[bolobaby]

One of the comments on the site is:

“Sad that it took so long...”

Um. Hello?

It’s mostly an objective competition. While there are some subjective measures, the only way this could be “sad” is because women have been in the military so long and yet none have raised themselves to this level until now. Indeed, that *is* rather sad.

Is that sexist? I don’t know.

* I was first runner-up for 1st Army NCO of the Year in 1994. If I had won, I would have been one of the five NCOs to compete for the national title.

[Renderofveils]

It’s mostly an objective competition. While there are some subjective measures, the only way this could be “sad” is because women have been in the military so long and yet none have raised themselves to this level until now. Indeed, that *is* rather sad.

And she did it in her first three years in uniform. (Although it must be nice to be in a MOS that can fast-track to BNCOC like that.)