Women in the Royal Marines
A female army officer did pass the All Arms Commando course a few years ago (although there were rumours about help on the 6 ft wall - possibly chauvinistic rumours bred down the Exmouth Arms).
Good effort on her.
However letting ladies into the Royal Marines would pose 3 serious problems.
1. Changing strenuous training programmes to allow females to participate, and changing living areas, showering, 'bivvying', PC attitudes ( a major hurdle) etc
2. When to get naked in the bar and when to stay clothed.
3. Not being upstaged on a silly rig run ashore whilst wearing mini skirt, sussies and wig.
There are some women that are capable of passing the 30 week course, but cost of extra facilities, changes to training programme and the answers to points 2 & 3 may prove too difficult to answer.
Lets not try to fix something that certainly isn't broken.
Nothing terrifies Terry Taliban more than the knowledge that the blokes that are more than capable of killing them, also know how to throw a 'Phil Tuffnell' punch whilst wearing a 'small black dress' and size 10 high heels.
Last edited by GPMG; 16th Sep 2009 at 23:08.