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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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There is no need to make this change, and no benefit from doing so. When I met my wife, she was an Airman First Class. I did not mistake her for a man. She did not have any doubts about her womanhood.
Seriously, consider this: What kind of airman (or service member) is the woman likely to be who is ate up about the title "Airman?" Is she likely to be highly mission focused, keeping attention on the big picture of the mission rather than nitnoy details like a rank title? Is it likely she would be a person confident in her abilities and training if she's also the type of person who hears "airman" and feels somehow degraded? Is this person more or less likely to be offended by completely innocent comments or actions in the workplace which are in no way intended to insult or diminish anyone, and use up time, energy and goodwill correcting such "injustices?" And please, feel free to go back through those questions and ask them about a male airman who is ate up about women perhaps having to hear the horrible word "man." Is that guy focused on what defenders of the world's greatest nation should be focused on, or is he too busy looking for problems to address real issues and mission needs?
Seriously, consider this: What kind of airman (or service member) is the woman likely to be who is ate up about the title "Airman?" Is she likely to be highly mission focused, keeping attention on the big picture of the mission rather than nitnoy details like a rank title? Is it likely she would be a person confident in her abilities and training if she's also the type of person who hears "airman" and feels somehow degraded? Is this person more or less likely to be offended by completely innocent comments or actions in the workplace which are in no way intended to insult or diminish anyone, and use up time, energy and goodwill correcting such "injustices?" And please, feel free to go back through those questions and ask them about a male airman who is ate up about women perhaps having to hear the horrible word "man." Is that guy focused on what defenders of the world's greatest nation should be focused on, or is he too busy looking for problems to address real issues and mission needs?
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Corpsman have been called corpsman since the beginning of the rate. If someone is so concerned about being called a Corpsman or airmen then they should choose a different rate. The Navy need to stop paying people for all this silly nonsense and get back to the things that are important.
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Airmen and Airwoman are what we use in CAF.
Soldier. Tanker. Bombardier. Sailor....
Soldier. Tanker. Bombardier. Sailor....
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I remember my drill sergeants had a huge vocabulary for each of us. They would be gender neutral. The problem then is that they were not really that nice.
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If that is the case that they want to remove the word man from woman or women, then do we call them "WO"? That will end up being "HO" and we can't call them that. No more seamen in the Navy that's going to be hard for them to swallow haha. Come on it's been like this since 1947 and longer for the Navy, why change it now? Other branches will call us "AirHeads"
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