{"id":66444,"date":"2016-06-21T11:47:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T15:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66444"},"modified":"2016-06-21T15:02:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T19:02:32","slug":"marines-toughen-physical-standards-for-combat-arms-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=66444","title":{"rendered":"Marines toughen physical standards for combat arms jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hondo sends us a link from McClatchy<\/a> that reports the Marine Corps new standards for physical fitness for all Marines cause most women to be eliminated from the program to include them in combat arms jobs;<\/p>\n

In the last five months, 6 out of 7 female recruits \u2014 and 40 out of about 1,500 male recruits \u2014 failed to pass the new regimen of pull-ups, ammunition-can lifts, a 3-mile run and combat maneuvers required to move on in training for combat jobs, according to the data.<\/p>\n

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The high failure rate for women, however, raises questions about how well integration can work, including in Marine infantry units where troops routinely slog for miles carrying packs weighed down with artillery shells and ammunition, and at any moment must be able to scale walls, dig in and fight in close combat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, that’s the way it should be – if men can’t pass the test, that proves that it’s an effective measure.<\/p>\n

Before the standards test existed, those 40 men would have moved on to combat jobs, where they would likely have been unproductive members of their units, a Marine Corps analysis said. So [Marine Commandant Gen. Robert] Neller said that as time goes on, the overall quality of the force will be better.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But it won’t make the social justice warriors happy.<\/p>\n

If two women qualify, they will be placed in a combat unit together. But, if only one qualifies, she’ll be put in a unit with men she trained alongside in school. Those men, the Marine Corps said, will have seen her go through the training and know that she had done as well, or better, than they did.<\/p>\n

The Marines will also put a female officer and a female senior enlisted leader in the combat units. Early on, those will likely be women doing a non-combat job \u2014 such as an intelligence or logistics officer. And they will be required to pass a physical fitness test to qualify to serve in that combat unit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Marine Corps seems to be doing the best they can do with what they’re given. I don’t expect it to continue, though, through no fault of the Marines’ leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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