In what can only be described as an inevitable development
that is sure to generate controversy, SecDef Austin and Marine Commandant
Berger today announced the formation of a dedicated Marine Corps transgender
regiment as an extension of the Commandant’s Force Design 2030 effort. From the announcement,
The Few, the Proud, the Diverse!
[1]Stars and Rainbows website, “Austin and Berger Announce
Transgender Regiment”, Robbie Boygerl, 1-Apr-2023,
https://starsandrainbows.mil.it.ant.com
This transgender regiment typifies the diversity which gives the US military a pronounced combat advantage on the battlefield, said Austin. Diverse units have an inherent advantage over monolithic units, Berger added. We expect to build on this historic achievement by adding other types of dedicated, diverse units over the next few years as we phase out the obsolete MAGTF construct.[1]The new regiment, which is already being derisively referred to as the Rainbow Regiment by some commentators, will be patterned after the Israeli dedicated female units. Describing the training model, Berger said,
Transgender Marines will form units during boot camp and stay together all the way through to their assignment to the field unit. This will ensure that the individual Marine’s preferred pronouns will be well established by the time they reach the field, thus facilitating battlefield communications.[1]
https://starsandrainbows.mil.it.ant.com
Please tell me this is an April Fool's joke !! Given some of the other decisions DOD has made recently, I can't be certain !!
ReplyDeleteThe Navy is much funnier than the Marines.
DeleteLCS does mine hunting at 40 knots!.
Torpedo Testing ?, we can't afford it.
In another April 1 news item, France will be joining the AUKUS
ReplyDeleteIn another April 1 news item, France will be joining the AUKUS submarine program.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/04/france-joins-aukus-submarine-program/
The new submarines will be used by France, the UK, and Australia.
A few key quotes:
"Australia’s submarines will be built locally in Australian yards, and assembled in France and the United Kingdom. The completed submarines will then be shipped by rail via the Suez Canal to Australia."
"In anticipation of cost overruns with the interior design of the crew accommodation and galley spaces, the submarines will be built for-but-not-with (FBNW) torpedo tubes. The new arrangement could save millions in operating costs."
"The torpedo tube situation would not be permeant. “In the event of increased tensions or the outbreak of hostilities” the source added “the submarines could be rebuilt with torpedo tubes in just a matter of years”. "
Good April Fools' memes need to be believable. This one, sadly, is.
ReplyDeleteAll too believable.
DeleteLike Babylon Bee, it's possible that it will still come true at a future date.
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Chuckle. Wish this April Fool's joke wasn't so believable!!
ReplyDeleteWhat's a hundred million dollars to spend on the transgender marines' gender reassignment surgeries and hormone therapies, compared to the hundreds of billions already spent on weapon systems and platforms that DO NOT WORK (glaring at the V-22 Osprey and F-35 Lightning II that were rushed into service before the technology necessary to MAKE THEM WORK, were mature enough to use in the field)?
ReplyDeleteThe US Navy has stood up AntiSubWarfare Studies Squadron 5. They've already got useful tips for the Navy.
ReplyDeleteThey're banning Firehouse and Quiznos on all Navy bases.
When I was a kid my dad’s ww2 buddies would come around on Memorial Day and if it was sunny they’d sit in the yard all day and eat hot dogs drink a lot of beer.
ReplyDeleteThen they make jokes and say this kinda stuff about black people and how we ever can win a war in Vietnam.
I guess you coulda put this post up in 1939 as a spoof thing and got few laughs. I mean how funny is that - a whole unit of black folks fighting in a war.
Pretty cheap sort joke imo.
Agreed. LGBT were part of the greatest generation, winning WW2, in the same proportions of society as today. They fought, bled and died along side their straight shipmates and soldiers. They just had to hide their identities because it made straight people uncomfortable. The only difference today is that some people suggest that they should be allowed to be themselves, be open about their sexuality to the same degree as straight folks, while others say they should continue to hide it. Just like people look down on (what used to be acceptable) racism today, the day is coming when LBGT discrimination will be unacceptable too.
ReplyDeleteNobody seriously looks down on the Scots for wearing skirts into battle!
This must be in reply to the anonymous ww2 post above
DeleteYes agree with you. My father was one of five brothers. They grew up on a farm. In 1940 he tried to join the Marines - they turned him down because of bad dental work (we used to josh him that he didn’t have any dental work - just missing teeth).
DeleteTwo of his brothers were gay - we didn’t know this when we were young. They both got drafted. One was in the Airborne - tough guy. He won a Bronze Star and then he was killed in the Hurtgen Forest.
I don’t know what kind of gay he was. Maybe he was trans or whatever. I guess whoever writes this would have thought that was pretty funny. The men he served with wrote to my Mom and she kept the box with their the letters until she died herself. You can tell from their letters that they had a lot of respect for him.
My uncle who I never knew has been dead for 70 years. My own family are all grown up and have kids of their own and I’m 70 years old myself.
People still making the same dumbass jokes.
Wow, the modern ability to be offended seems to know no bounds.
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