When you are only looking for a few as in elite troops few if any women can make the grade, that is a fact. By few I mean the top 5% of men which rules out almost all women. The reason being that they all smaller and do not have the upper body strength that men do sorry ladies but facts are facts and if it weren’t so there would not be so many abused women. I do not condone what some men do but it does seem to show that the ladies have a physical disadvantage in fight and being able to care large amounts of equipment. When I was in it was common to make a jump with over 100 pounds of equipment — being close to 200 pound that was 50% of my body weight. That would be 70% of body weight for a 140 pound woman and they can’t do it.
The first three women to successfully complete the Marine’s Combat Endurance Test (CET) have been asked to leave the rigorous, infantry officers training course for failing to meet the physical standards required.
The Christian Science Monitor has details on the three, trailblazing women:
They were physically disqualified from the training last week for falling behind in hikes while carrying loads of upwards of 100 pounds, says Maj. George Flynn, director of the Infantry Officers Course (IOC) at Quantico, Va.
Earlier this month, the women had successfully completed the Combat Endurance Test, the first hurdle Marines must pass to become infantry officers – the quintessential front-line combat job. That accomplishment qualified them for the remainder of infantry officer training, the IOC.
The Monitor points out that it wasn’t just these three women who failed, but three men also dropped out at the same stage.
But, according to an analysis done by the
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