Women going int combat 2016

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - If at first ya don't succeed...

Female Marine Will Make Second Attempt to Become MARSOC Operator
12 Oct 2017 | A Marine who became the first woman to reach the end of Phase One in MARSOC's assessment and selection course plans to try again.

A Marine who last year became the first woman to reach the end of Phase One in MARSOC's assessment and selection course is planning to return for a second attempt early next year. The woman, then a corporal, reached the conclusion of the 19-day course in August 2016, but did not have the minimum academic and physical training scores to move on to the secretive second phase. She is planning to reattempt Phase One in January, Maj. Nicholas Mannweiler, a spokesman for Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, told Military.com. The command declined to identify her to protect her privacy. To date, two women have attempted to join the elite ranks of MARSOC Raiders as critical skills operators since the previously closed jobs opened to women in early 2016. Both women, the corporal and a staff sergeant, came from administrative backgrounds.

Both women began assessment and selection, or A&S, in early August 2016. The staff sergeant left the course a day in after failing to meet the minimum time requirement on a ruck march. Officials said at the time that 31 men also washed out in the first week of the demanding special operations course. All Marines who attempt the first phase of A&S are given multiple opportunities to pass, Mannweiler said. Demands of the course are physical and mental. Marines are required to complete a 12-mile march carrying a pack weighing more than 45 pounds within three hours, to swi m 300 meters wearing their camouflage uniforms, and to pass classroom exercises during the 19-day phase. For Phase 2, the requirements and trials that MARSOC candidates face remain a closely guarded secret.

Marines perform pull-ups during Phase I of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command's Assessment and Selection course aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.​

The three-week phase "is a mentally and physically challenging evaluation that enables MARSOC to identify Marines that have attributes compatible with special operations missions and the MARSOC way of life," according to official informational materials. Once Marines begin Phase 2, Mannweiler said, they do not have the chance to re-attempt it. To date, no other women have identified themselves as candidates for A&S, Mannwe iler said, although recruiters continue to publicize the opportunity. "We go out and send recruiting teams to all the bases," he said. "It's gender agnostic -- here are the requirements we're looking for, here's the fitness program."

Few women in any service have attempted to enter the elite and demanding field of special operations since previously closed jobs became available. As of August, there were two women in the training pipeline to become Air Force Tactical Control Party (TAC-P) specialists; none have entered the field to date. Earlier this ye ar, Military.com broke the news that the Navy had its first female candidates for SEAL officer and Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman, or SWCC. But the SEAL candidate for dropped out of the training pipeline in August. The Army is slightly further ahead in integrating women into special operations. The first female soldier passed qualifications to enter the 75th Ranger Regiment early this year.

Female Marine Will Make Second Attempt to Become MARSOC Operator | Military.com

 

[Crixus]

Granny says, "Dat's right - If at first ya don't succeed...

Female Marine Will Make Second Attempt to Become MARSOC Operator
12 Oct 2017 | A Marine who became the first woman to reach the end of Phase One in MARSOC's assessment and selection course plans to try again.

A Marine who last year became the first woman to reach the end of Phase One in MARSOC's assessment and selection course is planning to return for a second attempt early next year. The woman, then a corporal, reached the conclusion of the 19-day course in August 2016, but did not have the minimum academic and physical training scores to move on to the secretive second phase. She is planning to reattempt Phase One in January, Maj. Nicholas Mannweiler, a spokesman for Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, told Military.com. The command declined to identify her to protect her privacy. To date, two women have attempted to join the elite ranks of MARSOC Raiders as critical skills operators since the previously closed jobs opened to women in early 2016. Both women, the corporal and a staff sergeant, came from administrative backgrounds.

Both women began assessment and selection, or A&S, in early August 2016. The staff sergeant left the course a day in after failing to meet the minimum time requirement on a ruck march. Officials said at the time that 31 men also washed out in the first week of the demanding special operations course. All Marines who attempt the first phase of A&S are given multiple opportunities to pass, Mannweiler said. Demands of the course are physical and mental. Marines are required to complete a 12-mile march carrying a pack weighing more than 45 pounds within three hours, to swi m 300 meters wearing their camouflage uniforms, and to pass classroom exercises during the 19-day phase. For Phase 2, the requirements and trials that MARSOC candidates face remain a closely guarded secret.

