Originally Posted by
Hammer3
Maybe I missed something in this thread, so if someone knows the answer's please advise
me so I can stand corrected.
In 2011/12, and possibly earlier,( according to Stars and Stripes), the Corps was
experimenting with women in combat rolls in various fields, including artillery. Yet, this
recruit was chosen to be the first or one of the first women in artillery; and further yet she
hadn't even completed boot camp? The recruit was already given the artillery MOS?
I know that recruits are allowed to state their preferences of an MOS, but I wasn't aware
that the Corps was assigning them, before they completed Boot Camp.
I believe that this thread came of the tracks by a lack of understanding how the Corps
works by both the recruit and the mother.
Bottom Line: I personally don't believe that the Corps puts it's goal of women in combat
in the hands of an untested recruit in a field like artillery or any other combat field.
I wish the former recruit the best, and the mother was seeking answers, and the answer is
somewhere between reality and the truth, and neither has surfaced yet.