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USMC Infantry Officers Course: Females 0-29
 Two female Marine officers who volunteered to attempt the Corps' challenging Infantry Officer Course did not proceed beyond the first day of the course, a Marine Corps spokesperson confirmed. The two were the only female officers attempting the course in the current cycle, which began Thursday in Quantico, Virginia.Wait for it... The Marine Corps spokesperson, Captain Maureen Krebs, said that the two officers, "did not meet the standards required of them on day one in order to continue on with the course." Fifteen male officers also did not meet the standards. "Of the 118 officers who began the course, 101 proceeded to the second day." The Marine Corps, along with the other services, has been evaluating how to comply with the order to gender-integrate its combat arms specialties by the end of this year, or apply for special exemptions. wait.. not yet... With the two most recent drops, there have been 29 attempts by female officers to pass the course since women have been allowed to volunteer, with none making it to graduation. (At least one woman has attempted the course more than once.) Only three female officers have made it beyond the initial day of training, a grueling evaluation known as the Combat Endurance Test, or CET. Male officers also regularly fail to pass the CET, and the overall course has a substantial attrition rate for males. ...aaaand the Administration's progressive idiot response: This situation has led some involved with the policy debate in Washington, D.C., to suggest that the USMC Infantry Officer’s Course standards are unrealistically challenging, and need to be lowered. Posted by: OldSpook 2015-01-10 |
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