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Marine Corps to Allow Heavier Women to Join the Service
The Washington Free Beacon ^
| July 5, 2016
| Natalie Johnson
Posted on 07/05/2016 8:44:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The U.S. Marine Corps issued new guidelines over the Fourth of July holiday weekend that will relax weight limits for servicewomen.
Female Marines will now be allowed to weigh five to seven pounds more than previously accepted for each inch of their height, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. A 5-foot-9 woman, for example, who was previously allowed to weigh up to 169 pounds, can now weigh up to 176 pounds.
The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert Neller, detailed the changes Friday as the military continues to fully integrate women into combat positions. He also outlined an overhaul to the Marines Corps’ annual combat fitness and physical fitness tests....
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afewgoodcows; marines; military; slobovia
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Des this mean that Hillary can finally join the Marines?
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:46:25 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(Islamophobia, a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
guess they got to take the “no fat chicks” sign off the recruitment poster
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:46:59 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Wisdom is doing due diligence before forming an opinion)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:48:14 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Because male into female tannies would weigh more?
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:48:45 PM PDT
by
nopardons
To: nopardons
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:49:09 PM PDT
by
nopardons
To: 2ndDivisionVet
As I recall, the standard isn’t really by weight, but by body fat. Weight is just a screening mechanism.
Well-muscled men and women could weigh well outside the stated parameters.
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:49:24 PM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Muschelle could not run a lap around the white hut, but she could qualify for the marines? Zero wants Putin to beat us quickly!
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:51:34 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:51:48 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: 2ndDivisionVet
this is just to accommodate more lesbians and more black women of size....
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:53:43 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: Kickass Conservative
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:56:40 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:58:15 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Kickass Conservative
Dunno how tall PIAPS is, but that pig is well north of 200...............
To: 2ndDivisionVet; tet68; lepton
I am 5 feet 9 inches, weigh 152 and workout regularly. If I added 24 pounds it would have to be blubber. If a woman got rid of about 15 pounds in boot camp, maybe.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
OK this is a trick fairground mirror
In reality she's fatter than that.
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:01:56 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools - Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
To: nopardons
tannies= trannies
Oh, thank goodness. I thought we had to learn yet another new word!
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:04:46 PM PDT
by
keats5
To: Oztrich Boy
Is that Corporal Trigglypuff?
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:06:03 PM PDT
by
Batman11
( All Muslims are not terrorists, but almost all terrorists are Muslim!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Just put a fork in the Military. It’s done.
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:07:48 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
176 lbs?
When will they start issuing uniform moo moos?
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:09:06 PM PDT
by
boycott
(--s)
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