Sunday, August 09, 2015
Saturday, August 08, 2015
Haynie talks female Marine physical standards at USNI Blog and shows why I don't read it anymore....
UPDATE: I circled back to USNI Blog to read comments. Only two Navy types bothered. This should concern Marine leadership. The Colonels and below all see the writing on the wall and will not voice REAL opinions on a "semi-official" site because of the risk of retaliation. Wait you say. That means that these people accept this! Wrong. If Marines were gung ho about this then you'd see them saying so publicly. They're not. All that means is that this is further proof of dissension in the ranks. Marines are pissed and its because of feckless leadership that have no idea how their people on the ground actually feel about things. They'll vote with their feet.
via USNI Blog (separate from USNI News)...
What she doesn't talk about is the dirty little secret. The fact that standards for males will be lowered to allow for female equality in physical performance.
You can be as politically correct as you want but you can't fight biology.
Female Marines will be injured once they're pushed into combat arms. Everyone knows it but just like this bullshit about not wanting lower standards, no one will call the "social engineers" on it.
If it wasn't for the News side of the house I'd blast that whole place. They have an agenda and it should be obvious to all. I just hope that their daughters one day tell them that they want to be Marine Infantry. Their idea/social experiment should be their future pain. This is why I don't read USNI Blog. Oh and to the person that sent me the link? Fuck you.
NOTE: Below is a vid of General Robert H. Barrow, 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps. A man of integrity, honor and honesty. Drink in his words...and then think about the current state of affairs.
Bonus coverage of this issue?
Go here to read Colonel John Ripley's view on women in combat! A genuine hero, went to every OOHRAH school or course (to include the Royal Marines Commando Course) and fought an epic battle at Dong Ha Bridge (required reading for any Marine). If you can't take his word for it then I don't want to have anything to do with you!
via USNI Blog (separate from USNI News)...
I have been a Marine for over 17 years. Prior to my commissioning, I was a midshipman for four years. During those 21+ years, I have never heard a single female Marine express satisfaction with any physical standard that was less than that required by the men she served with, nor have I heard a female Marine express a desire for separate and different training. On the contrary, the prevailing attitude among women has repeatedly held that lower, easier standards for women were stupid, made women seem weaker and less capable, and were in the end downright dangerous, and that integrated training is the only way to go.Here.
Over the past month, stories about LtCol Kate Germano’s “agenda” have been circulated in the news (her agenda seems to be all about holding women to the same standards as the men, seeking gender-integrated training, and similar supposedly tough demands). While I cannot speak with authority about the specifics of an “abrasive” leadership style, I can certainly talk about her complaints regarding the separate—lower—standards applied to female Marines. In fact, I am beginning to feel like a broken record. And in conversations I have had over the past two weeks, it seems many women, both those currently serving and those who have left the military, feel the same way. See my past posts about the PFT and pullups for some past discussion.
So to make this perfectly clear, women by and large do not appreciate, deserve, or desire different physical standards to be a Marine, nor do they benefit from them. Female Marines do not clamor for lower standards, don’t seek simply to achieve the minimum of said lower standards, and rarely speak approvingly of such standards.
What she doesn't talk about is the dirty little secret. The fact that standards for males will be lowered to allow for female equality in physical performance.
You can be as politically correct as you want but you can't fight biology.
Female Marines will be injured once they're pushed into combat arms. Everyone knows it but just like this bullshit about not wanting lower standards, no one will call the "social engineers" on it.
If it wasn't for the News side of the house I'd blast that whole place. They have an agenda and it should be obvious to all. I just hope that their daughters one day tell them that they want to be Marine Infantry. Their idea/social experiment should be their future pain. This is why I don't read USNI Blog. Oh and to the person that sent me the link? Fuck you.
NOTE: Below is a vid of General Robert H. Barrow, 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps. A man of integrity, honor and honesty. Drink in his words...and then think about the current state of affairs.
Bonus coverage of this issue?
Go here to read Colonel John Ripley's view on women in combat! A genuine hero, went to every OOHRAH school or course (to include the Royal Marines Commando Course) and fought an epic battle at Dong Ha Bridge (required reading for any Marine). If you can't take his word for it then I don't want to have anything to do with you!
Russia's Volk armored mobility vehicle set to enter service...
via Sputnik...
The vehicle was ordered by the Russian Defense Ministry and developed by Military Industrial Company, a military division of the GAZ Group.Here.
The Volk (Wolf) has modular design which allows for various modules to be set up, depending on the purpose.
It is also equipped with independent hydro-pneumatic suspension with height adjustment.
The protection index of the new vehicle is higher than that of the Tiger armored vehicle which is currently in operation. The Volk also outperforms its predecessor in off-road performance. It designed to have up to 20 seats, two times more than the Tiger.
One of the Volk’s main features is its capability to be equipped with a combat module. Such a modification will be used strictly by the military and law enforcement agencies.
After all required tests are completed, mass production of the vehicle will start, the company said.
I appreciate and respect Russian armored tech, but the number of projects that they have going on at the same time...to cover the same requirements is confusing and from the outside looking in...WASTEFUL!
Having said that, I hope Army or Naval Intelligence is keeping a handle on all this. Just from open source material its obvious that they're building up. Info on all these vehicles needs to be researched, cataloged and disseminated to the lowest levels.
We will see these vehicles. They won't be operated by Russians but certainly by their clients. We need to know them, know how to kill them and if we're lucky we need to get our hands on a few examples to test them.
The 82nd and Marine Expeditionary Units must work on forcible entry....together!
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| National Training Center/Fort Irwin @USArmy #JFE - Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps, Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, briefs distinguished guests on Joint Forcible Entry - Dragon Spear at the National Training Center. #DragonSpear #TrainTheForce #U.S.Army |
The above photo perfectly illustrates the US Army's and in particular the 82nd Airborne's problem when it comes to forcible entry. First look at the side panel. You see Army Special Ops...Special Forces, Rangers, I believe that's a PsyOps unit but not sure, the 82nd and USAF.
Who got left out? The US Navy and Marine Corps.
I wasn't at the briefing but the map is pretty clear. They're attacking a nation adjacent to the sea.....And the US Navy/US Marines weren't included?
The Army likes to delude themselves into thinking that the Marines/Navy don't want to play...or that we don't want to play fair. This is a perfect example of why that's bullshit and that the problem lies with the Army.
The 82nd and Marine Expeditionary Units MUST START WORKING OUT TOGETHER! Its the only way to be competitive in the Pacific with a rising dragon on the horizon.
Get your head out of your ass Army and start inviting Marines to these exercises!
Sidenote: I went a few rounds with Strock over HQMC's desire to include the Army in the sea base. I believed then and now that the Marines shouldn't be begging the Army to come out and participate in events that would benefit them in becoming real contributors to our work in the Pacific. This shows I was right. It seems the Army just wants to do the galmor stuff. They want to fly off already crowded Navy ships but don't want to tie their landing craft next MPS ships so that combat power can be delivered ashore. Want further proof? The Marine Corps is about to do a Maritime Prepositioning Force exercise and I have yet to hear about Army participation...even though I know that Strock and company are damn near begging to get them to.
France's 35th Infantry Regiment training with Feline in Qatar...photo by JJ.Chatard
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| Summer version: Soldier of the 35th Infantry Regiment with Feline in training in Qatar.Credit: © JJ.Chatard DICoD |
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