Navy Secretary ‘Threw us under the bus,’ women Marines say

“Marines involved in a controversial experiment evaluating a gender-integrated infantry unit say they feel betrayed by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus after he criticized the results of a nine-month study that found women are injured more frequently and shoot less accurately in simulated combat conditions.

“’Our secretary of the Navy completely rolled the Marine Corps and the entire staff that was involved in putting this [experiment] in place under the bus,’ said Sgt. Danielle Beck, a female anti-armor gunner with the task force.”

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Sgt. Beck also said the women Marines in the study were not what one might consider of average abilities:

“’The caliber of the women in Weapons Company are few and far between in the Marine Corps,’ she added. ‘They are probably some of the most professional women that anybody will ever have chance to work with, and the heart and drive and determination that they had is incomparable to most women in the Marine Corps.’”

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