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Vol. 15 · No. 131 · Monday, 2 November 2026

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Food service POG suggests women are useless in the military

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A Marine who served as a chef to Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller recently elaborated on his remarks after being eliminated on a recent episode of “Hell’s Kitchen.”

Sgt. Frank Cala doubled down on his statements claiming that female Marines were too dramatic and cannot physically endure the hardships imposed on male Food Service Specialists in the Marine Corps.

“They’ve never had to filter coffee through a sock,” he said. “In the field you have to improvise and just do what you have to do to survive.”

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