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look up the marine female pt standards,they are barely any lower than mens but higher than army male standards.
Then why do all militery branches hold females to much lower Phisical Training standards?
They do their pushups like men?
truthfully i think women can of they meet combat stress tests.other than the marine corps women i dont see any toher branches holding women to combat standards.
the air force has low physical standards all around but their arent a combat arms branch of the military.
the navy im not sure about except for the navy cb's which are like marines with a navy badge.
the army holds high standards for men but rediculously low standards for women.the fact what takes me at age 25 to pass my pt test would get an 18 year old female an almost perfect score.the army also has lower standards for eigh and tape for females than it does males.the army recently started changing from a standard pt test to one more similar to the marines,and focuses on combat ability more than a scoresheet.it wasnt fully implemented when i left but no mention was made if females would have a different standard.if the army holds its upcoming pt standards the same on females i can almost guarantee 90% of females would be booted out of the army for failing to meet physical standards,since the new standard focuses alot on strength needed to carry wounded soldiers full battle loads and sprinting with 2 ful ammo cans.
the marines pretty much hold their females to the same standard,even though marine females dont get combat arms as an mos the marine corps treats everyone as infantry first and holds them to that standard.
This discussion has been held many times here. I am not going to go into my opinion, but I do want to correct a misconception that I think you are falling into. Military PFT tests are designed to measure overal fitness and not ability to do a job. Since men and women are physically different, what an average fit male and female can do is different. That is why the standards are different for men and women, just as the standards change as you get older, and for the same reason.
i agree that the pft was originally to test fitness,but the army is changing it because it has no relevance to actual combat fitness,the new tests are designed to make sure everyone is combat ready.
They definitely should not be allowed to serve on Navy Combatants. They can't handle the physical requirements like carrying a P250 or P500 submersible pump on a DC party........They get pregnant to often and have to leave the ship without a replacement . The average age of a sailor on a navy combatant is 19 years.....The juices are running and men and women get together and have sex. Life aboard a Navy Combatant is dangerous and there are enough problems already with out adding women to the mix....You want to put them on hospital ships or those luxury liners air craft carriers fine, but not on cruisers destroyers and submarines.........
Which I think is a good move. I was in the navy, so a standard PFT was about all that is needed. AIr Force just has to measure a person's abiulity to get out of bed in the morning. Army and Marines however, I could see job based or simply combat based PT tests, which would have to be the same for both genders.
simple question.......If your in a foxhole getting ready to go into hand to hand combat who do you want to have your back a 6'2" 200 lb guy or a 5' 100 lb woman?
simple question.......If your in a foxhole getting ready to go into hand to hand combat who do you want to have your back a 6'2" 200 lb guy or a 5' 100 lb woman?
simple question.......If your in a foxhole getting ready to go into hand to hand combat who do you want to have your back a 6'2" 200 lb guy or a 5' 100 lb woman?
if the 100 pound woman can carry the full combat load plus supplies and a loaded 249 it wouldnt matter.
They definitely should not be allowed to serve on Navy Combatants. They can't handle the physical requirements like carrying a P250 or P500 submersible pump on a DC party........They get pregnant to often and have to leave the ship without a replacement . The average age of a sailor on a navy combatant is 19 years.....The juices are running and men and women get together and have sex. Life aboard a Navy Combatant is dangerous and there are enough problems already with out adding women to the mix....You want to put them on hospital ships or those luxury liners air craft carriers fine, but not on cruisers destroyers and submarines........
I wonder how many of you libs who voted yes have ever even been near a combat situation.
if the 100 pound woman can carry the full combat load plus supplies and a loaded 249 it wouldn't matter.
The best Hull Tech I ever knew was a woman.
No offense but my example was a 5' 100 lb woman which is probably about the average size in the army give or take a couple of inches and a few pounds.
Why couldn't she just use a hummer or dolly to carry heavy stuff like other modern humans?
Santorum says no, they should be banned. So do many other Republicans. What say you?
Navy guys don't like women. That's why they join the Navy.
No offense but my example was a 5' 100 lb woman which is probably about the average size in the army give or take a couple of inches and a few pounds.
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