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Editor’s note: <\/strong>The following is an opinion piece. The writers are not employed by Military Times and the views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of Military Times or its editorial staff.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been considerable publicity, particularly instigated by a soon-to-retire female Marine lieutenant colonel,<\/span> about the supposed failings of the Marine Corps when it comes to and <\/span>how the service Corps basically <\/span>trains women.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, the positive side of this argument doesn\u2019t generate the kind of attention that the accusations have. So\u00a0we\u2019ll start with this: Marines of both genders have been extremely successful in transforming recruits \u2014 male and female \u2014 into Marines at both Marine Corps <\/span>recruit depots (San Diego and Parris Island, South Carolina) for decades. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there are no female recruits at San Diego, there are female drill instructors there teaching a variety of classes to the male recruits. The reason there are no female recruits at San Diego is one of finance and efficiency \u2014 with only 2,700 women entering the Corps each year on average compared to 40,000 men males<\/span>, having female facilities at both depots is was <\/span>just not cost effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Julie Martinez, a drill instructor from 4th Battalion at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., instructs Marine Corps Recruiting Substation Chandler enlistees to do high-knees during a physical training exercise at the Arrowhead Meadows Park in Chandler, Ariz., Jan. 23, 2013. Martinez, a native of St. George, Utah, emphasized to each of the enlistees that they always give their maximum effort. The enlistees are currently part of the delayed entry program and are awaiting their dates to ship to boot camp. The drill instructors are visiting the Phoenix region through Jan. 26 to provide enlistees and potential applicants a first-hand preview of what they may be able to expect once they step onto the yellow footprints. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler J. Bolken)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sgt. Julie Martinez, a drill instructor from 4th Battalion at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., instructs poolees during a physical training exercise in Arizona.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Credit: Sgt. Tyler J. Bolken\/Marine Corps<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s important to note, however, that both recruit depots\u00a0Of note, both Recruit Depots \u2013 San Diego and Parris Island \u2013 <\/span>have had female commanding generals over the past 10 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Every woman\u00a0female <\/span>who became an enlisted Marine over the past several decades successfully completed all seven 7 <\/span>graduation requirements \u2014\u00a0six 6 <\/span>of which were the same for men\u00a0as males<\/span>. They have never underperformed. They either met the requirements or they didn\u2019t graduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rct. Carissa N. Rand, Platoon 4002, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, practices the prone shooting position Dec. 8, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. For one week, recruits learn and practice the fundamentals of marksmanship before shooting live ammunition the following week. Rand, 18, from Jacksonville, Fla., is scheduled to graduate Jan. 22, 2016. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 19,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Schubert)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rct. Carissa Rand practices the prone shooting position at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Credit: Sgt. Jennifer Schubert\/Marine Corps<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now\u00a0the seventh\u00a07th <\/span>category \u2014 physical and combat fitness testing \u2014 has gender-normed requirements. Women do not do dead hang <\/span>pullups as men males <\/span>do. If that requirement is standardized for all, there will be significantly fewer less <\/span>women who can become Marines \u2013 <\/span>because they inherently have less upper body strength (just look at almost any Olympic sport for comparison).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If, as some would say, the answer is to recruit those who do have the strength or train those we recruit to do better, then we have significantly narrowed the pool of available women who can meet those requirements \u2014 or we have to extend the training significantly for the others. \u2013 is <\/span>Is that\u00a0equity?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marine Corps has worked hard over the years to afford women equal opportunity in every category, save one:\u00a0the combat arms, in which women were barred by regulation. With the latest decision to allow women into the combat arms, we’re sure the Marine Corps will salute and implement as told.\u00a0We are not going to argue that point here, except to say the standards for entry into the combat arms must remain the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

But the latest directives from the Navy secretary Secretary of the Navy<\/span>, micro-managing how the Marines perform their basic training, are off base, counterproductive, and demeaning to not only the female drill instructors women Drill Instructors <\/span>who have performed so well for decades, but also to those wonderful female recruits who volunteered to become Marines and passed all the requirements to be one. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney (ret.) served as the commanding general of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, starting in 1999. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and spent more than 30 years in uniform. Cheney is now the chief executive officer of the American Security Project and a member of the State Department Foreign Affairs Policy Board.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col. Michael A. Malachowsky (ret.) served as the commanding officer of Recruit Training Regiment at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. He has also served as the deputy commander of Marine Forces Korea and as SOCOM’s J-7 director. Now the deputy division chief at SOCOM’s\u00a0Doctrine\/LL Division, Malachowsky\u00a0is a graduate of Oklahoma City University and holds a master’s degree from California State University-San Bernardino.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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