86% fail the physical standard at thee beginning training phase.
Under 3% of the men fail.
It's a matter of time until the standards are lowered for women to increase that number, since none of this has anything to do with increasing or improving our fighting capabilities as a military.
I apologize for the effort by this article to justify women in combat arms: no such justification exists.
The number of men disqualified by this test is statistically irrelevant, particularly when compared to women. This insanity will weaken our Armed Forces as well as dramatically increase the casualty rate of units cursed with a gender mix in an unneeded, unwanted and unsustainable effort of PCdom run amok.
You can bet, for example, that none of the morons behind this insanity will ever have to live with the results.
There is a less than zero chance that, like their parents, either one of the Obama kids will ever be caught dead wearing the uniform of the Armed Forces of the United States, let alone in Combat Arms.
And that's a question that every one of these idiots should be asked when they're out there shilling this nonsense.
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Under 3% of the men fail.
It's a matter of time until the standards are lowered for women to increase that number, since none of this has anything to do with increasing or improving our fighting capabilities as a military.
I apologize for the effort by this article to justify women in combat arms: no such justification exists.
The number of men disqualified by this test is statistically irrelevant, particularly when compared to women. This insanity will weaken our Armed Forces as well as dramatically increase the casualty rate of units cursed with a gender mix in an unneeded, unwanted and unsustainable effort of PCdom run amok.
You can bet, for example, that none of the morons behind this insanity will ever have to live with the results.
There is a less than zero chance that, like their parents, either one of the Obama kids will ever be caught dead wearing the uniform of the Armed Forces of the United States, let alone in Combat Arms.
And that's a question that every one of these idiots should be asked when they're out there shilling this nonsense.
WASHINGTON
New physical standards established so women can compete for combat posts in the Marine Corps have weeded out many of the female hopefuls. But they're also disqualifying some men, according to data obtained by The Associated Press.
In the last five months, 6 out of 7 female recruits — and 40 out of about 1,500 male recruits — 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.
The tests, taken about 45 days into basic training, force recruits who fail into other, less physically demanding Marine jobs. And that, the Marine commandant says, is making the Corps stronger.
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.
The new standards are a product of the Pentagon's decision to allow women to compete for frontline jobs, including infantry, artillery and other combat posts. But Marine leaders say they are having a broader impact by screening out less physically powerful Marines — both men and women.
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