Posted on 04/13/2014 5:36:52 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
The military is taking steps to prepare women for combat roles in 2016.
The Marine Corps announced that it would give young female lieutenants who wash out of the grueling Infantry Officer Course a second shot, same as their male counterparts.
The Army is conducting a study to test just how fit a soldier has to be to engage in combat. The study involves 60 women and 100 men.
CBS News reported on both developments last week.
The Marine Corps announcement came after Marine 2nd Lt. Sage Santangelo took the Infantry Officer Court and wrote about her experience last month in an op-ed in The Washington Post. She didnt make it past the first day and blamed the Marine Corps for a dual standard that sets up women to flunk the course.
Fifteen young women Marines have taken the course. All washed out and all but one washed out on the first day.
She wrote that male officers could retake the course if they failed, but that women could not.
The commandant of the Marine Corps ordered the change after he read her op-ed.
"I'm very humbled that he would consider my opinions and my thoughts," Santangelo, 24, told CBS. "I'm hopeful that it will help others, and I'm glad to see that he's doing that."
The Marines invited female officers to take the Infantry Officer Course in 2012. The 13-week course tests the mettle of potential infantry officers.
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I know some Crossfit level women who can more than withstand the rigors of Quantico.
They’re gonna cook hot meals for our boys?
Awesome...
Good luck.
We’re f^ck’t with a ‘T’.
no. neither are a good thing.
Are these people series?
THE FITTER THE FRIGGING BETTER!
Camo nail polish?
Let them try again. If they washed out on the FIRST day, there is little chance that they will make it through the entire course.
No, that wasn’t him.;-)
The very strongest woman can only hope to compete with a well below average male in physical stamina.
Let's see, what will the study find, that we need higher standards, the same standard we use, or that we can get by with a lower standard.
I wonder why there is no push to put women in the NFL or MLB? Is it because there are physical differences?
Combat is not crossfit. It is a fight to the death with whatever is at hand, even if all you have is bare hands. Combat is no place for any girl, not if you want to live and win.
I thought they said the standards weren’t going to be lowered?
I'm not a big defender of women in combat but your statement is not true.
Here is the truth...
The very strongest woman can only hope to compete with a male slightly below those of very strongest in physical stamina.
I have worked out for years and run and biked against women.
The best of them are way ahead of the average male.
The average male can barely get off the couch...much less compete in a physical contest.
Who would you rather fight next to...a fag or a tough women?
She must truly hate her body to deface it that way.
The Taliban are waiting. It won’t be pretty.
Will Gunny R. Lee Ermey be preparing the gyrls?
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