Posted on May 29, 2014
Would it be wrong for MARSOC to put a restriction on a female saying she cannot get pregnant for X amount of time while in MARSOC?
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The Marine Corps is going to start creating studies of females in many different jobs that were closed out to them previously.
They have started with females going through the School of infantry and have now incorporated them into even different weapons MOSs.
There is also a study standing up in January of 2016 where females and males will be take part in a special task force to study females in actual infantry roles.
Now to the question: There has also been talk of females joining MARSOC (Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command)assessment and selection process to become operators. The amount of training and time that it takes to make an operator and the rapid deployment of these forces would make it almost impossible for a team member to be out for 9 months, plus an additional 6 months for maternity leave. Would it be wrong for MARSOC to put a restriction on a female who wishes to join MARSOC by saying that if you choose to join you cannot get pregnant for X amount of time while in MARSOC?
They have started with females going through the School of infantry and have now incorporated them into even different weapons MOSs.
There is also a study standing up in January of 2016 where females and males will be take part in a special task force to study females in actual infantry roles.
Now to the question: There has also been talk of females joining MARSOC (Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command)assessment and selection process to become operators. The amount of training and time that it takes to make an operator and the rapid deployment of these forces would make it almost impossible for a team member to be out for 9 months, plus an additional 6 months for maternity leave. Would it be wrong for MARSOC to put a restriction on a female who wishes to join MARSOC by saying that if you choose to join you cannot get pregnant for X amount of time while in MARSOC?
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Gentlemen,
Are you going to tell men they can't tear a tendon, break a leg, or suffer a groin, testicular, urethral, prostate, corpora cavernosa, or corpus spongiosum injury?
Pregnancy is not necessarily an elective outcome. Are you going to ask a woman to terminate an unintended pregnancy?
Warmest Regards, Sandy
Are you going to tell men they can't tear a tendon, break a leg, or suffer a groin, testicular, urethral, prostate, corpora cavernosa, or corpus spongiosum injury?
Pregnancy is not necessarily an elective outcome. Are you going to ask a woman to terminate an unintended pregnancy?
Warmest Regards, Sandy
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I would think that if a female was going to join MARSOC or any other Special Operations unit, she would go in knowing what the OPTEMPO is like, what demands are placed on the operators and what she might have to give up. And I would think if she decided to have a child, she would come to that decision after looking at everything within her life including her role as an operator so I don't think this would need to be control by the military. The female operator will be smart enough to understand what she is getting herself into.
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SPC Derrell Beck
If they want it bad enough I think they would wait it out to have a baby or already have had children. You have some females getting pregnant bc they just want to deploy. Those females are different from the ones who want some action. If they put their mind to it then it's possible. This is a good option for lesbians? Haha
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To me it seems reasonable to ask females not to get pregnant and to remove them from the unit if they do. I base this on the fact that the Army Rangers maintain a high-level of unit readiness and major injuries, such as the ones described by LT Annala, will see a soldier removed from regiment and sent to another unit.
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