{"id":67474,"date":"2016-08-16T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=67474"},"modified":"2016-08-16T08:59:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T12:59:48","slug":"sole-female-marine-drops-out-of-infantry-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=67474","title":{"rendered":"Sole female Marine drops out of Infantry training"},"content":{"rendered":"

CNN<\/a> reports that the only female class member of the latest Marine Corps Infantry officer course has dropped along with 33 of her fellow male classmates. It was her second attempt and she won’t get another shot at an infantry assignment;<\/p>\n

In January, then-head of Southern Command, Marine Gen. John Kelly, cast doubt on whether many women would be able to enter the infantry if current standards were upheld.<\/p>\n

“If we don’t change standards, it will be very, very difficult to have any numbers — any real numbers come into the infantry,” Kelly told reporters at the Pentagon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So there’s the question for the social justice warriors – which is more important? Numbers or Standards? Standards save lives and numbers save professional reputations. <\/p>\n

Fox News<\/a> says that the Marines are intensifying their recruiting efforts in high school girls’ athletic programs;<\/p>\n

For years, only about 7 percent to 8 percent of the Corps, which numbers 184,200, has been women. It’s the smallest percentage of women among all the military services. But on the heels of the Pentagon decision to allow women who qualify to serve in combat jobs, thousands of new infantry, armor and other front-line posts are now open.<\/p>\n

[Marine Commandant General Robert Neller] said he wants to see women in some of those posts. That order now rests with Maj. Gen. Paul Kennedy, head of the Marine Corps’ recruiting command.<\/p>\n

Kennedy is aggressively recruiting women for the service. He’s sending targeted mailings, changing advertising to better represent female Marines, and traveling the country to meet with coaches and female athletes who may be well-suited for the rigors of Marine service.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Or, they could spend their money on tried and true recruiting efforts for warriors and stop throwing money away on social engineering.<\/p>\n

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

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