Marines perform pull-ups during Phase I of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command's Assessment and Selection course aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.​

The three-week phase "is a mentally and physically challenging evaluation that enables MARSOC to identify Marines that have attributes compatible with special operations missions and the MARSOC way of life," according to official informational materials. Once Marines begin Phase 2, Mannweiler said, they do not have the chance to re-attempt it. To date, no other women have identified themselves as candidates for A&S, Mannwe iler said, although recruiters continue to publicize the opportunity. "We go out and send recruiting teams to all the bases," he said. "It's gender agnostic -- here are the requirements we're looking for, here's the fitness program."

Few women in any service have attempted to enter the elite and demanding field of special operations since previously closed jobs became available. As of August, there were two women in the training pipeline to become Air Force Tactical Control Party (TAC-P) specialists; none have entered the field to date. Earlier this ye ar, Military.com broke the news that the Navy had its first female candidates for SEAL officer and Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman, or SWCC. But the SEAL candidate for dropped out of the training pipeline in August. The Army is slightly further ahead in integrating women into special operations. The first female soldier passed qualifications to enter the 75th Ranger Regiment early this year.

Female Marine Will Make Second Attempt to Become MARSOC Operator | Military.com

Yes, but are they nerfing the test for them? If so, it all means nothing .

 

[Crixus]

I say that knowing full well that there are chicks that would blow through that on sheer meanness alone.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - you go, ladies...

6 Bragg Women Become First in Army to Earn Expert Infantryman Badge
24 Jan 2018 - Women quietly broke through barriers last fall when they became the first in the Army to earn the prestigious Expert Infantryman Badge at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

The badge, which was created in the 1940s, only recently opened to women when the Department of Defense struck down regulations that prevented them from serving in infantry jobs. The women earned the badge during testing with hundreds of male candidates in November -- about two years after infantry jobs opened to women. "This historic achievement is a reminder of the great things we can achieve when women are seen and treated as equals and given the same chance to contribute to their country," U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth said in a statement. The Democrat from Illinois was among the first Army women to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A soldier wears the Expert Infantry Badge after completing all the requirements.​

In 2004, Duckworth was deployed to Iraq as a Black Hawk pilot for the Illinois Army National Guard when it was struck down by a rocket-propelled grenade. She lost her legs and partial use of her right arm. "These six incredible women prove exactly why the Department of Defense was right to allow women to serve in all military roles, an action that was long overdue," she said. "Remember, women have served attached to infantry units for decades without being formally assigned to the unit -- so even when they meet the requirements, they technically could not earn the EIB until now." Through a spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division, all six women who earned the badge declined to talk about their achievement or the significance of the badge. The division did not name the women. Division leaders declined interview requests for this story.

Earning the Badge

To earn the Expert Infantryman Badge, a soldier must successfully complete 30 tasks that prove mastery infantry skills. If a soldier makes three errors, he or she fails and must wait one year to try again. At Fort Bragg, soldiers were tested on weapons proficiency and medical and patrol skills. Soldiers assembled the Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, claymore mine, Javelin and AK-47 weapons systems. Among medical tasks, they performed first aid for a suspected fracture, open head wound, open abdominal wound and burns. In the patrol lane, soldiers decontaminated themselves and equipment, identified terrain features on a map and applied camouflage. The testing takes place over several days, during the day and at night.

Of the 1,000 candidates who tested for the badge at Fort Bragg in November, 287 earned it. The candidates came from Fort Bragg, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, 18th Airborne Corps and units at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Traditionally, only about 18 percent of all candidates who test for the badge earn it. Testing for the Expert Infantryman Badge is conducted at several installations each year. Standards for the test are set by the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia.

A 'Soldier Skill'

 

[frigidweirdo]

Women going int combat 2016.
the next barrier in the gender gap to be broken...being tortured by the enemy! you go girl!

by 2016 Obama and john Kerry should have a war with Russia



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Israeli women were fighting in combat in 1948.....

 

[DOTR]

There have been plenty of women maimed and injured by IEDs in war zones.

Wow. What fantastic benefits feminism brings.