Posted on Mar 31, 2016
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Navy's top enlisted leader is wrapping up job title review. Intent is to remove "man" from job titles, such as corpsman, to make them gender neutral. All Air Force members are referred to as "airmen" and three enlisted ranks include "man" in their title. What would you suggest as an alternative to "airman"? (You can have fun with this, but serious alternatives also are appreciated.)
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Edited 10 y ago
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I would say that the answer to the question is I refuse to give in to the political correctness. There is no alternative name. If anyone says otherwise, tell them to GFY.
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So have fun with this? Seems like the only logical way to approach a topic that is truly a waste of time and resources. So with that being said lets take a look at this subjectively. They were with airplanes so let's just call them pilots, ground crew, baggage handlers, or flight attendants (because stewardess is not gender neutral).
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Is the Navy running in circles, again? The should be careful, the firemen in the boiler room are getting seasick (no wait, that was 19th century lore. Storms ahead [remember the Monitor!]. I am just asking a question.
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Personally believe the political correctness BS has gotten way out of control. Anyone in uniform has an issue being called airman, corpsman needs a ticket back to the block where their PC BS isn't counter productive to the chain of command and a waste of resourses.
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Capt Seid Waddell
SPC Mark McClenny, and we will not go into the derivation of the "joystick" in the "cockpit", will we?
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