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| Female Marines To Sleep Next To Male Marines In Field |
| 2017-01-29 |
| [HOSTED.AP.ORG] Female infantry Marines will be sleeping in makeshift shelters next to their male counterparts when out in the field and no special accommodation will be offered to them, a Marine Corps official said Thursday. When I was in the army thirty years ago we had several snappy looking female officers in our battalion (enlisted, too, for that matter). We shared accommodations in the field pretty routinely. We were always too tired by the time we got to get in any sleep for any hanky panky. Marines in the field stay in everything from a large, single room shelter filled with dozens of cots to sleeping under tarps or nothing at all, said Maj. Charles Anklam III, executive officer for 1st Battalion, 8th Marines at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - the first gender-integrated Marine infantry battalion. Female Marines have private rooms and bathrooms in their living quarters, and female bathrooms have been added to buildings where Marines work. But female Marines will be expected to share any living spaces with male squad members in the field to keep unit cohesion and replicate battlefield conditions, he said. "We're not changing our tactical posture or changing how we operate to accommodate the inclusion of female Marines," Anklam said. The battalion accepted its first three females in early January, marking the first time the Marine Corps has put three enlisted women in a ground combat unit once open only to men. They will serve as a rifleman, machine gunner and mortar Marine. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 I'm cold. Come snuggle me. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-01-29 19:23 |
| #8 Gee sarge there are 10000 Germans on the other side of the hedge row think we could get the girls to carry the barrels with the CORN ED BEEF ! Think the spam will ever get through it is easier to make shapes out of at night well ya know! |
| Posted by: Crinegum Ulaigum2776 2017-01-29 18:41 |
| #7 LOL, Blossom Unains5562. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-29 14:49 |
| #6 "Next To" is not the issue, right? |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2017-01-29 14:46 |
| #5 Marines in the field stay in everything from a large, single room shelter filled with dozens of cots to sleeping under tarps or nothing at all According to our family's Sergent, 'nothing at all' would be better than some of the places they are expected to sleep (when they actually have time to, that is). At least in the open (or shallow pit), they can hear/see their surroundings. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-01-29 13:33 |
| #4 ..with proper weight training, usually. However, day after day over a week, their body wasn't evolved to hump that much and will start losing mass. We're not talking peasant women living in third world countries where selection has supported that kind of continued labor. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-01-29 08:17 |
| #3 Can the women hump the same amount of gear as the men? |
| Posted by: Omomort Cheager7040 2017-01-29 06:33 |
| #2 A lot more OK with sharing a fox hole with a female marine than an Obama transvestite. |
| Posted by: Black Bart Hupaving3633 2017-01-29 00:46 |
| #1 female bathrooms have been added to buildings Not gender neutral? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-29 00:10 |