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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Posted 11 y ago
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The restriction is a good idea, if the female can't comply she can do something else.
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If you just eliminate MARSOC, then the issue goes away....problem solved.
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Legally yes. Personally no. That is a huge problem to deal with around deployments.
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I imagine that a woman enduring MARSOC training and maintaining required fitness levels is going to have a tough time getting pregnant any way. The hormone disruption would require effort to overcome.
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WTF!!!! Tell men to keep their woodies in their pants and maybe women would not get preggie!!!!! It is a two way street here. Women have always played a major role in the military but they are the least appreciated. Grow to the person that posted this Bull S..t.
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We had 5 or 6 female Soldiers not go on the last deployment because they were pregnant. Only one was married, so draw your own conclusions about that. In garrison it is not big deal, but we had folks in the S2 and S6 working shorthanded because the pregnant ones could not deploy. I think it is a valid question as to what the Army (or all the services, actually) are going to do when you lose a woman to a non-deployable profile for 15 months.....9 months of pregnancy and 6 months postpartum profile.
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Well seeing as it would take a team member out of the fight I agree. Females would have to pass a SOF selection for this to happen, which will never happen.
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I don't think it is an unreasonable request, however the timeline and possible consequences or changes in job due to a pregnancy need to be discussed beforehand. Not all pregnancies are planned, and not all female soldiers are married when they get pregnant.
With that said, I do not think that forcing a female to hold off on a family for an extended amount of time is a proper request. I know females carry and birth the child, but a male soldier would never be forced to chose like that. Also, everyone is different when they want to start a family. Everyone will have a different opinion about when the "right time" is.
With that said, I do not think that forcing a female to hold off on a family for an extended amount of time is a proper request. I know females carry and birth the child, but a male soldier would never be forced to chose like that. Also, everyone is different when they want to start a family. Everyone will have a different opinion about when the "right time" is.
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I don't think so. They should've thought about these details before opening Pandora's box. Now, you have Subordinate Commands trying to figure out what the hell to do on these situations. SMH
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No.... There should be a restriction. They have made it into Special Ops... Why disqualify themselves?
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