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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 10:36 PM Jan 2017

Female Marines to sleep next to male Marines in field

Source: Associated Press

Female Marines to sleep next to male Marines in field
Julie Watson, Associated Press Updated 7:49 pm, Thursday, January 26, 2017


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.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Female-Marines-to-sleep-next-to-male-Marines-in-10887011.php

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Female Marines to sleep next to male Marines in field (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2017 OP
Was that not obvious? bluedigger Jan 2017 #1
I'm stunned someone felt the need to write about this in a news article. Calista241 Jan 2017 #2
+1 n/t orleans Jan 2017 #10
Good. We're Marines. cactusfractal Jan 2017 #3
huh? n/t. okieinpain Jan 2017 #4
That's okay, but we still Yupster Jan 2017 #5
Marines need to get past the binary gender thought limitation HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #6
I don't get this. Quackers Jan 2017 #7
Anyone who thinks Marines on field duty are doing anything OTHER than working or resting... TygrBright Jan 2017 #8
A Few Marines have behaved poorly. Just paying attention... SticksnStones Jan 2017 #11
Um, yeah... sarisataka Jan 2017 #9
This is news? I assumed that's the way it worked. Vinca Jan 2017 #12

Calista241

(5,586 posts)
2. I'm stunned someone felt the need to write about this in a news article.
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 11:23 PM
Jan 2017

It's right up there with "the sun came up again this morning" kind of a statement.

Yupster

(14,308 posts)
5. That's okay, but we still
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 11:56 PM
Jan 2017

need to only have our woman's foxholes opposite our opponent's woman's foxholes.

Quackers

(2,256 posts)
7. I don't get this.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 12:23 AM
Jan 2017

I was in the Army. When we were on missions in Iraq, we did everything together with both sexes. When we made it to FOB's they would separate us but never in the field.

TygrBright

(20,762 posts)
8. Anyone who thinks Marines on field duty are doing anything OTHER than working or resting...
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 01:05 AM
Jan 2017

...doesn't know any active-duty Marines.

sheeesh...

Reaching for it, Chron.



dismissively,
Bright

sarisataka

(18,663 posts)
9. Um, yeah...
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 02:24 AM
Jan 2017

this is news why?

While in mixed gender units, my female Marines were rather offended at the idea of segregated accommodations.

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