Recipe for Disaster: Assigning Unqualified Women to Combat Leadership | The Stream

The integration is happening way too fast. Military leaders are forced to make this happen with no time to work out important details. All the leaders should have to work their way up the ranks the same way as everyone else with no exceptions.

My deepest concern is that the "leadership team" will find exactly that for which they are looking. While I applaud the Corps for taking a pro-active position in the integration of women into combat roles, I challenge the methods outlined. Let me see, put some women LtCol's and Majors in front of some PFC's and LCpls for a two-day "seminar"... Yes, the Marines will get exactly the answers they want. Of course, ALL of these answers will be predicated with "Ma'am." To Capt Richard I P.'s point, we need to send these women to IOC. If (and when) the young officer passes that school, THEN we start integrating. Should they NOT pass, well... off to Motor T, Admin, or Supply School. Let me attempt to save the taxpayers some money: Yes, there are a boat-load of biases against women Marines (all ranks & all MOS's). Misogyny is the leading contributor. But, the rest of those biases can be empirically supported.

"Diversity metrics" is a term that excites the likes of The Honorable Mr. Mabus, Hell, Col. Wienburg may likely see BGen or MGen stars if this goes well. This term, conversely, scares the crap out of young Lt's and Captains.

Keep us posted, Sgt Jude Eden!

Sgt Jude Eden Well written. Marines exist to locate, close with and destroy the enemy, or to repel their attack by fire and close combat. Our standards and requirements are built to serve that mission.

Failing to meet those standards means putting the mission in jeopardy. And that means needlessly lost lives.

I have known fantastically tough and capable female Marines. I have been impressed and in some cases outclassed by their abilities. And none of them has ever graduated from IOC.

There was an article written by a female Marine Officer in the gazette that made an argument similar to yours that was shared by RallyPoint shared content, but the search tools make it difficult to find.