As the father of two Marines and foster son in the Army this story makes me sick. I hope Mattis is working on this stuff. I’m going to give the benefit of the doubt that it will take a little time to effect change in these areas.
May God Bless and protect our military.
Mattis at this point has had years to change this. He has done nothing. In fact, on his watch landnav and hand grenades have been removed from Army Basic and the pass/fail portion of the Marine Infantry Officer course has been removed. In the latter case, that the Combat Endurance Test was “unnecessarily” difficult for women has been cited in numerous sources as a significant influence on the decision to do away with it.
If Mattis isn’t working on this they’ll have to change his name to Mad Cow.
Mattis has had nearly two years to fix this and has not lifted a finger. He is as worthless as McNamara, Rumsfeld and Carter combined. Maddog? That’s a bad joke on all of us who served and love the Army.
I agree. I don’t see the man who earned the name Mad Dog as being some kind of pussy.