Sec. Ray Mabus tells admirals, "Please review the position titles throughout the Navy and ensure that they are gender-integrated ... removing 'man' from their titles."
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/01/19/end-midshipman-navy-secretary-calls-gender-integration-removal.html?ESRC=army-a_160120.nl
Can’t have any “midshipmen.” So. Midshipperson? Midship? Middie?
The Navy (still, I suppose) sometimes refers to officers as “Mr.” It’s a good thing Thomas Heggen isn’t working on a novel today. He would have to call it “Naval Officer Roberts” or some such.
In the “not sure of this woman’s knowledge” area:
“Kyleanne Hunter, a former Marine Corps pilot, founded the Think Broader Foundation to bring attention to social biases.
“Hunter, who is based in Oregon, said past changes in military titles -- airman to pilot, armormen to tankers -- show that the service is serious about integration.”
Honey, an “airman” is not a pilot. And I never, never heard a soldier in the armor branch called an “armorman.”
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