Slurs

Statements that have caused me to doubletake:

8am this morning, I hesitated to give one of the drill sergeants a high five:
"Too late, if you hesitate you die"....exellent way to start the morning.

Working on stats this morning and couldn't remember who quit training, so I asked the Colonel who replied:
"Cdt Smiley, he was the soulless ginger"...not something you expect out of a Lieutenant Colonel, but ok thats cool at least I got my numbers?

THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED MAY HAVE JUST HAPPENED, sorta. kinda, unconfirmed, but still an awesome maybe. I went to talk to the Lieutenant Colonel, my point of contact, about potentially not having to go to Golf Company. He said that he really doesn't foresee them needing me over there and that I may just get to be like everybody else and only have to work one cycle. Relief. Things might just be looking up. This gives me time to get into super shape before Engineer BOLC and to read up on all of the necessary materials to put me above the curve (hopefully) before I get there.

Many combat opportunities are being opened up for women by the end of this year. With these decisions come many opinions and outlooks about these decisions. So here is my opinion, like it or not. Being an engineer, I am more that excited for the opportunity to be a combat engineer, and given the opportunity to be one would thus far be my biggest life accomplishment and dream. Being afforded this opportunity means being held to standard, that is THE MALE STANDARD, so in my opinion there should be no shift in the standard to accomodate females in these branches. At my age, the male standard it 65 pushups, about 70 situps, and a 13:24 2 mile run time which is a completely attainable standard for a female who wants it bad enough. And I do. While I have no problem listening to the doubts and skepticism that many males in combat branches have, and the "why do you feel like you have something to prove" and "you're crazy to want to do something like this" statements heard on a regular basis, I still want to at least get the opportunity to do something that I am passionate about. And to answer the question of "why do you want to do this?" my response is "why did you want to do it?" The answer to want to do something like this is universal, it is not a question of having something to prove. I've wanted to be a 12Bravo since the minute I contracted, so I will try my darndest to make it happen. So, I have made an appointment to get my special forces physical in order to prepare myself for the absolute best case scenario. The upcoming year brings a great deal of uncertainty to say the least.