we’re doing mountain and Arctic warfare and we had a woman with us.
I had to write a report on how those days went to the higher ups.
She was on her period and we had an animal following us, bad news.
Out there we have to carry more than usual, she could nto carry half and the men had to carry her kit which was a disgrace but the only way to move forward on the patrols.
She was always flirting and caused some tension in the ranks .
She ran out of energy, she couldn;t even dig her own snow hole those nights which meant other men had to do her job.
It was a diseaster and I said so in my report and guess what I bet that report was ripped up because it seems some Generals and other higher ups care about their jobs and prmotions than the country or the service we serve.
Once we got back to Tromso in north Norway as a base she did nothing but flirt, caused a distraction for the men, wanted special rights and not even do her own cleaning of her kit.
We had one guy who was cleaning her kit and rifle to which I put a stop to that.
Today this day I do not know why but I swear on my life women in the front lines should not be there.
Today they still do not do the same tests as men, in the marines they only have to do one pull up, to graduate they only have to do two pulls ups.
That is a joke and then some wonder why there are more suicides in the military.
We are taking in people, women and some men who should not be in the service , let alone on the front lines.
openly serving homosexuals, cross dressers and now women who do not do the same test to get in, what a farce they have turned the military in and lets not forget the PC crap either, 170 pound women at 5 foot 4 inches getting in the infantry is a joke.
I met one marines recruiter who was nothing but a PC turd and tried to tell me how he guarded the President for 4 years and how he was qualified, \
Ah yes, the difficulties of promotion through 'B' Billets (DI, recruiter, Marine Security Guard, School of Infantry Instructor).
It is not uncommon to see senior enlisted (1stSgt/SgtMaj - usually not MSgt or MGySgt) with multiple 'B' billets.....the best is when they do more than one type.
We call them "Fleet Dodgers." I think being a Fleet Dodger is a requirement to be SgtMaj of the Marine Corps. Nothing says "combat leadership" and "warrior ethos" than a Drill Instructor or Recruiter ribbon.
Every year the SNCO promotion boards make generic remarks about possible reasons people were passed over. They compile their list and publish it to the Marine Corps at large so Marines know what they need to do in order to better their promotion chances.
Before, putting anything "combat" on your FitRep was a good way to get promoted. That has apparently changed. The last board made the remarks that the NCO/SNCO academies, annual rifle/pistol quals, gas chamber, swim qual and 'B' billets were going to be more heavily looked at for promotion.
This lets the Fleet Dodgers know that it is safe to come back to the Fleet as with operations winding down in A-stan they are at low risk for going. It also reminds everyone of the hell that is peacetime-MC. Just remember, it is more important to walk in a box with a sword than be able to prove leadership in combat while killing the enemy.
By the way, if all the men are forward and the chicks have more ample opportunity to go to the garrison schools (well, the worst is the NCO academies they set up in A-stan and previously Iraq) guess who stands a better chance of getting promoted?