The Marine Memoirs - Day 021

Day 21
2009-5-16

Another cold shower, some breakfast, and the day begins. As promised yesterday, I’ll give you all my opinion on a great majority of female Marines. Again, this is entirely my opinion and not some proven scientific study… now let’s begin. They claim they’re the same, yet they’re not required to do the same physical fitness test males are required to do. They don’t even have the same run time standard, even though women have been documented as being some of the fastest runners on Earth. I’ve met a select few, who were able to do more pull ups and run faster than many male Marines; so it’s a proven fact that they can complete a male physical fitness test successfully. The standard should be the same, no exceptions! When deployment season is fast approaching, miraculously women start getting pregnant. They are exempt from deployments, and are usually replaced by a Marine who has already been deployed three or more times. Even back in the states, pregnant Marines affect the work force. When a Marine in charge of allocating Marines sees a pregnant Marine on a master accountability roster, it doesn’t identify said Marine as being pregnant. The problem with this is that the person in charge of allocation won’t send any new Marines over to that unit to assist them now that they lost a Marine. The pregnant Marine is off taking care of herself, and has all the time off she needs; and is incapable of doing her job. All the other Marines in her unit suffer due to this loss, and have to work extra hard. My opinion is, if you want to have children, don’t join the military. It hinders those who are in the military for the right reasons, which is to go to war, and kill those who are trying to kill us, which a pregnant Marine obviously shouldn’t do. Whatever anyone may think, always remember that the military exists for one purpose, and that purpose is to destroy our enemies. It shouldn’t be used as a tool to assist someone in raising a family. I believe that most, but not all, female Marines may have had some psychological issues growing up. Most girls play with dolls, dress up and act out their future wedding days; as opposed to boys, who play with guns and act out huge battles with miniature toy militants. Maybe they were uncared for at a younger age or treated poorly by their parents, and joined the military as a way out. I don’t actually know, but for all you former, current, or future female militants, or any female readers who may be reading this, understand that all I want is to be able to say Marine… and mean exactly that. I don’t want a difference between male and female Marines to exist; I want them to be exactly the same, through and through. I challenge all of you to fight for equality, but to exclude the exceptions. I find that people always complain when things are more difficult, not when they’re easier when it pertains to equality. Now fight for your right to do exactly what we do, so that there are no differences among us. Then and only then, shall I wholeheartedly believe that a Marine is a Marine, regardless of their gender.

I’ve decided to crowd source the ever irksome task of editing and proofreading my book with you guys and gals, so please feel free to make any corrections or suggestions you’d like.