Those standards seem like girly standards.
49 pushups?
Carry a 35 pound pack and a load out with weapon? 12 miles?
Gimme a break...
IMO, this should not be about whether they are physically able to handle the training... Doing pushups, running, etc have nothing at all to do with the rigors of actual combat...
Especially Special Ops combat...This is not something you just walk away from if you do not meet expectations like training workouts...You don’t walk away...You are carried away in a black body bag and or so are your teammates...
Men have a instinctual trait to “protect” females...This instinct could possibly divert the operators full attention away from the mission even subconsciencely...
just thought the same.
I can do that now and I’m much older and for a supposed special forces this is pathetic.
I do 3 sets of 60 push ups every day and run 5 k in less than 23 minutes.
When I was in the military we would have laughed that this test they have today.
which allows women to urinate while standing.
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That will make a large difference....what about when their ‘guts’ are wrenching out and their feet start bleeding etc....
My grandson is going in the Navy - they are making him wait till Nov, guess they are pretty well filled up.
I wont really discourage him BUT I am not real happy with the ‘condition’ of the Military AND the leaders.
He is bound cause he is 20 but I am really not all that thrilled.
But I really don’t want to discourage him either, it is a ‘family’ tradition.........
I’ve spent a fair amount of time lately with my niece’s boyfriend, who is ending a Marine enlistment, starting school in the Fall. Light infantryman. 240 MG gunner. One of those guys at the pointy tip of the spear.
He carried more than 35# of ammo, forget the MG, body armor, and other gear.
Try a full load out, rifle and ammo on a 50 mile forced march.
But that's old Corps.
49 pushups? That’s like 24 and a half Marine Corps pushups.
Those standards seem like girly standards.
49 pushups?
Carry a 35 pound pack and a load out with weapon? 12 miles?
Gimme a break...
That’s not how it works. Those are the minimum, and if you expect to finish the course, you’d better exceed those standards. You do your PT test when you’re already worn out, and if the RI doesn’t like your form, it doesn’t count. To get 49 good pushups, you may start over several times and do two or three times that number.