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YankeyMCC

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5. Rec for the women Marines

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2013, 08:47 PM

Nov 2013

Still seems crappy that they are just "test" subjects and not going to be assigned to infantry, I'm assuming they would like to actually get the chance to do what they worked so hard to demonstrate they can do.

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Three women pass Marine �grunt� test, but Corps holds off on letting them in infantry [View all] Redfairen Nov 2013 OP

Keep on moving the goal posts, Marines. enlightenment Nov 2013 #1

they arent moving the posts. this is a pilot program pasto76 Nov 2013 #6

Okay. enlightenment Nov 2013 #7

Pfc. Julia Carroll, Pfc. Christina Fuentes Montenegro and Pfc. Katie Gorz.... iandhr Nov 2013 #2

saw this on twitter OKNancy Nov 2013 #3

goodness, they look so so so young. riversedge Nov 2013 #9

Now JUST a goddamn minute. nolabear Nov 2013 #4

Part and partial of membership of minority group status: me b zola Nov 2013 #14

Rec for the women Marines YankeyMCC Nov 2013 #5

But they ARE assigned to infantry units. plantwomyn Nov 2013 #8

Didn't the leaders see _Aliens_?... PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #10

Beat me to it! nt msanthrope Nov 2013 #11

She didn't even have any military training Kennah Nov 2013 #13

these marines should look up what Julius Caesar said demigoddess Nov 2013 #12

Awesome. School of Infantry takes months and costs tens of thousands of dollars Recursion Nov 2013 #15