Hunter Troop = Viking Shield Maidens
Posted on 04/01/2017 5:56:35 AM PDT by rktman
She's marched for miles carrying gear that weighs as much as she does, killed animals for food during survival training and practised jumping out of planes to get behind enemy lines.
But Jannike, a pony-tailed 19-year-old from northern Norway, will only concede that she's "pretty tough".
She is part of the Hunter Troop, the world's first all-female special forces training programme.
"I wanted to do something bigger, the toughest the army could offer me," Jannike says. "I wanted to [see] how far I could push myself."
After six months, despite some "really low moments", she is determined to get through the course.
Next up on the training schedule is close-combat fighting and offensive driving.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
It wasn’t anecdotal believe me.
When I was in training our drill sgt wouldn’t let us use the MRE heaters because he said the enemy could smell them. But in Iraq, the only thing you can smell is burning piss. Point is, in modern warfare, electronics give us much greater range than our senses, so although potentially real, the problem is mitigated. I can also assure you that combat readiness is much more greatly affected by fraternization issues than the scent of blood.
Hunter Troop = Viking Shield Maidens
25 meters under water?
Viking Warrior Women!!!
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