I don’t like talking about the Marine Corps. I won’t lie to avoid it, but I rarely make an effort to bring it up. Talking to other Marines is usually fine, or to non-Marines who have half a clue about the Marine Corps. But most people ask irritating questions or say dumb stuff and I [...]
I’d been following the BagNews Notes photography blog because I like the way they analyze news photography. Once in awhile I think they read too much into a simple photo and that’s annoying, but tons of people do that so I let it slide. Today, however, they pissed me off with this posting: Teaching Women [...]
The newest Terminal Lance cartoon features female Marines, a rarity since the comic is primarily about grunts: Terminal Lance #228 “Real Live Women!” “This is nothing new or unusual, the USO is always bringing people that own vaginas overseas to boost morale and always has…but the USO never brings these vagina-bearers to smaller FOBs and [...]
MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, Romania – Staff Sergeant Dilia R. Molina, administration chief and Corporal Jaret W. Hubble, administration specialist with Black Sea Rotational Force 12 play jump rope with local Romanian children during an Independence Day celebration on Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania July 4. Special guests of the event included approximately 200 local orphans from six homes [...]
From the YouTube caption: Jenny Miranda sings this classic with the 2nd Marine Division Band from Camp LeJuene at the Columbus Day Italian celebration in Bridgeport, CT, October 9, 2010. I went to boot camp with her and we ended up at the same duty station for a little while at one point though we [...]
Profile: LtCol Wendy Goyette. Redefining Gender Roles in Combat: Colonel Lori Reynolds, 45, the commanding officer of Camp Leatherneck, said that women did not belong in the infantry. “I don’t think they should close with and destroy the enemy. When you go out and see what the infantry does – the way they live, the [...]
Marine Day comes to Times Square: The Marines of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force New York displayed Marine Corps vehicles, weapons and tactics for passersby during Marine Day at Times Square May 28. Tourists and local New Yorkers got the chance to watch martial arts and military working dog demonstrations thought the day. [...]
I wrote a new post about Lena Basilone for the Woman Marines Association blog: Sgt Lena Mae (Riggi) Basilone. It has some of the same information about her that I included my two previous posts (here and here) but it also has some new information and new photos too. I’ll repost it here in the [...]
Butler commander walked long road to equality in Marines: When she became a Marine in 1975, opportunities were just starting to open for women in the Marine Corps. Women trained separately from men, wore a different uniform and weren’t even allowed to handle weapons. 13 officers fired in cheating scandal: Eight male and five female [...]
Two British female soldiers serving in Helmand have become the first to complete the United States Marine Corps’ Female Engagement Team course. The British soldiers were fully embedded; working, living and eating with 50 female Marines from across Helmand province. Lance Corporal Garraway, a Combat HR Administrator from the Adjutant General’s Corps, and Lance Corporal [...]
Betty Magee, an original woman Marine: Her dying request was to have a Marine in dress blues at her bedside. Within 45 minutes with the amazing power of mobility of the local recruiting office we had a woman Marine sergeant at the foot of her bed adorned in dress blues. Family and friends gather to [...]
I seem to have acquired a writing gig on another website: the Women Marines Association blog! My first post is up and you can read it here: From Active Duty Marine to College Student.
And by “ancient” I mean 1988.Check out the choice tidbits from this old New York Times article: Marines Try to Make the Corps Better for Women: Despite its tradition as a ”band of brothers,” the United States Marine Corps has been striving to make its ranks a better place for women to serve. – A [...]
Sgt Amy McLallen, an imagery analyst with 26th MEU’s command element, reads a welcome aboard booklet upon arriving aboard USS Kearsarge after traveling from Camp Lejeune to Norfolk, VA for Amphibious Squadron/MEU Integration training. Article. I was just saying last month how I thought it would be hilarious if I, the tiny doesn’t-look-like-a-Marine person, got [...]
Breakin’ the law, sorta: When the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force relieved the 2nd Marine Brigade in Helmand Province last month, they brought an entire company of female Marines trained to interact socially with the women they would encounter. No longer an ad hoc affair, the FETs are highly trained volunteers who are embedded down to [...]
I am a female Marine currently in the Individual Ready Reserve. I like to sleep, travel, read, eat, explore, and take photographs. I read lots of news and I like reading about life in other countries. I am easily amused and my dream job is to be snoozing in a warm patch of sunlight, hopefully with a piece of tasty cheese nearby for when I wake up hungry.
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