Fight like a girl : the truth behind how female Marines are trained

Germano, Kate, 1973- author.

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The Marine Corps continues to be the only service where men and women train separately in boot camp or basic training. This segregation negatively affects interaction with male marines later on, and, lower expectations of female recruits are actively maintained and encouraged. But Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano arrived at the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island--which exclusively trains female recruits--convinced that if she expec...

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ISBN:

9781633884137
1633884139

Description:

304 pages ; 23 cm

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Truth behind how female Marines are trained

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Tears and cupcakes
The firing squad
Not smart enough to be a sailor
Data geek
The rest of the story
Esprit de cult
Fourth dimension
Iron ladies
Great expectations
Separate but not equal
Corsets kill careers
Moving targets
Pizza boxes
Preaching integration
Shoot like a girl
Train like a girl
Mean girls
When there's no one left to blame
Fisticuffs
While the cat is away
Thumpin' third
Good news travels fast
Like a (bad) boss
Climate change
The rapist is always wrong
Worst of the worst
General relativity
Kill the messenger
Leaked like a sieve
Command performance
Equal opportunist
Fifth dimension: a lifetime of devotion

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2017049748

Control Number:

2493865

Other Authors:

Kennedy, Kelly, 1970- author

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