The Ministry of Defense has successfully bet on feminization by opening up all of its professions to women. This feminization, which has been part of the history of Defense, is today a daily reality for all the armed forces where they represent 15,5% of the personnel.
Within the armed forces in the Antilles, female personnel corresponds to 17% of the total workforce. Civilian women of Defense or military women, 211 are affected in Martinique and Guadeloupe.
Within the Defense Base Support Group (GSBdD) of the Antilles, women all have their place, in each rank, army or service. Operational support unit essential to the daily operation of all FAA units, the GSBdD brings together more than 200 men and women under the command of ... a woman: 1st Class Chief Commissioner, Maryline Hartenstein.
"Command requires a strong commitment and a great availability, qualities which are neither strictly male nor properly feminine" estimates the Chief Commissioner, 1st class. “It is all a question of choice, which perhaps arises more for a woman than for a man, the idea being more commonly accepted that a man invests himself fully in his career at the expense sometimes of his family life. A woman may be confronted with this question several times, as the life of her couple and mother evolves, and of the responsibilities she would be called upon to exercise. I was fortunate for my part to have a spouse who fully understands my commitment. Maybe because he is a soldier himself! "She specifies. After having been at the head of the Colmar GSBdD, the chief commissioner of 1st class Maryline Hartenstein has the distinction of having immediately chained to a new command post, as head of the GSBdD and director of the police station of the Antilles. “It is a recognition and a mark of confidence of the institution towards me to have entrusted me with these two successive commands. It also shows how far we have come in favor of professional equality within the Ministry of Defense. ”
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