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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
Fluffy the trench queen.
Nice.
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:09:53 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: boycott
They already have them but we called them shelter halfs!
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:12:33 PM PDT
by
WePledge
( Semper Fidelis)
To: Batman11
Is that Corporal Trigglypuff? I believe it's rank is Corpulant Trigglypuff.
To: boycott
They already have maternity uniforms that are essentially that.
24
posted on
07/05/2016 9:13:41 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: To Hell With Poverty; Batman11
Lance Corpulent, actually.
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:14:34 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
All the enemy has to do to get them to surrender is just announce “WE’VE GOT FUDGE!!!!”
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:18:49 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: 2ndDivisionVet
What? The BAMs were not wide enough to begin with?
And the Corps used to be so proud of the standards it upheld no matter what the political fallout might entail.
Now wider tails are becoming the accepted norm not just for millenials, it would appear.
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:20:08 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
well if you’re gonna have lesbians, you’re gonna have heavier
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:21:00 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: 2ndDivisionVet
quite likely, more trans accommodation under the guise of ‘helping’ females
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:23:59 PM PDT
by
blueplum
(March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?)
To: Utilizer
Bea Arthur ("Maude") circa 1943.
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:24:57 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: Retain Mike
Maybe...but I know, for example, a woman at 5’10” who in her late 40s is 178lbs, and thin and solid - and while active, not a workout freak.
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:25:25 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
They have also made doing pull ups optional and one can do push ups instead.
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:26:50 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: RegulatorCountry
Good for the fatties. Now they can get laid.
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:27:31 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It makes sense in a way. These super size BAMs will find that the water helps their legs support their immense weight.
(I learned that in a dinosaur book when I was little)
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:29:14 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
To: All
What Military? Deballing on warp speed.
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:32:12 PM PDT
by
80skid
To: dfwgator
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I was a 5’9” male in the Army in the late 90’s. I was 176 and was almost over the weight limit.
What the crap!?
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:36:00 PM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
To: keats5
LOL....sorry about that; it was a damned missed letter.
To: Batman11
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:44:16 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools - Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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