9. “Marine Corps Commandant Confirmation Hearing,” C-SPAN, July 23, 2015, https://www.c-span.org/video/?327285-1/marine-corps-commandant-confirmation-hearing (accessed January 11, 2018); “Stenographic Transcript before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate Hearing to Consider the Nomination of Lieutenant General Robert B. Neller, USMC, to Be General and Commandant of the Marine Corps,” July 23, 2015, https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/15-65%20-%207-23-15.pdf (accessed January 11, 2018).
10. Matthew Rosenberg and Dave Philipps, “All Combat Roles Now Open to Women, Defense Secretary Says,” New York Times, December 3, 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/us/politics/combat-military-women-ash-carter.html?_r=0 (accessed January 11, 2018).
11. James Clark, “Born in a Russian Prison, She's Now a Trailblazing infantry Marine,” Task & Purpose, March 28, 2017, http://taskandpurpose.com/born-russian-prison-shes-now-trailblazing-infantry-marine/ (accessed January 11, 2018).
12. Carl Prine, “Two Camp Pendleton Marines Disciplined for Online Misconduct in Wake of Sex-Shaming, Cyberbullying Scandal,” Los Angeles Times, April 7, 2017, http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-marine-sex-scandal-20170407-story.html (accessed January 11, 2018).
13. Clark, “Born in a Russian Prison.”
14. Carla Babb, “Female Marine Trailblazer Graduates From Infantry School,” VOA, https://www.voanews.com/a/female-marine-trailblazer-graduates-from-infantry-school/3779372.html (accessed January 11, 2018).
15. Jeff Schogol, “First Female Marine to Graduate from Infantry Officer Course,” Marine Corps Times, September 21, 2017, https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2017/09/21/first-female-marine-to-graduate-from-infantry-officer-course/ (accessed January 11, 2018).
Chapter 30: Command Performance
1. USLegal Dictionary, s.v. “Gender Bias Law and Legal Definition,” https://definitions.uslegal.com/g/gender-bias/ (accessed January 11, 2018).
2. Dave Philipps, “Marine Commander's Firing Stirs Debate on Integration of Women in the Corps,” New York Times, July 12, 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/13/us/marine-commanders-firing-stirs-debate-on-integration-of-women-in-corps.html (accessed January 11, 2018).
3. Ibid.
4. USLegal Dictionary, s.v. “Gender Discriminations Law and Legal Definition,” https://definitions.uslegal.com/g/gender-discriminations/ (accessed January 11, 2018).
Chapter 31: Equal Opportunist
1. US Marine Corps, “Marine Corps Recruit Depot: Eastern Recruiting Region; Parris Island, South Carolina,” http://www.mcrdpi.marines.mil (accessed January 11, 2018).
2. Department of Defense, “The DoD Hotline—Whistleblower Reprisal Complaints,” http://www.dodhotline.dodig.mil/hotline/reprisalcomplaint.html (accessed January 11, 2018).
3. Inspector General, US Department of Defense, “Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC, Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation,” November 28, 2016, p. 5.
4. Ibid., p. 4.
5. Ibid., p. 5.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid., p. 6
8. Ibid., p. 7.
9. Ibid., p. 13.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid., p. 19.
14. Ibid., p. 14.
15. C. J. Chivers, “Lt. Col. Kate Germano on the Marines and Women,” At War (blog), New York Times, July 28, 2015, https://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/author/c-j-chivers/ (accessed January 11, 2018).
Chapter 32: Fifth Dimension
1. Wade Livingston, “Update: Recruit Commander, Sgt. Maj. Dismissed at Parris Island,” Beaufort Gazette, June 7, 2016, updated June 8, 2016, http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/bg-military/article82227107.html (accessed January 12, 2018).
2. Ibid.
3. “Keelhauling Kate Germano, Part II,” WeaponsMan, July 14, 2015, http://weaponsman.com/?p=23915 (accessed January 12, 2018).
4. Ibid.
5. Kate Germano and Joe Plenzler, “Female Marine Officer Smashes Glass Ceiling of Infantry—Let's Learn from It,” San Diego Union-Tribune, September 25, 2017, http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/military/guest-voices/sd-me-germano-plenzler-infantry-officer-graduation-20170925-story.html (accessed January 12, 2018).
6. “Marine Corps Social Media Nude Photos Investigation,” testimony of Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller and Acting Navy Secretary Sean Stackley, C-SPAN, March 14, 2017, https://www.c-span.org/video/?425339-1/senators-press-marine-corps-commander-accountability-nude-photo-controversy (accessed January 12, 2018).
7. Joanna Walters, “‘Flawed’ Study Casts Doubts on Mixed-Gender Units in US Marine Corps,” Guardian, October 17, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/17/marines-study-casts-doubts-mixed-gender-units (accessed January 12, 2018).
8. Lolita C. Baldor, the Associated Press, “Officials: Marine Commandant Recommends Women Be Banned from Some Combat Jobs,” Marine Corps Times, September 18, 2015, https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2015/09/18/officials-marine-commandant-recommends-women-be-banned-from-some-combat-jobs/ (accessed January 9, 2018).
9. Tom Bowman, “Pentagon Opens All Combat Positions to Women,” December 3, 2015, in All Things Considered, podcast, 3:52, available via NPR at https://www.npr.org/2015/12/03/458361180/pentagon-opens-all-combat-positions-to-women (accessed January 10, 2018).
10. Daniel Brown, “A Marine Was Just Sentenced for the First Time in Connection with ‘Marines United’ Nude-Photo Scandal,” Business Insider, July 11, 2017, http://www.businessinsider.com/marine-sentenced-in-connection-with-marines-united-photo-scandal-2017-7 (accessed January 12, 2018).
11. Sean Kimmons, “More Women Than Expected Pursuing Combat Arms Positions,” US Army, December 16, 2016, https://www.army.mil/article/179741/more_women_than_expected_pursuing_combat_arms_positions (accessed January 12, 2018).
