NEWSMAX: Some positions in the Marines may remain closed to women if only a small percentage can meet the physical standards, said a top commander.
“If the numbers are so small with regards to qualification, then there very may well be (job fields) that remain closed,” Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos said in an interview Tuesday with USA Today. “Those will be few and far between.”
Amos stated that nearly all combat positions in the Marines would be opened up to women. He drove home the point made earlier by Pentagon leaders that physical standards for combat positions would be gender neutral and would not be changed due to the end of the ban on women in combat… (more)
