Language warning for the URL. Still, more reserved than I'd have been had it happened in my day. With some leadership and solidarity there could have been mass refusal. I guess the Marines are the only service left that is even trying to maintain standards.
This is pretty disgusting stuff. You can bet there is none of this nonsense in the Iranian, Russian, or Chinese military.
And no, despite the date, it was not April Fools. Well, not officially; it was April, and the fool in question is one BG Peggy Combs (.pdf bio), a “woman in sensible shoes” who sees the essential function of her command, the Army ROTC Cadet Command, as humiliating and shaming the men unfortunate enough to be in her passive-aggressive power.
And yes, it was “a date with Amanda, Amanda Tory” event for the unfortunate cadets. You could opt not to go, but if you didn’t, Combs hissed, you didn’t “support the command’s SHARP/EO program,” and you might as well just change your name tape to Rapey McRaperson.
