Diana, you sound awesome! I don’t think every woman is suitable for combat. I don’t think they should drop the bar so girls who want to play DOOM can get in. Keep the bar high; if women can get in, they are the elite who can serve this nation’s military. I will be content — proud — to serve here at my home, raising my kids with Christian values and a clear understanding of what it takes to keep a free nation free (and how it’s slipping away from us). And I’ll just play DOOM on my home computer.
“Diana, you sound awesome...”
She is definitely one of our female FReeper goddesses! She has the perfect mix of sassy with sweet. :)
“Keep the bar high; if women can get in, they are the elite who can serve this nation’s military.”
Passing a PT test has nothing to do with what it takes in the field. You pass a PT test one day. In the field, the stress is applied hour after hour, day after day. The few women who can pass the PT test are the elite of the women, but they won’t hold up under the daily stress of real field operations.
That is the problem. Civilians in America think it is a game. Just practice to do some push-ups, meet the MINIMUMs, and you’re ready. BUT YOU ARE NOT! Even meeting the maximums doesn’t mean you are ready for field operations.