In an effort to be equitable, inclusive, and more affirming the United States Marine Corps is seriously considering dropping the terms "Sir" and "Ma'am" in order to make their mentally unstable drill instructors feel more welcomed.
The Marine Corps has been advised that its drill instructors should no longer be referred to by gendered terms like "ma'am" or "sir" — an idea that a top training leader has pushed back on.
The recommendation came in a recently completed academic report from the University of Pittsburgh that the Corps commissioned in 2020, according to Marine Corps Times.
The recommendation came in a recently completed academic report from the University of Pittsburgh that the Corps commissioned in 2020, according to Marine Corps Times.
Yes, soon there may be no more of this:
The Marine Corps has been spending your money to give to woke universities to advise them on how to be the most woke and inclusive military in the world.
The report reveals how the Marine Corps lags behind other branches in training men and women closely together, Marine Corps Times reported. It says training staff in three of six branches of the military no longer use "gendered identifiers" still commonplace in the Corps.
"The Army, Navy, and Coast Guard effectively de-emphasize gender in an integrated environment," the report says. "Instead of saying ‘ma'am' or ‘sir,' recruits in these Services refer to their drill instructors using their ranks or roles followed by their last names. Gendered identifiers prime recruits to think about or visually search for a drill instructor's gender first, before their rank or role."
"The Army, Navy, and Coast Guard effectively de-emphasize gender in an integrated environment," the report says. "Instead of saying ‘ma'am' or ‘sir,' recruits in these Services refer to their drill instructors using their ranks or roles followed by their last names. Gendered identifiers prime recruits to think about or visually search for a drill instructor's gender first, before their rank or role."
Man, they've already got to the Army, Navy, and Coast Guard.
Here's a "radical" idea to solve this "problem": Have only straight biological men be drill instructors. Then we've got the entire pronoun thing solved.
Meanwhile, our enemies are focused on, you know, things that win wars.
But it's not all bad news:
Across all military branches, the Marine Corps has the smallest percentage of females serving, Marine Corps Times reported, and the branch has been slow to integrate men and women in boot camp as all other branches have already done.
The new report says Marine recruits have brushed aside female training staff in favor of male staff, who are seen as more authoritative, according to Marine Corps Times. And in one anecdote, drill instructors asked advice from a male peer while a female chief drill instructor stood ignored nearby.
The new report says Marine recruits have brushed aside female training staff in favor of male staff, who are seen as more authoritative, according to Marine Corps Times. And in one anecdote, drill instructors asked advice from a male peer while a female chief drill instructor stood ignored nearby.
Maybe the Marine Corps can harken back to its history of standing against commies and hold off this wokeness infiltrating their ranks.
