[darrellmaurina]

Might be interesting to see what the people who think women can't meet military standards think of this 51-year-old with prior service in the Navy -- she did better on her PT than most of the people her son's age in her basic training company.

[beaversmom]

So, I got attached to a virtual unit. Everything I do will be by the internet and phone,” Coast said.

What's a virtual unit.

[Tailgunner Joe]

It's not that women can't fight and kill it's that we should be too decent as a society to send our women to be raped and tortured by the enemy when we haven't even been invaded. It's reprehensible to send women into the combat zone and it defeats the purpose we're fighting for.

The Godless Obamunists insist that they just have to send women into combat or we won't have enough troops to do the job, even as they plan to cut our military by over fifty percent.

[jjm2111]

She OUTSCORED them only. The scores are weighted by age and sex. So a 51 yr. old female has to do far fewer pushups and situps and get a lot more time on the run to get the same score. Good on her for being in decent shape for her age. But she never really did “better” than her peers.

I hate this sort of PC propaganda. Her story is actually pretty compelling, returning to service after raising her son. It’s very commendable, IMO. But by pretending that she outperformed the other recruits is stupid, it demeans her, and it really demeans her fellow soldiers.