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Two Women Make History by Passing Army's Elite Ranger School
NBC News ^
| 8/17/2015
| Nick Tomecek
Posted on 08/17/2015 9:07:12 PM PDT by sparklite2
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To: sparklite2
I don’t believe for a second that they did not lower the standard.Not for a second.
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posted on
08/17/2015 10:24:55 PM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: Perseverando
You can take that to the bank.
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posted on
08/17/2015 10:25:40 PM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: jonascord
There is. Those listed are the minimum, they expect you to do more. If it looks like you are trying to skate by on minimums well you may not pass evals.
To: sparklite2
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posted on
08/17/2015 11:12:25 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
To: TexasFreeper2009
Exactly. They are tough enough
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posted on
08/17/2015 11:44:17 PM PDT
by
Cronos
(ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
To: SeaHawkFan
Flunking them would have ended a number of careers. you speak the truth
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posted on
08/18/2015 12:23:41 AM PDT
by
TangibleDisgust
("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." - Voltaire)
To: familyop
As so many have said for so many years, put them in their own all-woman infantry unit. Then send them against the enemy on their own, with no other combat units as crutches and no Hollywood-like video presentations by special operations units, when the opportunity is presented. In other words...no more sleight-of-hand or other deceptions for duping our civilian populace. won't work. one of the scams of a coed military is that lots of female soldiers just happen to get pregnant right before deployment and thus end up avoiding deployment altogether.
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posted on
08/18/2015 12:28:27 AM PDT
by
TangibleDisgust
("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." - Voltaire)
To: jwalsh07
Im 64 years old. I do 50 pushups a night. When I was a grunt I could do many more. 49 pushups and 6 pullups seems a bit on the light side fro Ranger school.
When I was in Benning OCS in '69 the standard was 25-50 pushups for any minor infraction. I agree that 6 pullups seems light.
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posted on
08/18/2015 1:09:00 AM PDT
by
x1stcav
(Oh! No! I just learned Freddy Mecury was a queer.)
To: sparklite2
I guess having a 2 star general as one of your lane walkers on a patrol is standard now, along with having 30 female “minders” tagging along. The females definitely were held to different standards, that’s why they were allowed to recycle twice in the same phase (Camp Darby). They definitely were held to different standards, and before anyone tries to give me the BS that they were held to the same standard, I went through Ranger School in ‘85 as a 19 y/o private out of 2/75 and it kicked my ass. Lost 40+ lbs in the course. This PC BS is gonna get good guys killed. Rant off.
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posted on
08/18/2015 1:19:14 AM PDT
by
mikefive
(RLTW)
To: Perseverando
I’d guess that’s probably it. - Several years ago, I heard from an ex-military man that they could not “bug out” when they got the order because the women didn’t have the upper body strength to prepare to bug out. So, they didn’t.
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posted on
08/18/2015 1:40:34 AM PDT
by
Twinkie
(John 3:16)
To: jwalsh07
Those numbers seem close to my maxes decades ago...that would have been max for a twenty yr old girl... So.. Looks like lower standards for sure. I was always scoring at least a 301 or better.. I guess after seeing the dedication Rhonda Rousey puts into her MMA career.. My views on this are changing. RR is a true warrior... Guess there may be a handful of women who can do it... The question is, should they? Why not have the most capable warrior, regardless of any other factor. An elite group of premenstual women could do some damage... Might just need a week of chocolate and a pillow to cry in later.
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:07:31 AM PDT
by
momincombatboots
(Back to West by G-d Virginia.)
To: max americana
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:09:12 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
The leftwing politics surrounding the qualifications are disgraceful.
The Left goes on and on about discrimination as if Conservatives don’t have daughters they love/respect.
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posted on
08/18/2015 2:15:28 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: TangibleDisgust
Saw that first hand in the first Gulf War. Get knocked up, go home.
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posted on
08/18/2015 3:06:20 AM PDT
by
onona
(If I agree with something Donald says in a forest, and no one hears, am I still a "Trumper" ?)
To: sparklite2
Good for the two ladies. Now, have them compete in the annual “Best Ranger Competition”. If they can make the cut, then assign them to the 75th Rangers. If not, no more female Rangers. Reason; they are not deployable in combat zones.
Go here for details of the 2015 Best Ranger Competition; http://www.bestrangercompetition.com/
To: TexasFreeper2009
“If they can pass the test (and the test hasnt been made easier just so they can pass) Then I say let them in.”
I agree 100%.
To: jonascord
“12 miles with 100 lbs of gear”
Article didn’t say “with gear”.
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posted on
08/18/2015 3:34:19 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
To: jwalsh07
Im 64 years old. I do 50 pushups a night. When I was a grunt I could do many more. 49 pushups and 6 pullups seems a bit on the light side fro Ranger school.I'm 62 and work out with my bowflex and run (have an elliptical for the Biloxi Summers and other bad weather). and am in similar condition. I could do the strength requirements of push ups and pull ups after my workout....
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posted on
08/18/2015 3:47:01 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: sparklite2
Hmmm.... I thought the test was tougher than that. Honestly.
Congrats to the two ladies that surpassed the standards and earned the tab.
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posted on
08/18/2015 3:47:31 AM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: sparklite2
None of those standards seem too high in an of themselves. Most high school athletes could accomplish all of them. The thing about Ranger training is the grueling repetitive nature of it. Men physically break down from it. Men that have been through it speak of the ‘mental toughness’ that is required to finish the training.
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posted on
08/18/2015 4:19:58 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
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