{"id":28175,"date":"2016-05-18T01:59:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T01:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/05\/18\/marine-1-star-defends-gender-segregation-at-boot-camp\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:48:28","slug":"marine-1-star-defends-gender-segregation-at-boot-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2016\/05\/18\/marine-1-star-defends-gender-segregation-at-boot-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine 1-star defends gender segregation at boot camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The commanding general of the Marine Corps&#8217; <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">A Marine one-star general who leads the Corps\u2019 <\/span>all-male recruit training depot is defending <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">defended <\/span>the service\u2019s stance on training men and women separately at boot camp \u2014 even as the first-ever female grunts head to the infantry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"rte rte-comment\">As the Marine Corps\u2019 first female grunts prepare to head to the infantry, k<\/span>Keeping young men and women separate for the first few months <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">first 12 weeks <\/span>of their military careers is as important as ever, said Brig. 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James Bierman, the commanding general of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, at the\u00a0Sea-Air-Space conference outside Washington, D.C.<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> and Western Recruiting Region<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Certainly I can understand why at a time when we all have our marching orders to open previously closed units and MOSs [to women], <\/span>I can see why some people look at the way we do recruit training and say it\u2019s not keeping up with the times,&#8221; the career infantryman said at a Tuesday roundtable on recruiting, training and\u00a0retaining.\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">at the Sea, Air and Space expo outside Washington, D.C.\u00a0However, <\/span>But training men and women separately <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">keeping boot camp segregated <\/span>does not run counter to gender integration, he added, calling <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">it\u00a0but is still <\/span>&#8220;absolutely the best thing for Marines.&#8221;\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">\u00a0Bierman said.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4445\" height=\"3094\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635991171968225725-2305873jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635991171968225725-2305873jpg.jpg 4445w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635991171968225725-2305873jpg.jpg?resize=300,209 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635991171968225725-2305873jpg.jpg?resize=768,535 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635991171968225725-2305873jpg.jpg?resize=1024,713 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635991171968225725-2305873jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1069 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635991171968225725-2305873jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1426 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4445px) 100vw, 4445px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rct. Ryleigh L. Stayrook, front, and Rct. Mariah A. Sanchez, both with Platoon 4003, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, climb a Confidence Course obstacle Nov. 18, 2015. The course is comprised of 15 obstacles designed to help Marine Corps recruits build confidence by overcoming physical challenges. Stayrook, 20, from Dayton, Ohio, and Sanchez, 18, from Chandler, Ariz., are 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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Recruits climb a confidence course obstacle at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: Sgt. Jennifer Schubert\/Marine Corps<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason, he said, is that vulnerable young men and women develop the thick skin all leathernecks need during that time. The Marines also form\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">much better while segregated through the <\/span>critical bonds with their <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">formed with same-sex <\/span>drill instructors and other recruits, without being distracted by members <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">the distractions <\/span>of the opposite sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think anybody would disagree with me when I say young men and women that age can become tremendously distracted,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine Corps is the only military service that still trains its male and female recruits separately. After Pentagon leaders opened all military jobs to women this year, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus ordered the Marine Corps to change the way it trains its prospective Marines. He gave Commandant Gen. Robert Neller 90 days to come up with a plan to make the Marine Corps&#8217; entry-level training coed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marines fought back, though, and enlisted\u00a0men and women continue training separately. Neller and Mabus agreed that the service would look for ways to further integrate its entry-level training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bierman said\u00a0the men and women who attend boot camp\u00a0at the Marine Corps&#8217; East Coast training depot spend roughly\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">do have share some training time, though. About\u00a0Even though segregated, male and female recruits actually spend approximately <\/span>65 percent of their time <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">boot camp experience in the same location as it is, <\/span>training side-by-side<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> in the same activity, Bierman<\/span>.\u00a0They just don\u2019t live together in open squad bays<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> under the watchful eyes of a DI<\/span>, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If the decision&#8217;s been made to integrate the Marine Corps, we support that with a happy heart,&#8221; Bierman said.\u00a0&#8220;But we don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s too much to ask that these young men and women &#8230; <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">have a small period of 12 weeks where a transformation occurs, where they can<\/span>focus on learning the right lessons among their fellow men or women in an undistracted environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Adding women to the ground combat jobs essentially doesn\u2019t change anything for the Marine Corps, according to <\/span>Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Ronald Green said that once Marines hit the fleet, they&#8217;re free to move into ground combat jobs as long as they can meet new gender-neutral requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">asked by Congress to be the nation&#8217;s force in readiness, Marines carry everything they take into combat on their back, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Until we can get &#8230; <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">something like Ripley in Alien, <\/span>some exoskeleton that\u2019s going to carry the Marines\u2019 load, it\u2019s going to be on their backs,&#8221; Green said. &#8220;Those are the things we have to do\u00a0\u2014\u00a0male or female. If you can carry it, if you can do what the Marine Corps standards say, you can do the job.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, the Marine Corps approved lateral moves for a female rifleman and machine gunner to join the infantry. Those Marines met\u00a0the standards by completing Infantry Training Battalion.\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">This fall, Marines will begin shipping women to previously closed ground combat MOSs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of these new opportunities, Bierman said\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">, <\/span>the Marine Corps is <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">taking has begun <\/span>taking a <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">much <\/span>more aggressive approach to recruiting women<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">, Bierman said<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We want to make sure we are selling those jobs effectively, the right way,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We want to make sure we&#8217;re sparing no effort to find young women who can meet the upfront very tough requirements.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We want to make sure that we&#8217;re picking and choosing from the very best out there,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Matthew L. 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