First woman passes gruelling Army commander course

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Can't find anything in the mainstream media so details are a little sketchy, but:

twitter.com/LOS_Fisher/status/1109047032436666369

From further down the thread Lucy Fisher says "Passing the course at IBSBrecon paves the way to command 8 infantry soldiers.

Of course infantry have been commanded on the frontline by women (e.g. forward observation officers / fire support team officers) for eons, but not - until now - from within the infantry itself"

Well done Ms Soldier!

I'm sorry but I have to ask...are they a woman of the adult human female variety?

Yes, brave and stunning woman or boring old mk1 cunty kind?

It is sad to say I thought the same way.

If she's a bio woman, I hope suspicion doesn't take the shine off her amazing performance.

Am I the only one who thought with disbelief this was going to be about Melainer Trump?

Yes sadly that was my first thought as it is with any article like this now.

www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/female-soldier-to-command-infantry-troops-having-passed-brecon-course/ar-BBV6fsR?li=AA59G2

All info available points to her being an actual woman.

Fantastic! Good for her. What a woman!

Good for her. Also, what a wonderful set of photos of women during ww2 embedded in that link above.

She has passed the SAS course which takes its recruits from the Army.

Love the last quote which says that she needs to know that she has completed the same demanding requirements as men and that she isn’t a token.

This is all so confusing though, isn't it. What is a woman?

In Sept 2016 there was this headline:
news.sky.com/story/transgender-soldier-becomes-first-woman-on-frontline-of-british-army-10581080

This article was particularly confusing:
graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/transgender-soldier-chloe-allen-first-serve-frontline/
Transgender guardsman Chloe Allen is the first female soldier to serve on the British Army’s frontline. Allen, who serves with the Scots Guards, will be the first woman in history trained to fight in close hand combat with the enemy.

The 24-year-old Cumbrian began dressing in her mother’s clothes at aged eight. She joined the Scots Guards four years ago, when she was known as Ben. Since last August, she has begun the transition process: beginning hormone therapy and changing her name.

in July of this year, former Prime Minister David Cameron approved a recommendation by the head of the Army to allow women to serve in frontline combat roles. Due to Chloe's unique situation, she will be the first woman fully trained to fight in hand-to-hand combat. Eh?

And then in 2017: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/13/first-female-british-army-officer-commissioned-royal-tank-regiment/

But then there was this in 2018:
metro.co.uk/2018/05/28/britains-first-female-infantry-recruit-quits-after-two-weeks-7582970/

Who can tell what we're actually talking about anymore, what with all this gaslighting as to what a woman/female is?

I'd forgotten Chloe, Chloe was one of my 'rabbit-hole' moments, can't believe it's been that long.

Clock the poor newsreader's misgendering at 10 seconds in!

My first thought too was what sort of woman. Piers tweeted about it, I assume he thought she was an actual woman?

I'll wait to give congratulations until I know if the person in question is a woman or a transwoman.

Yeah, I don't buy it. name withheld for security reasons bollox.

What a crazy world where mainstream papers call men, women.

Chloe's a woman but actually a man that's just started taking exogenous female hormones.

I am so cheesed off that I can't now see a headline about a female achievement and not just be impressed and pleased. It's really unpleasant.

Chloe is not a woman - Chloe is a transwoman. Big difference.

I will use this thread to shamelessly plug one of the best books ever written about women and war:

www.penguin.co.uk/books/295/295606/the-unwomanly-face-of-war/9780141983530.html

It is an astonishing read full of moments that cause chills to run down the spine. It is women giving their own accounts of their very diverse experiences at war and it is not gratuitous. It is an extraordinary book.

Ordered! Thanks nauticant

Its interesting that she's the first female to complete the course. Of course there are no physical differences between men and women are there? (sarcastic reference re: womens sport)

It's uncompromising stuff TowelNumber42 but I've never read anything else like it.

As far as the thread goes I'm quietly optimistic that the person who has passed the Army commander course is actually a woman.