(CNN) The only female officer enrolled in the Marine Corps’ Infantry Officer’s Course has dropped out after failing to complete two conditioning hikes last month, according to the Marine Corps’ Training and Education Command.
“At this time, there are no female officers enrolled or slated to attend (the Infantry Officer’s Course),” Marine spokesman Capt. Joshua Pena told CNN.
He added that 33 additional officers have been dropped from the course out of a starting class comprising 97 officers. The course started on July 6 and is scheduled to finish on September 20.
This was the female officer’s second attempt at passing the course. She will now be given another specialization for her career as an officer in the Marines. MORE
The armed services should never be used as a political football. There is exactly “zero” reason to have women in infantry unless the Marines can’t meet their recruiting goals for men, something I don’t think has ever happened.
Bring in the trannies.
Well established standards are in place to ensure infantry officers are trained to the highest degree mentally and physically to accomplish the rigors of their position.
It is a demanding specialty with great responsibility to succeed in their mission and protect the lives of the Marines they lead.
Kudos to the Woman Marine for her efforts. She gave it her all, the Marine Corps requires nothing less. She will do well in the Corps. Salute.
This is unacceptable! Who created these standards? Some MAN, I bet. That’s it, do away with the standards. After all, if the Pentagon wanted Marines to hike, they wouldn’t have invented Jeeps, right?
This is unacceptable! Who created these standards? Some MAN, I bet. That’s it, do away with the standards. After all, if the Pentagon wanted Marines to hike, they wouldn’t have invented Jeeps, right?
I guess her womanly wiles were not enough to get her over the finish line.
i can’t imagine that she couldn’t seduce one of her co-marines to carry her load for her.
huh, women in combat not such a great idea after all, who knew, besides most men.
Women in the infantry is bullshit. Our military is turning into some homo’s wet dream thanks to Obama/Jarrett.
She could have made it if the Marines had lowered the standards like the Rangers did…
Establish standards required for the job.
DO NOT DEVIATE from those standards.
If you deviate, they aren’t “standards,” are they?
The Armed Forces has always been a political football, and always will be.
Lotta money involved, and that attracts the grifters, liars, thieves, and other assorted con-men (and women).
Bless her for trying.
izlamo delenda est …
@JustAl: Actually, the Marines did draft during the Vietnam War, so I assume that means they didn’t meet their recruiting goals. Here’s some information on the subject from Yahoo answers, which I have not verified, but I assume to be accurate.
“Total Marine Corps draft from 1966 to 1970 was 42,633. The Marine Corps made four draft calls starting in March 1966, accepting 19,636 draftees in fiscal year 1966. During 1968, the Marine Corps made three draft calls: in April for 4,000 men. May for 1,900 men, and December for 2,500 men. The next call came in December 1968. Starting in February 1969, the Marine Corps made a draft call every month, with the exception of July and August 1969 until February 1, 1970.”
BTW, this is one of the main reasons I enlisted in the Army instead of letting myself be drafted. (Sorry, Devil Dogs, but I wasn’t cut out to be a Jarhead.)
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OOOOH-rah… 😉
More of the liberal nonsense. All people should have equal OPPORTUNITIES, not equal outcomes.
Why isn’t any leftie complaining about the percentage of blacks in professional basketball? Where’s my champion yelling that basketball discriminates against overweight, middle aged white women like me? They think I can’t warm a bench for $5 million a year?
I’m watching the Olympics right now and this dude from South Africa just won a preliminary WOMAN’S 800 meter race.
He looks like a man, runs like a man, and has a man’s penis.
Is this progress?
LBS
I say we pool all athletes together, male and female….and see if any women win golds…..
@VietVet,
Thanks for the info! Learn something new every day. . . or maybe it’s just that I forget everything every night. . .
Re: dav343 “She could have made it if the Marines had lowered the standards like the Rangers did… ”
They didn’t lower the Ranger standards, exactly, they let the women cheat and forced everyone to lie about it.
She’s a Marine Corps office, and you gotta damn well respect her for that! She has my admiration and deep respect.
Semper Fi Ma’am.
Um, officer.
@JustAl: You’re welcome – I probably wouldn’t have known about it (or remembered it) myself, except that I was directly affected by it at the time.
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