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Lieutenant becomes first woman to lead Marine infantry platoon
http://thehill.com/ ^
| 8/9/18
| MORGAN GSTALTER
Posted on 08/09/2018 10:55:32 AM PDT by BBell
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I've been out of the Marine Infantry 29 years but I still can't see it. The culture must have changed a whole lot.
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:55:33 AM PDT
by
BBell
To: BBell
What is the penalty for running right past her?
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:56:26 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
Anyone have any pictures? I did a cursory search and did not find any.
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:57:55 AM PDT
by
BBell
(Rebekah ist mein Erzfeind)
To: BBell
The culture has changed a lot. Unfortunately, War has not.
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:58:46 AM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
To: BBell
Rush Limbaugh’s All-American First Cavalry Amazon Battalion has come to pass.
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:58:50 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
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To: G Larry
Probably bad, but if you smack her on the butt as you are running by i'd be real bad.
This was a common practice when I was in. Smackem' on a$$... when you go past.
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:00:26 AM PDT
by
BBell
(Rebekah ist mein Erzfeind)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Now they just have to wait until they synchronize them.
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:01:27 AM PDT
by
BBell
(Rebekah ist mein Erzfeind)
To: BBell
This is so deadly horrible, on so many levels.
We're willing to sacrifice our people, just so (some) girls can play with the boys.
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:01:37 AM PDT
by
AAABEST
(NY/DC/LA media/political industrial complex DELENDA EST)
To: BBell
As a former Army Infantry squad sergeant, I doubt she is leading. Occupying the slot and filling the parade duties, but “leading” ... you cant lead if you cant do.
In my experience, women cant do the duties of an infantry soldier. It requires a hell of a lot of upper body strength to do things like, setup a M2 .50 caliber machine gun, dig fox holes, transport a wounded team member, even humping a battle ruck. And it is not sexist to say so.
To: G Larry
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:02:10 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
("Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above.")
To: BBell
I was an E-7, Sergeant First Class Platoon Sergeant. 132d Support Battalion, 32d Infantry (Red Arrow) Brigade. RA attached to an Army National Guard unit in Wisconsin, (TAGO) so basically part-time soldiers.
My Platoon had 40 soldiers in it, 3/4 of them male. Piece of cake. ;)
This was in 1991. We were activated for Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm that year but it was over so quickly, we didn’t end up going over to The Sand Box.
But we were Ready, Willing and Able. :)
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:03:07 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: BBell
One problem is a disproportionate effort to protect her or to make her headlines may get a few good men killed. Semper Fi! G 2/5 Tet 68.
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:03:14 AM PDT
by
KDF48
(Redeemed by Christ.)
To: BBell
Will she get a separate hole in the ground for a latrine?
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:05:31 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: BBell
Whatever happened to Mad Dog Mattis?
Maybe hes bunking with Jeff Sessions.
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:05:36 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Big City turn me loose and set me free...)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
After their camping trip is ruined by a rainstorm the troop seeks shelter in the Beverly Hills Hotel.
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:10:15 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Heaven has a wall and strict immigration policy. Hell has open borders--seen on a tee shirt)
To: PGR88
Doesn’t matter. Enemy would be able to smell the estrogen several hundred meters away, after you get your field senses.
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:11:29 AM PDT
by
Cvengr
( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
To: BBell
I hope it works out!
Not because I think this is a good idea...IT IS NOT! But, if it doesn’t work out now, they will continue to lower the standards until it DOES work!
And the only thing the LOWERING of the standards accomplishes is the INCREASING of the number of dead Marines! All so that the social justice idiots can claim that “women are the same as men;” when compared to different standards!
Semper Fi! My brothers and sisters!
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:12:24 AM PDT
by
ExTxMarine
(Diversity is tolerance; diverse points of views will not be tolerated!)
To: PGR88
Doesn’t matter. Enemy would be able to smell the estrogen several hundred meters away, after you get your field senses.
BTW, why is a 1stLT a PltCO? It’s a 2ndLt billet. 1stLt would be the CoXO.
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:15:38 AM PDT
by
Cvengr
( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
To: BBell
This is such a bad idea for so many reasons.
To: taxcontrol
I'm not thinking about the physical requirements as much as the way the culture was. So many things we did and the ways we acted were not even acceptable behavior in other parts of The Corp back then. Homophobia,misogyny, the crudeness, porn everywhere, foul language rampant, pranks, I can't even think of it all. When I arrived at my unit from ITS it took me awhile to get use too. I did not know how to take those a$$holes I was surrounded by. I learned real fast though.
Marine grunts were the uncultured warriors of the culture.
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posted on
08/09/2018 11:20:24 AM PDT
by
BBell
(Rebekah ist mein Erzfeind)
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