Posted on 04/08/2015 1:39:17 PM PDT by QT3.14
Six more female soldiers have qualified to attend Army Ranger School later this month after passing the same physical fitness standards as men, including six pull-ups, 49 push-ups in two minutes, 59 sit-ups in two minutes and a five-mile run in 40 minutes, Army officials said Wednesday.
The six additional women, all of them officers, will join at least six other female soldiers who have passed the Ranger Training Assessment Course that qualified them to attend the first gender-integrated Ranger School course that will begin April 20 and last for two months.
(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
That is just to get in. If you barely make those, you’ll wash.
I think that “qualification” test is just to ensure you won’t drop dead right out of the gate. After that it gets much harder.
Check your math. That’s 1 push up or 1 situp approximately every 2 sec.
They’re qualified for ENTRY. That just means they can experience the abuse and hardship before flunking out.
Its a joke.http://www.fredoneverything.net/MilMed.shtml
The women are in excellent shape for women. But the 12 mile forced march with full pack , weapon and ammo separates the women from the girls.
The qualifications sound odd to me. The 6 pull ups is a joke but he push ups and situps sound moderately difficult. I did once know a guy who did 1000 situps very quickly to win a bet then asked if anyone else wanted to bet he couldn’t do 2000. There were no takers.
I was a terrible distance runner but the 5 mile jog doesn’t sound very hard at all.
http://www.military.com/military-fitness/army-special-operations/army-ranger-pft
To be competitive in any of these physical tests, the future Ranger students must not strive for the minimum standards listed above, but must maximize their personal physical effort and strive for the following recommended scores:
Ranger PFT Recommended Scores
Push-ups in 2:00 80
Sit-ups in 2:00 80
Pull-ups 12
Two-mile run Sub 13:00
5 Mile run 35:00
16-mile hike w/65lb pack 4-5 hours
15-meter swim with gear Pass/Fail
That test is a spoonful relative to a gallon.
Ranger School has been described as “two months of no food and no sleep”.
Guys who finish Ranger school and go off to war say “Thank God ... at least I’m not in Ranger school anymore”.
While I was still on active duty, the Marine Corps Physical Fitness test minimums were three pullups, 80 situps in two minutes and a three mile run under 28 minutes. Maxing the test was 20 pullups in 2 minutes, the 80 situps in two minutes and the three mile run 18 minutes or under.
It's ignorant and shameful to equate passing a simple physical test standard with combat. Combat requires killing people, living in horrible conditions and carrying a huge load of ammunition, water, and body armor while doing it. It is ridiculous to expect that women will be anything but a dangerous distraction to fighting men.
They RIs stop you when you meet the minimum requirement. There are so many people there, it’s crazy how long it takes to do the APFT for everyone.
The ruck march is light, especially for infantry standards.
The push and sit ups were once part of a normal PT test. Those are all minimum amounts, secondly the RI[Ranger Instructor] 'always' counted the push with a heavy hand, meaning, you probably had to do a extra 20 or so to ensure the correct amount, or almost bounce on the ground to be considered 'low' enough for the minimum.
The requirements, have not always been especially daunting, but the patrolling and such were always the problems.
I have no doubt these young ladies can meet the physical requirements. Especially since they have been put in a environment of being taught, land nav, patrolling and such prior to attending School. Mountain and Florida phase are not fond memories. The sugar sand at Eglin will shape the ladies calves.
RLTW
Why do females get to pick and choose?
There will never be true equality until every female in this country between the ages of 18 and 55 is forced to register with the Selective Service.
Maybe there wouldn’t be such a large percentage of females voting for the anti-military Democrats if they had to worry about getting their heads blown off.
Nothing good will come from this.
In the press release, I noticed a typical weasel expression: "after passing the same physical fitness standards as men." It's irrelevant. What matters is whether they're pansi-fying the Ranger course. Is it the same entrance test the Rangers have always had—or did they make it easier so at last a girl could qualify? And will they put the ladies through the same course Rangers have always taken? I can't believe they plan to—otherwise, no females will pass, ever, and apparently we can't have that.
If they messed with the entrance test or the course this time around, it only proves the obvious: Females cannot do the job of elite soldiers. Or any soldiers.
The sit ups and the 5-mile run should be a breeze for any woman in good shape (e.g., a cross country or other distance runner). The pushups and pullups doable, but only after extensive training for a naturally strong woman.
Did they drop the pullups number to make it easier for women?
The logic of Congress: Since women could not be in combat roles they were exempt as I recall.
That has changed. When will Congress step up to the plate?
Where are the loud protests from the feminists, etc?
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