I have a female friend who is a stud. Does marathons and triathlons. Great athlete. She was rejected by the Army because of eczema, which is totally controlled by medication. Went all the way up the chain with appeals and they still deemed her medically unfit to serve.
Good point and very relevant.
The last couple posts have motivated me to sound off on how I really feel about this issue.
As a US Marine, you were required to conform to very strict, rigid standards of uniform dress and bearing.
I was on the Marine power lifting team and some of us had to get ht/wt waivers.
For example, I was one of the lifters who had to get a body composition test .
Keep in mind, I'm 5'10" and competed in 198 lbs class , making me only a few lbs over the marine standard.
I got the waiver and understood why they required it.
It's a pretty simple concept at work here.
If you want to be a marine, you conform to THEIR standards of dress, appearance , hair style, etc.
When you're a US Marine, you act the part , look the part and will go to war If called .
As a member of the US military, you volunteer to be under the UCMJ* and waive your basic rights.
* Uniform Code of Military Justice.
I never served in combat, but went thru the training.
Most of it was tough , stressful and mentally exhausting.
They never asked me , if I wanted to do it. They simply ordered me to.
You know that going in and without a draft everyone is a volunteer.
If you want to be a drag queen or change your gender, that's NOT part of the USMC.
Those who want to do their own thing, fine and dandy.
BUT do so on your nickel ,as a private citizen.
The military recruits men and women of all races, creeds and faiths.
In my experience, it was the fairest organization I was ever involved with.
I don't think sticking with one gender is too much to ask to wear the uniform.
