a female anti-armor gunner with the task force.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Sgt. Joe Frommling, one of the Marines who acted as one of Beck\u2019s monitors for the experiment, said he was frustrated with the secretary\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Mabus said went completely against what the command was saying the whole time,\u201d said Frommling. \u201cThey said, \u2018Hey no matter what your opinion is, go out there and give it your best and let the chips fall where they may.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m sure they gave it their best shot. They all volunteered for the nine-month experiment, so I have to think that they were serious about it. Mabus dismissing the experiment out-of-hand is about the worst display of leadership that I’ve ever seen. In fact, the Marines have gone out of their way from the very beginning of this grand experiment to provide the service chiefs with the best information available.<\/p>\n

I’ve always been of the opinion that Mabus was out of his depth in that job, and this only proves it. Those women in the Heavy Weapons Company busted their asses lugging those systems around for the Secretary, and he, with a wave of his hand negated all of that work, just so he could kneel at the altar of social justice.<\/p>\n

Perhaps worse is when he said that the Marines involved in the training “presupposed” the outcome, while he, himself, was doing the same thing. Mabus should step down and get out of the way of his Marines as they prepare for the next war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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