And not particularly surprising... the Marines have always struck me pragmatic at heart.
My brother has been a Marine for 6 years, and while he wasn't campaigning for the end of DADT, he has accepted it with surprising grace. They're pragmatic: they'll find the best out of all those previously turned away applicants.
when you see only the darkness, know the light will soon return
USMC first to fight
- 21/09/2011 03:36:17 PM
1037 Views
Good for them.
- 21/09/2011 03:41:43 PM
791 Views
That is the optimal word for it.
- 23/09/2011 01:14:18 AM
743 Views
In my imagination it went down something like this:
- 21/09/2011 04:22:08 PM
598 Views
There could be some truth to that
- 21/09/2011 04:34:36 PM
631 Views
They need military chaplains, right? *NM*
- 21/09/2011 04:36:06 PM
244 Views
not in the marines
- 21/09/2011 04:45:48 PM
554 Views
I had a friend who was a Navy chaplain attached to the Marine Corps.
- 21/09/2011 07:23:10 PM
632 Views
I thought nothing could make the Swedish "dress blues" look worse than it already does.
- 21/09/2011 04:40:08 PM
533 Views
Very interesting, but encouraging.
- 21/09/2011 08:28:38 PM
657 Views
The answer on women in combat:
- 21/09/2011 10:07:04 PM
712 Views
I still worry about how the men will react.
- 22/09/2011 02:33:15 AM
721 Views
Well, you can worry about what might happen.
- 22/09/2011 09:17:02 AM
528 Views
and how much actual combat have these units seen?
- 22/09/2011 02:40:50 PM
637 Views
Sweden has not been involved in many hot conflicts during those years, no
- 22/09/2011 05:04:26 PM
635 Views
The real test will be when a country with a non-discriminatory military fights a major war.
- 22/09/2011 04:00:12 PM
753 Views
The other branches could benefit in a lot of ways by trying to emulate the Marines
- 22/09/2011 03:25:16 PM
655 Views
- 22/09/2011 03:25:16 PM
655 Views
Probably.
- 22/09/2011 04:33:49 PM
603 Views
The Lynndie England case makes my point
- 22/09/2011 06:16:32 PM
630 Views
The Lynndie England case is debatable.
- 22/09/2011 07:28:53 PM
733 Views
sorry not interested in arguing rhetoric *NM*
- 22/09/2011 09:01:04 PM
218 Views
The US Army Field Manual is policy, not rhetoric.
- 22/09/2011 09:44:58 PM
541 Views
no Joel the rheotoric is all you
- 22/09/2011 10:45:29 PM
516 Views
Quoting someone is not rhetoric; I am honestly flabbergasted that we are still debating that fact.
- 22/09/2011 11:12:29 PM
712 Views
This kind of reminds me of Full Metal Jacket...
- 21/09/2011 10:49:57 PM
580 Views
Re: This kind of reminds me of Full Metal Jacket...
- 21/09/2011 11:14:38 PM
617 Views
"I bet you could suck a golfball through a garden hose" was NOT a compliment? 
- 22/09/2011 11:25:43 PM
661 Views
- 22/09/2011 11:25:43 PM
661 Views
The only really great thing about that movies is he sounded so much like a drill instructor
- 22/09/2011 03:01:13 PM
661 Views
I doubt the sort of person who is interested in the Marines will particularly care about being PC 
*NM*
- 22/09/2011 10:34:11 PM
238 Views
*NM*
- 22/09/2011 10:34:11 PM
238 Views
no but they care a lot about having PC forced on the them which happens all the time
- 22/09/2011 10:41:13 PM
535 Views