Marines plan purge of Confederate stuff

From Military.com.

Commandant Gen. David Berger last week instructed top Marine leaders to remove Confederate-related paraphernalia from the service's bases worldwide. The directive is one of several forward-leaning initiatives Berger said he is "prioritizing for immediate execution."

And, along with doing away with mention of Confederates, the commandant ordered commanders to “find ways to move more women into combat jobs, to review the possibility of year-long maternity leave and, and to extend parental leave policies to same-sex partners.”

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/26/top-marine-orders-confederate-paraphernalia-be-removed-all-bases.html

Link at knuckledraggin.com.

That "extend parental leave policies to same-sex partners." I assume that at least one of the "partners" has to be a Marine. Two women "partners," one has a baby. Can the baby's father (aka, sperm donor) file for military benefits based on the mother's and her partner's benefits? And, two men with a baby. One assumes the child adopted, since, stupid beliefs to the contrary, a man cannot physically birth a baby. Why would a man receive parental leave for an adoption? Just wondering.