Posted on Mar 31, 2016
Lt Col Jim Coe
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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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PO3 Electrician's Mate
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replace all "man" with crews :P also wo-crew (woman) too lol
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SGT Robert Jensik
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Private, PFC, Lance Corporal?
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MSgt C2 Ops Mefpak Responsible Functional Area Manager / Manager, Policy &Amp; Procedures
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We could replace Airman with something like Lancer, and then also use as it a prefix for all rank titles. That way we can have Lancer First Class, Lancer Sergeants, Lancer Lieutenants, Lancer Majors.
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Cpl Gary Alexander
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Doesn't much matter.... once you open Pandora's Box it will never be closed and that's just the early stage of the silliness.... the camel's nose under the tent flap, if you will. Now that the left wing politicians have control of the military, our once great fighting force will list somewhere between "The Caine Mutiny" and "Mr. Roberts", that is until the barbarians slit our collective throats.

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SSgt Ticp Operator
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Airmen wear blouses. Chew on that.
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CMSgt Lloyd French
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Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel, General ... no mention of "man" anywhere. Can anyone say to me why we have say "male" nurse instead of just "nurse" ... ?
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RDML Bob Frick
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Since the word MAN and woMAN both have the word Man what is wrong with Airmen and AirMan.
Being stupid does not make being totall politically perfect
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SSgt Art Arvizu
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Airhead...hee hee
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PO1 Steve Greely
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Are you seriously considering this? One would need to change the dictionary and change every gender based word. That's ridiculous! May I remind you all that the word woman also has "man" in it. Gonna change the Bible too?
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CDR John Tate
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Bible, you said BIBLE!?! Egads, Greely. Please do not introduce into this discussion the centuries old Judeo-Christian doctrines which formed the foundations of American culture. Didn't you know - the mission of the current administration is the denial and destruction of that culture.
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Space Cadet
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