Thursday, February 11, 2016
Marine-hating Mabus gets grilled
A military watchdog is pleased that the Senate Armed Services Committee is demanding straight answers about the issue of women in combat......At the center of that controversy is Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who was grilled by Republicans over his dismissal of a U.S. Marine Corps report that criticized mixed-gender combat units.....Women failed at 93 of 134 tasks, such as hauling artillery shells and evacuating casualties, the story said. During the hearing, Mabus admitted he didn’t read the study when he overrode the Marine Corps’ request for an exemption for its front-line units......On New Year’s Day, Mabus ordered the Marine Corps to integrate its male and female boot camps – and gave the Corps 15 days to produce a plan. That order also told the Corps to drop “man” from titles to better integrate women....
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