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Notable & Quotable: Marines’ ‘Unconscious Bias’

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03.22.2016 at 08:30am

Notable & Quotable: Marines’ ‘Unconscious Bias’Wall Street Journal and Military.com

From military.com reporter Hope Hodge Seck’s “All Marines to Get ‘Unconscious Bias’ Training as Women Join Infantry,” March 18:

Marines across the Corps will be challenged on their unconscious prejudices and presuppositions as women get the opportunity to become grunts for the first time.

The Marine Corps is rolling out mandatory training for all Marines before the first future female rifleman hits boot camp, aiming to set conditions for a smooth transition and head off cultural resistance.

Mobile training teams will be dispatched to installations across the Corps throughout May and June to offer a two-day seminar to majors and lieutenant colonels, Col. Anne Weinberg, deputy director of the Marine Corps Force Innovation Office, told reporters…

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