MadDog is having fun!

[Sensei]

Wouldn't one also think that Tillerson would've been smart enough to not pick an avowed Trump hater for the post?

Yeah, well the Trump boyz are too busy running the empire, Ivanka is too busy serving as Chief of Staff, Moose-Knuckle couldn't pass the piss test, and you're too old to serve as Secretary of State. That left Barron and Tillerson as the only people left...

[SteyrAUG]

Trump will not let Mattis appoint anyone who was openly hostile to him during the GOP Primary. Mattis doesn't want GOP hacks which is understandable to some extent. What is left is Obama appointees and Hillary supporters. Enjoy.

Reportedly, the same thing is going on over at State where Tillerson's pick for his #2 was blocked by Trump because he was critical of the hairdo or something.

Trump needs to decide on a few people who have discretionary authority and delegate to them to do whatever is necessary to accomplish their stated goals. He's got too much going on to personally manage every aspect of his presidency. He picked Mattis for a reason, he needs to let him go do what he does.

[WillBrink]

If he doesn't outright roll back the women-in-infantry/SOF thing (of course Trump will have to okay it), I'd like to see him call the heads of all four services in and tell them he will court-martial anyone he finds out fudges, pads, or otherwise alters standards. No, you won't be allowed to retire, you will be freaking COURT-MARTIALED.

This has gone under the radar it seems, but NSW now accepting apps from women. No one has stepped up to try however. Smart women...

https://www.navytimes.com/story/mili...ward/82982558/

[platoonDaddy]

This has gone under the radar it seems, but NSW now accepting apps from women. No one has stepped up to try however. Smart women...

https://www.navytimes.com/story/mili...ward/82982558/

VOA Exclusive: Female Marine Joining Infantry Through Process Previously Closed to Women

PENTAGON —
One woman will make history next week as the first female Marine to join the infantry through the traditional entry-level training process that was previously unavailable to women, officials tell VOA.

Marine is finishing up her training as a mortarman and will graduate next week from the U.S. Marine Corps School of Infantry at Camp Geiger in eastern North Carolina, said Marine Capt. Joshua Pena, a spokesman for the Marine Corps Training and Education Command.

http://www.voanews.com/a/female-mari...20Bird%20Brief

[Coal Dragger]

She'll get really good at hiding out with all the other 0341's and developing insane skills at Liverpool Rummy, and Spades.

[SeriousStudent]

She'll get really good at hiding out with all the other 0341's and developing insane skills at Liverpool Rummy, and Spades.

And being the noob, she'll get to hump the baseplate.