Do All-Male U.S. Marine Infantry Units Outperformed Teams With Women?

Washington Post: Navy secretary criticizes controversial Marine Corps gender integration study

The Navy secretary took issue with the Marine Corps’ controversial gender integration study released Thursday, saying that he questioned some of its findings and still believes the military would be best with all jobs open to women.

In an interview with NPR, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus commented on the study, which found that combat units integrated with female Marines typically did not move as quickly or shoot as accurately, and that women were more than twice as likely to suffer injuries.

The study tracked about 300 male Marines and 100 female Marines through nine months of rigorous combat activities at Twentynine Palm, Calif., and Camp Lejeune, N.C., including long marches carrying heavy loads and live-fire exercises with a variety of weapons. Women were inserted into some squads of Marines for 24 to 36 hours, with the units all compared.

WNU Editor: This story reminds me of one of my favourite sayings .... "the data never lies ... but people lie about the data".

More News On Reports That All-Male U.S. Marine Infantry Units Outperformed Teams With Women

Navy skeptical of marine corps study declaring all-male squads perform better -- The Guardian/Reuters
This is How the US Navy Secretary Responded to a Marine Corps Study Critical of Women in Combat -- IJReview
Navy Secretary Believes Combat Positions Should Be Open To Qualified Women -- NPR
Marine Corps Study: All-Male Combat Units Performed Better Than Mixed Units -- NPR
Mixed-gender teams come up short in Marines' infantry experiment -- Marine Times
U.S. Marines study: Women in combat injured more often than men -- UPI
Marine experiment finds women get injured more frequently, shoot less accurately than men -- Washington Post
Marine Corps test out women in combat roles but find that only a few can handle the mental stress of the job and many drop out -- Daily Mail
The US Marines tested all-male squads against mixed-gender ones, and the results were pretty bleak -- Quartz
Colonel Germano: Low Expectations Limit Female Marines -- Time
The U.S. Marines Pitted All-Male Squads Against Mixed-Gender Squads And Made A Big Discovery -- Western Journalism
Why Marines, unlike Army and Navy, are so against women in combat -- Anna Mulrine, CSM