{"id":66702,"date":"2016-07-07T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66702"},"modified":"2016-07-07T09:07:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T13:07:51","slug":"marines-want-fat-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=66702","title":{"rendered":"Marines want fat girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Washington Post<\/a>, the Marine Corps is planning on relaxing weight standards for female Marines, you know, so that everyone knows that standards aren’t changing in preparation for allowing women into combat specialties;<\/p>\n

Female Marines will be allowed to weigh five to seven pounds more than before for each inch of their height, according to new guidelines published by the service. A 5-foot-6 woman, for example, was previously allowed to weigh up to 155 pounds, but can now be 161. A 5-foot-9 woman was allowed to be up to 169 pounds, but can now be 176.<\/p>\n

The changes were among those outlined by the service\u2019s top officer, Gen. Robert B. Neller, in a message released Friday. Neller also called for an overhaul of the service\u2019s combat fitness and physical fitness tests, annual requirements that determine who is allowed to stay in the Marine Corps.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After living on MREs and messhall chow with no Physical Training for six months during Desert Storm, I weighed 165 pounds as a 5’8″ male infantryman and I wasn’t happy with myself. I can’t imagine being over 170 pounds and still being able to do my job. There was a lot of jiggling of stored energy (fat). I don’t understand how the Marines figure that more weight is a good thing especially since they’re not mentioning any changes to the Body Fat Index.<\/p>\n

Maj. Gen. James W. Lukeman, the commanding general of Marine Corps Training and Education Command, said in a statement that the new testing plan raises the bar for physical fitness for all Marines.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarines today are stronger, faster and fitter than ever and these changes reflect that,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, fatter isn’t stronger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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