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Army enlists first female infantry recruit

The Army's first female infantry recruit, a 25-year-old police officer from Louisiana, will report to basic training next year. Tammy Grace Barnett took the oath of enlistment Thursday at Military Entrance Processing Station Shreveport. She plans to serve in military occupational specialty 11X, one of a series of MOSs that opened to women April 1.…

The Army's first female infantry recruit, a 25-year-old police officer from Louisiana, will report to basic training next year.

Tammy Grace Barnett took the oath of enlistment Thursday at Military Entrance Processing Station Shreveport. She plans to serve in military occupational specialty 11X, one of a series of MOSs that opened to women April 1.

via www.armytimes.com

14 months in the DEP pool is a looooong time. Normally, the Army tries to ship you out in 3 months or less, unless you're a high school senior, in which case the window is up to 9 months.

We simultaneously are appalled at the thought of women in the Infantry, and wish Ms. Barnett the best of luck at Ft. Benning. But if she thinks it's anything like police work, she's in for a bit of a rude shock.

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  1. Quartermaster

    There ain’t nothin’in the military like police work. Not even the MPs are like the civvie Police.

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  2. RetRsvMike

    I have the simultaneous thoughts as you.

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  3. SFC Dunlap 173d RVN

    What QM said…

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  4. timactual

    Of course it’s like police work; you wear a uniform and carry a gun and go on patrol. Easy peasy.
    “is to allow the Army to properly prepare for new trainees by having trained female officers and [noncommissioned officers] in position,”
    Is that in addition to or instead of male officers? Why is that necessary? And how are they going to prepare the unit to which she will be assigned?

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  5. ultimaratioregis

    @timactual
    They don’t need to prepare any unit to which she is assigned. A DoD directive will instantly negate a hundred thousand years of human behavior. And the whole issue will be without problems. In fact, those feel-good stories are already written, awaiting signature and release at the appropriate date. Oh, by the way, woe betide the person whose voice is raised in disagreement with the foregone truth or enumerates problems not authorized for acknowledgement.

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  6. Quartermaster

    I liked Rush Limbaugh’s suggestion – the 1st PMS Brigade. It would consist of 28 Battalions to insure at least one Battalion was suffering PMS. No enemy would be able to stand against such a spearhead.
    Mayhaps the Army is just getting started implementing the suggestion.

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  7. SFC Dunlap 173d RVN

    QM…I salute you Sir!

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  8. LT Rusty

    SFC – don’t salute QM! He works for a living, and he knows who his father was!

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  9. timactual

    @Quartermaster
    .” No enemy would be able to stand against such a spearhead.”
    I suggest an enveloping maneuver would be more appropriate.
    @URR
    Glad to hear it. I was worried there for a minute.

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