Marine Women

[anglover]

I am currently thinking about becoming a marine but am a bit anxious about marines always being the 'brotherhood' and how women are treated in the marines. Any adivce or comments?

[wzgriffith]

Technically they are treated the same. There are always differences, but as long as you hold your own and dont sleep around (especially with your superiors), you will be respected as a Marine. My biggest complaint is when females use their "womanly" charms to their advantage to get out of duties etc. Also, don't get pregnant. You still take up a spot on the roster, but are out of action for a good while, placing more strain on your unit. If you want specifics, let me know and I'll tell you what I can.

[anglover]

yeah i would never sleep around because once you get that tag your screwed... but so far in general how does that dep program work with college and all that?

[wzgriffith]

I don't understand your question.

[anglover]

the delayed entry program? how does it work in general? how does it work with being in college?

[MarbleChamp]

the delayed entry program? how does it work in general? how does it work with being in college?


The DEP is really just to prepare you. If you are in college and have a job those are still priority, when I was in the DEP and the recruiters would have a poole function I would still go to work before a poole function. I wasn't going to lose money to play volleyball.

As far as women in the core, well, you can either be in the good 10% or the 90% that well, you can fill that in. My wife is a Marine, a damn good one too. One of the best Marines I met. When I first met her, I hated her, she was too motivated for me, haha, she actually still is. The Marines in our unit respect her, the other females in our unit, do not receive the same respect. They always have an excuse to get out of work, pt or anything that requires effort. So, out of ten females, only one is there working with us, pt'ing with us, actually being a Marine.

I say if you want to do it, have a recruiter bring in a female Marine that has been in, they will pick a respectable/good Marine. She will break it down better.

[Toogr82h8]

Everyone has their opinion of our sisters here in the Corps. My fiance was a Marine and she served four years. We met in Okinawa and she was a great Marine. However, and unfortunately that is not the norm from what I have seen in my 7 1/2 years. I have seen a lot of light duty commandos and women that use their sexuality to attempt to give them the upper hand in the situation. Because of this many men think poorly of the women.

I will tell you that I would never judge someone without seeing their performance first. There is that cloud that others have made though. Just be wary of those stereotypes and try to draw a good image.

[THORSHAMMER69]

Have you looked into ROTC? I'm just curious, why enlist now when you can finish college and get a commision? As far as getting respect goes, the guys are spot on. One way or the other you will get all the respect you deserve. If you work hard and act like a professional you'll do just fine. Good luck.