http://www.military.com/daily-news/...ke-boot-camp-coed-remove-man-from-titles.html
Marine Corps job titles and remove "man" from applicable job titles to make them "gender-integrated." This means military occupational specialties ranging from 0311, infantryman, to 0321, reconnaissance man, could soon get new names.
More PC garbage ...of course no Marine has stormed a beach in about 100yrs ... it just hangs around due to folks in congress unwilling to change w/the times.
And isn't the term "Marine" a male reference? So I guess we'll have to call them something else .... post your ideas if you wish.
Answer to question: no. I am a former US Marine, so I have some altitude to speak on the subject.
"Back in the day" women Marines were referred to colloquially as BAMs. BAM is an acronym for broad-(three-letter synonym for donkey)ed Marine. Of course, the men never said that to their faces. While it is of course chauvinist, it necessarily includes recognition that the woman
is a Marine.
Later the term changed to "WM"--woman Marine. The underlying principle of woman Marines is "free a man to fight." No matter which military organization you want to talk about, there is a large necessity for administration. Some might denigrate administrative functions. They would be wrong. In any organization, administrative functions are vital, a necessity. Somebody's gotta do it. By taking on those functions, a woman Marine fills a slot that would have required a man, allowing that man to pick up a rifle.
I dated a woman who had served in a close infantry support role in the US Army. She told me about her experiences. The short story is that even
she recognized that women are not suited for infantry combat. Women have the same spirit. The same drive. The same determination. But, their bodies are simply not as strong as a male body. It is evolution, not IQ or determination.
Can a female pilot shoot as well as a male? Can she out-fly a male pilot? It was already known by WWII that women, generally, had faster reflexes than men. In an infantry role, can she shoot as straight as a male Marine? Of course, she can.
But, when it comes to the bayonet thrust, whether blocking or delivering, does she have the same upper-body strength as a male? Facts are facts. And, all the PC blather in the world won't change that. All it will do is get more women killed thinking they can fill a role when they can't, and the fellow Marines when they make the discovery.