More than half of female Marines in boot camp can't do three pull-ups, the minimum standard that was supposed to take effect with the new year, prompting the Marine Corps to delay the requirement, part of the process of equalizing physical standards to integrate women into combat jobs.
The delay rekindled sharp debate in the military on the question of whether women have the physical strength for some military jobs, as service branches move toward opening thousands of combat roles to them in 2016.
Although no new timetable has been set on the delayed physical requirement, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos wants training officials to "continue to gather data and ensure that female Marines are provided with the best opportunity to succeed," Capt. Maureen Krebs, a Marine spokeswoman, said Thursday.
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They wanted equality?
ReplyDeleteI don't think they're up to it!
Retired Marine!
Women don't belong.
ReplyDeleteSo, now the military is accepting that men and women ARE actually different.
ReplyDeleteI, for one, don't feel most women can be seen as equal on the battlefield.
I can only say that I would have hated to be put in the position of having two wounded that needed to be carried by me and a smaller female. It would have virtually put me in the position of deciding which one to leave behind or who may die.
8:04-Obviously you were'nt in Wal Mart on Black Friday.
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