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We do live in interesting times (per the old Chinese curse). Female Marines to sleep next to male Marines in fieldBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press
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.
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.
Anklam said female Marines deployed to conflict zones have shared tents with their male counterparts at times. But this marks the first time female Marines will be doing so during their regular training with their combat unit.
Their entry into the unit was part of efforts to comply with the Pentagon's directive in December 2015 to open all military jobs to women. That decision also formally recognized the thousands of female servicewomen who fought in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, including those who were killed or wounded.
Opponents of the Obama administration's policy change voiced concern about the two genders sharing tents.
"You're going to have sex, you're going to have love, you're going to have relationships, and it's going to overly complicate the command structure," Marine veteran, Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, told the Marine Corps Times.
Another opponent, Elaine Donnelly of the Center for Military Readiness, said the three women will serve separately within units of men. Small teams traditionally sleep together in tents on deployment but having mixed genders will affect the atmosphere, she added.
"Policy makers should be held accountable for creating conditions that will encourage indiscipline rather than discipline," she said in a statement. From waff.com
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Females want to be marines ? Suck it up buttercup.. get tough
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Anybody who thinks this will not create problems, is an idiot.
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Lying on your side propped up on your kick stand all night aint gonna help a damn thing either, Soldiers need sleep.
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Having women in the tent shouldn't take up any more floor space anyway.
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Well these broads joined the Marines, not the Girl Scouts...
They shouldn't expect any 'accommodations' just due to their gender....
serving in a medical unit, with plenty of women.... we more than had our share of those who were cutting their enlistment short, due to getting pregnant...
the military ought to require these women to be on birth control their entire time in the Military....
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Do female Marines hump......
with a pack???
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Guess what? The girl Marines will be getting banged by the boys, all night long.
Liberal policies are insane.
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They'll make little Marines and take over the world!!!!!
(Or have a bunch of bastard kids that tax payers foot the bill for.)
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Yes, they will get knocked up. And then we move into Socialist Wonderland, the girls will not be punished for fraternization, and being unavailable for duty. No, they will have all bills paid by the Marines.
Yes, the feminist/socialist dream come true, the US Marines Day Care Center.
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Wouldn't want them to sleep by themselves
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Not sure who came up with this stupid idea, but Mad Dog should be able to sort it out pretty quickly.
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is that how they make lil Marines?
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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is this the american version of lebensborn?
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is that how they make lil Marines? Yep. Self-propagating force to be reckoned with.
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"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022
Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?
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The IDF has been putting their women in combat since they ran the rag heads out and took back Iseral without the problems you all fear and are fierce warriors ,so do you all think American female marines are inferior to them.
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That picture is adorable.
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Crushed ice and whore platoon. That's what we called 'em
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