USMC took the females for infantry and changed NO standards, specifically to demonstrate it was unworkable.
For Army my prediction is that they’ll send the standards through extreme exotic gymastics, bend them back like gumby, and later declare the results peachy and refreshing.
And everyone will be SUPER pissed-off, including the females who are passed cuz of the PC brass.
The Army severely weakened jump school for women years back, so we know they’ll do it again.
The army already has different standards for males and females. I’d like to see anyone hump those packs of a hundred pounds. I was helping to take some wounded rangers off a helicopter once, and reached with my right hand to grab one guy’s pack when 2 other guys grabbed his litter. Instead of it lifting, I fell forward ‘til I caught my balance. Then I used both hands to lift it out.
This is not a game we’re playing. I was a very fit chaplain if you go by my PT scores.
We had a lieutenant — excellent shape, could run like the wind and all day long. But he was skinny. Ranger school beat him down. He came back and said he barely passed. The upper body requirements took everything he had. Stamina was important, but strength just as important.