Germano was relieved as commander of the 4th Recruit Training Battalion in June 2015 after a command climate survey and subsequent reviews painted her as a toxic leader, but she claims her commanding officer undermined her for holding female recruits to tougher physical standards.ĭuring her two recruiting tours, Germano noticed that male recruiters were reluctant to devote much attention to female poolees out of a fear that they would be accused of having an inappropriate relationship with the women and that they were spending more time with them than male poolees, she said. “The first thing the Marine Corps should do is make sure that their female screening and accountability is the same as the male applicants in the delayed entry program,” Germano told Marine Corps Times. Kate Germano, who was in charge of training female recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. Furthermore, the data show that recruits who pass the MOS Classification Standard are likely to pass the MOS Specific Physical Standards, he said.īut the data also show that Marine Corps Recruiting Command needs to do a better job letting women know that they can serve in ground combat MOSs and making sure that female poolees are physically fit by the time they arrive at boot camp, said retired Lt. McGuire noted that both men and women have been unable to meet the gender-neutral physical standards since they were implemented. The gender-neutral standards at boot camp and MOS schoolhouses are designed to “give a reasonable assurance” that Marines are physically fit enough to do the jobs for which they are training, said Brian McGuire, deputy director of the Marine Corps’ Force Fitness Division. ![]() ![]() For fiscal 2016, 55 of 64 female Marines passed the physical standards at MOS schoolhouses for those MOSs, compared with 9,981 of 10,012 male Marines. Two female Marines failed and were reclassified: One who tested as a combat engineer and the other as a tanker.ĭuring that same time, 8,327 of 8,383 male Marines passed the MOS Specific Physical Standards for previously restricted MOSs, a success rate of 99 percent, according to the data. Of the 21 women who attempted to meet these standards to join ground combat jobs between Oct. So far this year, about 90 percent female recruits who make it to combat-arms schoolhouse are passing those tests. The second round of tests, known as the MOS Specific Physical Standards, or MSPS, vary by job and passing them is required for graduation from the MOS school houses. For fiscal 2016, a total of six out of 24 female recruits - also 25 percent - passed MOS Classification Standard for ground combat jobs, compared with 4,577 of 4,754 male recruits - a 96 percent pass rate for men, the data show.įor women who make the cut at boot camp, the success rate improves significantly when they arrive at their MOS schoolhouses and face another set of gender-neutral physical standards. The pass-fail rates so far this year is similar to what the Marine Corps reported for last year. three failed for fire direction and control. ![]() ![]()
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