The US Marine Corps is fighting a switch to new “unisex” caps imposed by the Obama administration. According to a report on the NY Post website, the Marine brass “flipped their lids” over Obama’s demand that they choose a more “girly”, less masculine cap — called a cover — and switch to a more feminine looking lid.
“The Marine Corps has zero intention of changing the male cover,” the USMC press office claimed in statement posted to its website, www.marines.mil, Friday.
The press release went on to note that the Obama admin. did not order the new change. But that info conflicts with a “voting form” sent out to all marines to choose “one” new cap for ALL marines — males and females.
From The NY Post:
In an accompanying “Background Information” memo, a “uniform board” – made up of enlisted Marines — points the finger squarely at the Dept. of Defense for the new directive.
“The Marine Corps is being “encouraged” by DoD to standardize on a unisex/universal dress and service cap,” the memo reads.
“They went to the trouble of making sure the word ‘encouraged’ was in quotes,” a senior Marine source told The Post. “Clearly it is meant as a dig, to say ‘this isn’t our idea, it’s the Administration’s.’”
The internal document also noted that the “Dan Daly” style – named for the legendary Long Island Marine who was twice awarded the Medal of Honor – was initially intended as the model for an “improved female cap.” It was then “suggested, via the on-line survey process, that [it] would make an acceptable “universal” cap for all Marines.”
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