Some USMC stuff:
"On the 13th on November 1997, Sara E. Lister, the Army's top personnel official and the Pentagon's most ardent advocate of women in combat, in a public forum called the Marines "extremists" and "a little dangerous." Mrs. Lister, the assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs also belittled the Marine Corps uniform and even the way we wear our hair. "I think the Army is much more connected to society than the Marines are." Mrs. Lister told an Oct. 26 seminar. "The Marines are extremists." "Whenever you have extremists, you've got some risks of total disconnection with society, and that's a little dangerous." Then Commandant Charles Krulak immediately inquired if her statements were correctly quoted and if she stood behind them. She acknowledged that they were. Gen Krulak made a public statement saying that such a statement "would summarily dismiss 222 years of sacrifice and dedication to the nation. It would dishonor the hundreds of thousands of Marines whose blood has been shed in the name of freedom. Honor, Courage, and Commitment are NOT extreme." The next day, the Speaker of the House sent a letter to the President demanding Lister's immediate dismissal. 24 hours later, Lister - whom insiders had expected would one day be the next choice for Secretary of the Army, resigned and has to this day not been a representative of any military organization or institution."
From: http://www.usmarineraiders.org/bday226.htm
Commandant Krulak served for 35 years, retiring in 1999.
"On the 13th on November 1997, Sara E. Lister, the Army's top personnel official and the Pentagon's most ardent advocate of women in combat, in a public forum called the Marines "extremists" and "a little dangerous." Mrs. Lister, the assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs also belittled the Marine Corps uniform and even the way we wear our hair. "I think the Army is much more connected to society than the Marines are." Mrs. Lister told an Oct. 26 seminar. "The Marines are extremists." "Whenever you have extremists, you've got some risks of total disconnection with society, and that's a little dangerous." Then Commandant Charles Krulak immediately inquired if her statements were correctly quoted and if she stood behind them. She acknowledged that they were. Gen Krulak made a public statement saying that such a statement "would summarily dismiss 222 years of sacrifice and dedication to the nation. It would dishonor the hundreds of thousands of Marines whose blood has been shed in the name of freedom. Honor, Courage, and Commitment are NOT extreme." The next day, the Speaker of the House sent a letter to the President demanding Lister's immediate dismissal. 24 hours later, Lister - whom insiders had expected would one day be the next choice for Secretary of the Army, resigned and has to this day not been a representative of any military organization or institution."
From: http://www.usmarineraiders.org/bday226.htm
Commandant Krulak served for 35 years, retiring in 1999.
