Posted on 04/25/2015 7:08:04 PM PDT by markomalley
To assuage fears that different standards will apply to men and women in Ranger School, women have been required to sport short haircuts, as well.
“The standard for the Ranger course is for students to have the shortest haircut authorized by AR 670-1,” Col. William Butler, deputy commandant of the U.S. Army Infantry School, told Army Times.
The idea is to maintain strict standards of hygiene. Short hair makes it much easier to spot ticks. Women are not allowed to have hair extending more than one inch from the scalp. If there are any bangs, they may not fall below the eyebrows.
Nineteen women were brought into the two-month long Ranger School on Monday for the first time ever, in an attempt to answer the larger question of whether combat occupations can be opened up to women in the military. As of Thursday, just 8 of 19 women have managed to survive the Ranger Assessment Phase (RAP) and will continue on in the course. For the first day of RAP, students needed to complete 49 push-ups in two minutes, a five-mile run in 40 minutes, and six strict chin-ups, among other things.
On Thursday, the last day, students had to hike for 12-miles with a 35-pound pack, a rifle, and a vest.
During the planning process, officials have taken extra steps to ensure the training runs smoothly, even updating the packing list requirements to include certain items for the women, such as sports bras, tampons, and a female urinary diversion device, which allows women to urinate while standing.
According to the Pentagon, all jobs have to be opened to women by January, or else the military needs to request waivers from Congress to keep certain jobs closed.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter was noncommittal this week when asked about his predictions about performance, answering that “maybe” all jobs will be opened. However, Carter seemed to think that female performance will be sufficient enough to open up most jobs.
HAHA That is so true. We now se women beating up 2 or 3 guys at a time and taking punches as if they were hit by a little 5 year old
Guys, I gotta drop off for a while...Supper is calling...
I saw the program the 5 last week where a couple of women were saying that women are not getting in due to these strict exercises and maybe they should reassess the training programs.
It’s not even that hard to get in and to be honest it’s a joke today and yet there are women now who want to reduce the test even more.
99% of the females in this country don’t even know that there are other females trying to join the Infantry.
They don’t care. They don’t have to. They don’t even have to face the possibility of being forced to be in our military. American males have to face that possibility.
So, American females think that the defense budget could easily be used for day care and Obamacare and food stamps and any other Liberal cause. They know they can’t be forced to go off into the mud or sand in some far off country and risk getting maimed or killed. They don’t care. They don’t have to.
Then, they vote for Democrats. The Democrats take their “Peace Dividends” out of the defense budget and use the money to buy themselves votes. It is males who bear the results of this female negligence.
When females are forced onto the battlefield, then they will begin to care about the defense budget.
Equality isn’t just equal gym time in high school. Equality means the equal right to be forced to fight and die.
My wife has given birth to 12 great Americans. She's answered her call of duty like a happy warrior. The last two she's had at home. She could kick GI Jane's confused arse any day of the week.
I can assure you my daughters could not be forced to register with the SS by any means. They are too brave and accurate.
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