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
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)Who thought there were private accommodations in the trenches?
Calista241
(5,586 posts)It's right up there with "the sun came up again this morning" kind of a statement.
orleans
(34,060 posts)cactusfractal
(496 posts)We are green first, then male/female/dark green/light green.
okieinpain
(9,397 posts)Yupster
(14,308 posts)need to only have our woman's foxholes opposite our opponent's woman's foxholes.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)it is the 21st century....
Quackers
(2,256 posts)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)...doesn't know any active-duty Marines.
sheeesh...
Reaching for it, Chron.
dismissively,
Bright
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)It's not a reach at all.
2014
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2014/12/04/marine-corps-highest-sex-assault/19910575/
2015
https://lawstreetmedia.com/issues/politics/proud-violated-sexual-assault-marine-corps/
Latest report (2016's not published yet.)
http://sapr.mil/public/docs/reports/FY15_Annual/FY15_Annual_Report_on_Sexual_Assault_in_the_Military_Full_Report.pdf
sarisataka
(18,663 posts)this is news why?
While in mixed gender units, my female Marines were rather offended at the idea of segregated accommodations.