"For the first time in U. S. military history, two female soldiers, both West Point graduates,have satisfactorily completed the rugged Ranger course, and been awarded the prestigious RANGER tab.In a public statement, Army officials insisted that no concessions were made on account of their sex, nor were strict standards lowered. A Navy spokesman declined to speculate on whether his branch would now consider admitting female candidates to the even more stringent SEALs training program."– News Item
“G. I. JANE REDUX?”
or, The Rise ofthe Armored Mermaid
The Navy has been challenged!
Two females passed the test,
Now proudly wear the RANGER tab,
The Army’s fighting best—
What now, for skirted sailors?
Imagination reels
To think how salty admirals
Must now train lady SEALs!
Let Amazonian athletes
Signup, in droves and mobs,
To swim, and run, and call it fun,
Competing for men’s jobs—
What matter that their muscles
May strain in lifting weights,
No watered-down criteria
For female Gunner’s Mates!
When finished, they’d be killers,
Trained to use gun or knife,
How fitting, that these lady SEALs
Won’t blink to take a life.
How charming that our daughters,
Our wives, our mothers, too,
Go forth to save the nation
In bloodstained Navy blue!
8-27-15
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