Have you ever seen a 30 year old female captain trying to keep up with her 23 year old male lieutenants? This is just another step along the lines of ‘military as a social program’. The tip-off was the increase in child care facilities. REAL IMPORTANT, especially for the uniformed mother of four kids with four different fathers.
Sigh. I know. Was trying to avoid introducing too many other arguements.
When I drive on post during PT now, the primary pace appears to be “the stroll” and the primary formation “the couple”. He’s and She’s out for a nice walk together before breakfast.
Whatever happened to running till your tongue hung out, then adding one more lap running away from the billets to see who fell out? And yes, for you young uns out there, it was in fact uphill both ways....