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canada goose jacket outlet The Marine Corps’ research was conducted as the services face a deadline this fall to submit recommendations to Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter on whether any jobs should be kept closed to women. Then Defense Secretary Leon Panetta threw the doors to women serving in all positions in January 2013, but gave the services until this fall to research how they wanted to better https://www.canadagoosejacketonlines.ca integrate women and if any jobs should be kept closed. canada goose jacket outlet
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canada goose outlet uk sale “It started out with a fairly large component of the men thinking this is not a good idea and women will never able to do this,” Mabus said of the Marine Corps’ research. “When you start out with that mindset, you almost presuppose the outcome.” canada goose outlet uk sale
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canada goose outlet Marine officials have said for months that they did not want to lower the standards already in place, but would adhere to Panetta’s 2013 directive, which called for developing new gender neutral standards for each job. A spokesman for the secretary, Navy Capt. Patrick McNally, said Friday that “in many cases there were no standards, or they were arbitrarily set.” canada Canada Goose Outlet goose outlet
Mabus “appreciates that the study has provided a basis for occupational standards within those career fields covered by the report,” McNally said.
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