Posted on 06/22/2016 5:36:34 PM PDT by RightGeek
Six out of seven female recruits failed to pass the Marines' rigorous physical fitness requirements - compared to only 40 out of 1,500 male recruits, according to new data.
The figures, obtained by the Associated Press, show what progress has been made six months after the Pentagon opened all combat jobs open to women.
Seven women are now serving in combat roles in the Marines or are waiting to serve, while 167 are performing non-combat duties in front-line units.
But the fitness requirements are proving a tough nut to crack for female recruits.
All recruits to the Marines are required to carry out pull-ups, ammunition-can lifts, a three-mile run and combat maneuvers before they can be considered for combat duty.
The numbers underscore the difficulty of integrating women into the demanding jobs, and reflect the small number of women who want to be combat Marines and can pass the new tough physical standards required to qualify.
So far this year those standards have weeded out most female hopefuls and have also disqualified some men.
Failing the tests, taken about 45 days into basic training, forces recruits into less physically demanding Marine jobs.
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Make that “if the maximum enlistment age was raised to 65”. It’s too early for me to be playing on the computer.
I have a friend that married a gal that was in the Marines - she did desk duty for the officers. But I guess she still had all the drills in the morning and other stuff.
She was in some sort of fighting thing with five people to a team (two teams). She was the last one standing on her team fighting some buff guy. The guy had her in some sort of hold but she wouldn’t tap out. The guy kept applying more and more pressure to get her to quit but she wouldn’t.
She finally passed out. Crushed some vertebrate, broken ribs, etc. She now can’t do much of anything physical, is in constant pain, and was forced out on medical condition out of the Marines. Obviously she was mentally tough and has a fighting spirit, but the body can only take so much. And in most cases a woman’s body just can’t hold up to a fighting man’s body.
Like Dirty Harry said “A man’s got to know his limitations.”
physical profiling.....
What is a “Flexed Arm Hang”? a sorta-kinda pullup?
good....now women can get back to being women and men can get back to being men, and stop thinking that they can be mommies.....they can not....
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