The Marine Corps has stated over and over that they are not going to lower their standards for any of the combat arms MOS’s. They are the only service attempting to raise the female PFT standard to that of the males. There will be very few females that will pass SOI, Field Artillery School, Tank and AAV School, Combat Engineer school, LAAD Gunner school or the Marine Recon initial entry test. Very few women will even attempt to get in either of these MOS’s. The few that do get past the school still have to pass the unit requirements. There will be even fewer who will be able to do that. There will be less than 1% of women in Marine Corps combat arms MOS’s. The Marine Corps will stand it’s ground, they will not lower the standards.
Why are we engaged in this pointless activity to accommodate less than 1%?!! We are doing it because the political masters of the military have told them to do it and the Army and the Marines have saluted and said, "yes, sir!" And when those same political masters tell the Army and the Marines that there are not enough women represented in the combat arms according to pc expectations, the military will say "yes, sir!" again and do whatever it takes to make things "right" - even if it takes lowering their standards, which, of course, it will.
If the military was serious, they would simply have a "special" Army vs. Navy football game to graphically demonstrate the stupidity of this idea; half of one team would consist of female members. I know which team I would put my money on.