{"id":677,"date":"2011-10-10T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=677"},"modified":"2011-09-16T21:46:35","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T21:46:35","slug":"women-or-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2011\/10\/women-or-men.html","title":{"rendered":"Women or Men?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AS FEMALE ARMY RECRUITS we watched our femininity being taken away one piece at a time. Our civilian clothing, jewelry and makeup were locked away. Our hair was hidden under caps, and battle-dress uniforms camouflaged our figures. We were issued the same boots and eyeglasses as the men. We were all soldiers now. The final blow, however, came in a letter written by a fellow recruit&#8217;s mother. After seeing a photo of our platoon, she wrote, &#8220;I had no idea there were so many men in your group.&#8221; Of the 42 pictured, only the drill sergeant was a man.<br \/>\n&#8211;Contributed to &#8220;Humor In Uniform&#8221; by Amy Pittman<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<div>Provided Courtesy of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rd.com\/\">Reader&#8217;s Digest<\/a><\/strong>. Click here for more &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rd.com\/all-jokes.do?cat=1198\">Military Jokes<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rd.com\/all-jokes.do?cat=1198\">&#8220;.<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AS FEMALE ARMY RECRUITS we watched our femininity being taken away one piece at a time. Our civilian clothing, jewelry and makeup were locked away. Our hair was hidden under caps, and battle-dress uniforms camouflaged our figures. We were issued the same boots and eyeglasses as the men. We were all soldiers now. 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