Posted on 03/14/2021 6:45:22 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
In a new essay published Thursday, Capt. Kristen Griest, the first U.S. Army infantry officer, said lowering Army fitness standards could hurt the Army’s combat readiness and reduces the trust female soldiers can expect from their fellow soldiers.
In her essay for West Point’s Modern War Institute, Griest, who also became the first of three women to earn the Army Ranger Tab, said creating a separate fitness standard for women would reduce the overall effectiveness of Army combat units.
Referring to a proposed standard for women to run a two-mile test in under 21 minutes, Griest said “the presence of just a handful of individuals who cannot run two miles faster than twenty-one minutes has the potential to derail a training exercise, not to mention an actual combat patrol. Entire companies of 130 soldiers will be forced to frequently halt operations in order to medically evacuate the ill-prepared as they succumb to fatigue and injury.”
Griest said other soldiers will have to take up the burden of their unfit teammates, which could be inconvenient for training but deadly in combat.
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Ditto! Yes, they purposely time stuff. I was with one woman that had 4 kids, and pregnant again. I questioned this. She said that she would get knocked up as much as necessary to keep from being deployed! This was in response to going on rotation at the NTC in Ft Irwin, Ca.
Plopping kids kept her pay and comfort. At our expense. Sickening.
The lowering of all standards is part of the decadence of Western Civilisation.
The greatest and most fundamental evil of the decadence is contempt for truth--truth for its own sake--which has permeated all of society. American journalism has no interest in truth; so-called "journalists" and the rest of the American intelligentsia distrust truth and have only contempt for truth.
This contempt for truth, among other things, results in an inability to understand the folly and the inevitable bad results of the lowering of standards.
If anything can lead to solutions of problems, it's truthful evaluation, i.e. the acceptance of truth wherever it presents itself. However when truth is rejected and those who speak truth are silenced, the solution of problems becomes impossible.
Many of those who scorn truth don't care. They want power--not the solution of problems--and certainly not truth.
Some of those who scorn truth are just plain stupid.
Referring to a proposed standard for women to run a two-mile test in under 21 minutes,
The whole “winning wars” thing is so-o-o-o-o last century.
True, but beside the point.
The warrior's instinct to protect women is stronger than his instinct to die for his comrades or his motivation to destroy the enemy with fire and sword.
This cannot possibly work.
“A YEAR! Nine-month for the pregnancy, then maternity leave, and optional paid leave behind that.”
“I’ve heard of women who timed kids to avoid PT, etc., for years.”
Or they’d run around the barracks desperately trying to get knocked up when the division receives a warning order for deployment.
“winning wars” thing is so-o-o-o-o last century.
I thought the goal now is not “winning” the war but getting a “participation” trophy
Have you ever been in the military? Fitness test twice a year. It is generally someone’s collateral duty at your command to administer the test. B
Lower standards for female soldiers are not an exception to the rule.
Well, since the communists intend to use that military on We the People, let them be faggoty.
Good point
“I can’t imagine what it’s like in the Navy or Air Force.”
I’m going to tell you what it was like in the USAF but I want you to promise not to laugh so hard you die choking from not being able to breath, OK, no laughing...it was a 1.5mile WALK in 45 minutes.
Stopped at a Mobil station the other day. There was a Sheriff car sitting at a pump. Then I saw this 5’ 9” guy that was 250-300 lbs of pure blubber walk out of the store wearing a sidearm walk over and plunk his fat ass down in the car. There’s no way in hell this guy could even jog, let alone run.
Everywhere I go, it seems everyone’s overweight and a lot are downright obese. It doesn’t seem to bother people to turn into lard asses these days.
A lot of talk about how ‘global warming’ is a national security issue. I think that’s ludicrous. However, there’s no talk about how obesity is a national security issue, probably because that would be ‘cruel, hate’ speech and body-shaming.
But, it’s clear it’s a problem both in terms of national security (military unpreparedness) and a detriment to effective policing.
You may remember that escapee from the ATL jail who ended up beating his escort half to death, stealing her gun and going on a four-day killing spree about a decade or so ago. That sheriff who was escorting him - alone - was a woman, under 5’5” and over 200 lbs.
But, she was a minority, a female and therefore, an invaluable member of law enforcement....and a half-dozen or so people are now dead because of it.
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=fat+soldier&atb=v1-1&iax=images&ia=images
Image search for fat soldiers
Worse, when I was in, it was easy for a 40 or older person to get a waiver from any PT tests.
IIRC It is/was common for a woman that wanted off a ship to get pregnant . Got as high as 10% attrition.
And Tucker was mainly dumping (rightfully) on pregnant fighter pilots.
The idea is beyond insane.
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