Fired Marine's New Tell-All May Change Your Mind About Women In The Corps

I'm not nor have ever been in the Marines but I've served with women within the Air Force that have outperformed some of the Men and many who certainly could handle aspects of the job. With many career fields now open to women that were male only jobs before including pilots, Security Forces and a few other fields, Training and conditioning is a key factor for both Men and women. Finding people that were substandard wasn't based on gender but usually on motivation.

I am all for if they can meet the male standard. Without any revision they should be able to serve. The other side of that is once active they must be deployable. If they become pregnant or become non deployable. They should lose there status until they are able to prove they are deployable. I feel the same way for males.

Interesting read. Although it is obvious someone is selling books, there is still a lot of truth in there. My personal experiences in the Corps was quite different. I have worked for and with many Female Marines from Maj to LCpl. All the ones I worked with/for were highly respected professionals. Could it have been the way I was raised that make the difference, possibly. However, I never heard nor saw anything worse that I had heard or saw in High School. At my last command (1991-1995) I worked directly for a Female Navy Lieutenant, indirectly under a Female Marine Maj, and had a female GySgt working for me. We spoke on several occasions about this very issue. They all said at one time or another that they did not feel like all the males gave them proper respect. Nothing official, office banter sort of stuff. Maybe, I was not listening close enough or possibly it was no worse than they mentioned. One thing I specifically remember my Gunny saying one day was that in Boot Camp she was taught that her mission in the Corps was to quote, "Free a man to fight." She went on to explain that they (females) could take over the same spot as a guy who went to combat. Not that they could not do as good a job, believe me She was a hard working Marine. But that they had a different role to play. Made sense to me at the time, and she seemed to accept it as a reasonable strategy. I also know that she and the Maj would willing go into combat if asked and that raised my respect for them even more. Semper Fi to ALL Marines out there, we all still have a ways to go. But, it seems we are going in the right direction at present.

Just an afterthought, once had a tiny little female LCpl working in my shop. What she lacked in physical stature she made up for in grit and determination. She neither ask for nor expected special favor because of being a female. My biggest problem was the guys were always trying to "help" her out, carrying her tool box ect, it frustrated her too. Probably trying to curry favor, maybe just being chivalrous. She married a Sailor, got pregnant and got out. Not everybody sticks around for 20, lol.