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The U.S. Marines Pitted All-Male Squads Against Mixed-Gender Squads And Made A Big Discovery
As Western Journalism reported this week, an 18-month training program designed to be the first from which women could graduate as U.S. Marine infantry officers ended without a single female graduate. Further details of the Marines’ effort to determine whether women could effectively engage in combat reveal stark differences between the two sexes’ physical capabilities.
Quartz reported Thursday that 400 Marines were selected for what the branch referred to as “unprecedented research” into the repercussions of sending women to the battlefield.
Two teams of 200 Marines each were assembled for the year-long program. One group consisted of all male Marines while the other was evenly divided between men and women. The results of the experiment were telling.
The men dominated their opposition, defeating the integrated team in roughly 70 percent of all simulations.
The all-male team, for example, “had better accuracy compared to gender-integrated squads,” according to the Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force report.
In addition to being faster and more effective overall, the program suggested men and women approach obstacles in a fundamentally different way.
“For example,” the report confirmed, “when negotiating the wall obstacle, male Marines threw their packs to the top of the wall, whereas female Marines required regular assistance in getting their packs to the top.”
The military staged this experiment ahead of a 2016 deadline by which the military must allow women to serve in combat roles. While reports suggest the Marines could seek an exception to this requirement, there has been no official word that such a request has been made.
In its conclusion, however, the report cited a 23-year-old government document warning against redefining the military to satiate special-interest groups.
“Risking the lives of a military unit in combat to provide career opportunities or accommodate the personal desires or interest of an individual, or group of individuals, is more than bad military judgment,” the report stated. “It is morally wrong.”
h/t: Quartz
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This post originally appeared on Western Journalism – Equipping You With The Truth
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/the-u-s-marines-pitted-all-male-squads-against-mixed-gender-squads-and-made-a-big-discovery/
