Posted on Mar 24, 2019
Women Becoming Marines: ‘I’ Will No Longer Be in Your Vocabulary
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They descended from unmarked white school buses, many of them disoriented from hourslong journeys across the country, into a barrage of screams.
“Pick your heads up!” yelled a drill instructor. “Scream, ‘Aye, Ma’am!’ No! Scream louder than that!”
The women had come from places like Louisville, Ky., and Columbus, Ohio, in street clothes and sneakers, which they would soon shed for military fatigues. For the next 11 weeks, they would speak only in the third person, calling themselves “this recruit” instead of “I” to absolve all individuality.
They are recruits to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. — the only place in the country where women become Marines.
“Pick your heads up!” yelled a drill instructor. “Scream, ‘Aye, Ma’am!’ No! Scream louder than that!”
The women had come from places like Louisville, Ky., and Columbus, Ohio, in street clothes and sneakers, which they would soon shed for military fatigues. For the next 11 weeks, they would speak only in the third person, calling themselves “this recruit” instead of “I” to absolve all individuality.
They are recruits to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. — the only place in the country where women become Marines.
Women Becoming Marines: ‘I’ Will No Longer Be in Your Vocabulary
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel The WW II, Lady Marine, I knew, ‘Helen’ has passed on. She had been married for many years to a retired, USAF First Sergeant. Jim was crusty and mightily offended at not being invited to my retirement bash in 1981.
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