An academic report has recommended the Maine Corps stop using terms for drill instructor that denote their gender
"Honestly, that’s not a quick fix. What are we inculcating in our young recruits that will or will not be reinforced when they graduate and enter the fleet Marine force?," he said."So again, we want to avoid any quick-fix solutions that introduce perturbations down the line."
The report was part of an effort by the military branch to integrate boot camp. Until 2019, all female recruits were trained in a single battalion at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. Women now train at both Marine Corps boot camps, the other being the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, but training materials have been slow to catch up to that reality, the Military Times reported.
The report focuses on how the Maines Corps uplifts male Marines by using masculine language and allegedly ignoring female Marines. It found the PowerPoint slides from the"A leader who is confident in his decisions instills confidence in his Marines," one line read. The study also found that female Marine drill instructors were sometimes treated as less important than their male counterparts.
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