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Implications of Integrating Women into the Marine Corps Infantry

2015-12-03 Business & Economics
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Release : 2015-12-03
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Book Synopsis Implications of Integrating Women into the Marine Corps Infantry by : Agnes Gereben Schaefer

Download or read book Implications of Integrating Women into the Marine Corps Infantry written by Agnes Gereben Schaefer. This book was released on 2015-12-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study for the U.S. Marine Corps presents a historical overview of the integration of women into the U.S. military and explores the importance of cohesion and what influences it. The gender integration experiences of foreign militaries, as well as the gender integration efforts of domestic police and fire departments, are analyzed for insights into effective policies. The potential costs of integration are analyzed as well.

Fight Like a Girl

2018 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2018
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Fight Like a Girl by : Kate Germano

Download or read book Fight Like a Girl written by Kate Germano. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Marine Corps combat veteran with twenty years of service describes her professional battle against gender bias in the Marines and the lessons it holds for other arenas. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano arrived at Parris Island convinced that if she expected more of the female recruits just coming into Corps, she could raise historically low standards for female performance and make women better Marines. One year after she took command of the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion, shooting qualifications of the women under her command equaled those of men, injuries had decreased, and unit morale had noticeably improved. Then the Marines fired her. This is the story of Germano's struggle to achieve equality of performance and opportunity for female Marines against an entrenched male-dominated status quo. Germano charges that the men above her in the chain of command were too invested in perpetuating the subordinate role of women in the Corps to allow her to prove that the female Marine can be equal to her male counterpart. She notes that the Marine Corps continues to be the only service where men and women train separately in boot camp or basic training. Meanwhile, in the U.S. Army, women have already become Army Rangers and applied to be infantry officers. Germano addresses the Marine Corps' $35-million gender-integration study, which shows that all-male squads perform at a higher level than mixed male-female squads. This study flies in the face of the results she demonstrated with the all-female Fourth Battalion and raises questions about the Marine Corps' willingness to let women succeed. At a time when women are fighting sexism in many sectors of society, Germano's story has wide-ranging implications and lessons not just for the military but for corporate America, the labor force, education, and government.

Altering the Gender Composition in the Marine Corps: Recruiting and Readiness Implications - Pregnancy Impact on Availability of Women in the Military

2018-08-29 Social Science
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Release : 2018-08-29
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Altering the Gender Composition in the Marine Corps: Recruiting and Readiness Implications - Pregnancy Impact on Availability of Women in the Military by : U. S. Military

Download or read book Altering the Gender Composition in the Marine Corps: Recruiting and Readiness Implications - Pregnancy Impact on Availability of Women in the Military written by U. S. Military. This book was released on 2018-08-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As of January 2016, all military occupations opened to women across all branches of military service. The opening of previously closed occupations to women has initiated conversations regarding how the quality of the force may be affected by the integration. This study explores the implications of altering the gender composition in the Marine Corps on recruiting and readiness. To address recruiting implications, we examine the differences in the predicted probabilities of the average male and female civilian graduating from the Infantry Training Battalion. We find that the average male civilian is 5.2 times more likely to graduate from the Infantry Training Battalion than the average female civilian. To address readiness implications, we examine the differences in average availability between males and females during their first term of service, and we also analyze the differences between availability in females across different occupational fields. We find that on average, females are less deployable than males during the first four years of service, with the differences peaking during months 25-36, with the major cause of a female's unavailability being pregnancy. We further find that the density of females does not have a significant effect on the overall readiness of the female population. I. Introduction * A. All Military Occupations Open To Women * B. Answering The Impossible Question * C. Research Objective * D. Organization Of Study * II. Literature Review * A. Women In The Labor Market * 1. Population Fit For Service * 2. Diversity In Teams * 3. Compensation Differentials * 4. Quota-Based Policies * B. Economic Models * 1. The Production Function * 2. Roy Model * III. Data And Methodology * A. Street To Fleet * 1. ITB-West * 2. NCHS / California Department Of Education * B. In The Fleet * IV. Results * A. Recruiting Implications * B. Readiness Implications * 1. Availability Differences Between Females And Males * 2. Unavailability Breakdown * 3. Readiness Across Occupational Fields * V. Conclusion * A. Recruiting Implications * B. Readiness Implications * C. Recommendations * D. Future Studies

Women in Combat

2017-01-09
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Book Synopsis Women in Combat by : Congressional Research Service

Download or read book Women in Combat written by Congressional Research Service. This book was released on 2017-01-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades of conflict, women have served with valor and continue to serve on combat aircraft, naval vessels, and in support of ground combat operations. The expansion of roles for women in the Armed Forces has evolved since the early days of the military when women were restricted by law and policy from serving in certain occupations and units. Women have not been precluded by law from serving in any military unit or occupational specialty since 1993 when Congress repealed the remaining prohibitions on women serving on combatant aircraft and vessels. However, Department of Defense (DOD) policies have prevented women from being assigned to units below brigade level where the unit's primary mission was to engage directly in ground combat. This policy barred women from serving in infantry, artillery, armor, combat engineers, and special operations units of battalion size or smaller. On January 24, 2013, then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta rescinded the rule that restricted women from serving in combat units and directed the military departments and services to review their occupational standards and assignment policies and to make recommendations for opening all combat roles to women no later than January 1, 2016. On December 3, 2015, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter ordered the military to open all combat jobs to women with no exceptions. This most recent policy change followed extensive studies that were completed by the military departments and by the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) on issues such as unit cohesion, women's health, equipment, facilities modifications, propensity to serve, and international experiences with women in combat. These studies also included a review and validation of gender-neutral occupational standards for combat roles where such standards existed. On March 10, 2016, Secretary Carter announced that the Services' and SOCOM's implementation plans for the integration of women into direct ground combat roles were approved. Some concerns about the implementation of the new policy remain, including the recruitment, assignment, and career management of women into the new roles, and the impact of integration on unit readiness. Congress has oversight authority in these matters, and may also consider issues such as equal opportunity, equal responsibility (such as selective service registration), and the overall manpower needs of the military.

Rushing to Failure?

2016 Organizational effectiveness
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Release : 2016
Genre : Organizational effectiveness
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Book Synopsis Rushing to Failure? by : Denise M. Mull

Download or read book Rushing to Failure? written by Denise M. Mull. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Profoundly influenced by two post-9/11 protracted wars which highlighted the expanded role of women in combat, civilian leaders have pursued a gender-neutral military. The premise is women are not only qualified but bring a wealth of diverse talents that should be applied across all disciplines within the Armed Forces and, as true equals, women should be afforded the opportunity to ascend to more senior ranks in greater numbers. However, policy makers appear to have overlooked decades of medical research and evidence that strongly counter this seemingly straight forward logic. Arguably, integrating women in the Marine Corps' infantry will degrade readiness, deplete a talented pool of women from the total force, and erode combat effectiveness. Physiological differences affect attrition and readiness when exposing women to training that accentuates the disparities between genders. Given the Marine Corps' distinct approach to its mission, and comparatively small size, it already has the lowest percentage of women across all the services. As such, the Marine Corps' methodology of training its force, coupled with the physical demands of the direct ground combat arms specialties, will lead to a talent management issue. The potential outcome is a further reduction in the number of women in the service resulting in a less integrated and less diverse force. Ramifications of failure include high attrition, which will ultimately drive the redress of standards to correct discrepancies and disparities between genders, thereby degrading combat effectiveness. As an alternative, Congress should enact law prohibiting women from integration into direct ground combat arms specialties and allow military leaders to channel resources for recruiting and retaining women in the roles where they are best-qualified and fully capable of performing"--Abstract.

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