Army Announces First Woman Recruited to Try and Be An Infantrymen
You would think the Army would have waited to promote a story like this until after she had completed the basic infantry course. You would think the PAO types would have learned this lesson after the embarrassment of the first female combat engineer enlistee who went AWOL:
A Louisiana woman is seeking to make history, enlisting to be the first female infantryman in the United States Army.
25-year-old Tammy Barnett raised her right hand in Shreveport, Louisiana, opting to join the US Army Infantry, a deviation from her original plans when she found out she could be first.
“I was going to go military police, but infantry is similar, and they are more on the front lines, like law enforcement here and I said that’s what I want to do,” said Barnett, a former police officer.
Barnett hopes to make history and lead the way for more women who want to go into the infantry.
“They told me that I would be the first female in history to go infantry in the military,” said Barnett.
“I hope that I give them the courage, because I’m a small female, if I can do it, they can do it too, this could give them the courage to step out of their comfort zone,” explained Barnett. [Popular Military]
You can read more at the link, but she is going to be in for a rude awakening when she finds out that the infantry is nothing like being a policeman other than they are both proficient with shooting weapons. Just for the record I continue to support women in combat arms roles as long as they meet the same standards as men. For example I wonder if Ms. Barnett will have to pass the same physical fitness test and other physical requirements as her male infantry recruits?
The Army used to be pretty good at sorting out the special snowflakes who signed up.
“The Army used to be pretty good at sorting out the special snowflakes who signed up.”
They are still good at sorting out the soecial snowflakes… but now, instead of throwing them out, they place them upon an alter to sacrifice to the whims of America-hating liberal idealists with their emotional feel-good rhetoric…
…which just screws things up more…
…and the more things get screwed up, the more it appeals to the unwashed voting masses who are attracted to soothing words over difficult decisions and actions…
…increasing the problem in a downward spiral.
It will just take a big disaster to force the military to reorganize its priorities.
…but maybe better equipment will keep that from happening… always giving an edge over the enemy and hiding the effects of bass-ackwards social engineering mis-priorities.
That certainly explains how we lost in Southeast Asia and are losing in Southwest Asia… “Better equipment” normally means scrapping the stuff the guys in the field need before the new stuff has had enough cost overruns and kickbacks to get into distribution…
“You would think the Army would have waited to promote a story like this until after she had completed the basic infantry course.’
Errrr….the second she signed up she solidified her graduation spot as an “Infantryperson”…sad but true. The Army is a PC nightmare. I got out just in time.