“From the report of the Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces (report date November 15, 1992, published in book form by Brassey’s in 1993):
“The average female Army recruit is 4.8 inches shorter, 31.7 pounds lighter,
has 37.4 fewer pounds of muscle, and 5.7 more pounds of fat than the average male recruit.
She has only 55 percent of the upper-body strength and 72 percent of the lower-body strength… An Army study of 124 men and 186 women done
in 1988 found that women are more than twice as likely to suffer leg injuries and nearly five times as likely to suffer [stress] fractures as men.”
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4.8 inches shorter
31.7 pounds lighter
37.4 fewer pounds of muscle
5.7 more pounds of fat
55 percent of the upper-body strength
72 percent of the lower-body strength
twice as likely to suffer leg injuries
nearly five times as likely to suffer [stress] fractures
On my first tour in VN I started at 6’2”, 165, I left at 6’2”, 130.