Marines: Most Female Recruits Don't Meet New Pullup Standard

27 Dec 2013 20:57 #1 by Blazer Bob
I think we have had this conversation before. I think that even the liberal POV was that females should be able to pass a non-watered down physical standard. Am I mistaken? I am amazed that male marines only need to do 3 pull ups.


http://www.npr.org/2013/12/27/257363943 ... p-standard


"Starting Jan. 1, every woman in the Marines Corps was supposed to meet a new physical standard by performing three pullups. But that has been put off.

The Marine Corps announced it quietly. There was no news conference — just a notice on its social media sites and an item on its own TV show, The Corps Report.

Lance Cpl. Ally Beiswanger explained that the pullup test had been put off until sometime next year, to gather more data and "ensure all female Marines are given the best opportunity to succeed."

So far, female Marines are not succeeding. Fifty-five percent of female recruits tested at the end of boot camp were doing fewer than three pullups; only 1 percent of male recruits failed the test.

The three pullups is already the minimum required for all male Marines. Now the Marine Corps has postponed the plan, and that's raising questions about whether women have the physical strength to handle ground combat, which they'll be allowed to do beginning in 2016."...

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27 Dec 2013 21:37 #2 by otisptoadwater
Are they not allowed to use both hands? Really?! Can't do three pullups?!

I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.

"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford

Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus

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28 Dec 2013 01:50 #3 by Unpopular Poster
Can you imagine how embarassing it would be to tell your friends your mom was or is in the Marines?

Real women are nurturing caregivers, not killers

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28 Dec 2013 01:51 #4 by otisptoadwater

I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.

"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford

Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus

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09 Oct 2014 12:31 #5 by Blazer Bob
"The Center for Military Readiness (CMR) has released a 64-page report analyzing ongoing research by the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) about the effectiveness of integrating women into direct ground combat (DGC) units. The Interim CMR Special Report"...

www.frontpagemag.com/2014/arnold-ahlert/...orming-ground-combat

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09 Oct 2014 12:45 #6 by OmniScience
WHO CARES?????

Can they cook, and how do they look in camo?

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09 Oct 2014 20:45 #7 by Rick

otisptoadwater wrote: Pay up welcher.

What happened to the ROTFLMAO emoticon? :like:

The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.

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