Marines shoot down Obama "girly hat" internet rumor

Do me a favor. Whenever you read a story on a blog, including mine, if they do not link back to the original story, find it yourself before you look really stupid when the truth comes out. You are way smarter than the jerks starting this stuff. Then do yourself a favor and stop reading what they decide they can fool you with.  The fake story is all over the internet.

Marines shoot down Internet story on Obama’s alleged push for ‘girly hats’
Stars and Stripes
By Jennifer Hlad
Published: October 24, 2013

The story is sweeping the Internet: President Barack Obama is trying to emasculate male Marines by making them wear a girly cover with their famed dress uniforms. The only problem? It’s not true.

First, some background: Men and women in the Marine Corps currently wear different types of covers as part of their dress and service uniforms. The manufacturer of the women’s “bucket cover” – which has a distinctly different shape than the men’s cover – is going out of business and will not continue to make the cap, according to the Marine Corps.

The Marine Corps also has been asked by the DoD to find a unisex option for a dress and service cover, Marines said.

So, the Marine Corps Uniform Board, which meets quarterly, decided to gather feedback in advance of its meeting next week. Active and Reserve Marines were asked to vote on whether they believe women should adopt the current male cover, with some small modifications, or for all Marines to adopt what they call the Dan Daly cap.

Sgt. Maj. Dan Daly, a two-time Medal of Honor recipient who yelled, “Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?” as he led Marines into the fight at Belleau Wood during World War I, wore a cap similar to the option proposed by the survey.
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Sorry but I can't let this go.

Why do people waste so much time pushing rumors but spend no time at all on what is really happening? Seems to be that Congress and the DOD spending billions a year would be enough to be upset about since suicides went up. What do these pretend "patriots" push? What they hate passing it off as out of love. Would be a lot more patriotic to save some lives and do some good in this country instead.

Ok, I'm done.