Entering a classroom at MCAS (Marine Corps Air
Station,) Yuma a female Marine Captain encountered a clearly apathetic
audience. She was selected to provide a
full hours instruction in Iraqi electronic warfare capabilities to 150 Marine
aviators who showed by their body language deep skepticism about her ability to
teach war fighting skills to an all-male class.
She began by noting that her voice had just been
tested to see if it was suitable for some new cockpit recorder messages for
Marine aircraft.
Unfortunately she had not been selected to be
the new Bitching Betty, but it was only fair to warn the audience, however,
that an analysis of her voice pattern revealed that her particular voice had a
tendency to lull to sleep any male homosexual within earshot.
The assembled officers shot upright in their
chairs. 150 sets of eyes were wide open
and locked on her and stayed that way for the rest of the period.