An Army initiative to create a stronger, fitter fighting force has yielded a dramatic gender gap, raising questions about whether the service unintentionally might compound barriers for women trying to move up the ranks.
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“Recent Army figures show that 54% of female soldiers failed the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), which is being rolled out on a provisional basis, compared with 7% of men during the second quarter of 2020.“
Only reason for women in the Army is as cooks. No heavy lifting and running required. (Or pooping in ammo cans with 8 guys watching)
They want equality, earn it.
But they won’t, standards will be lowered even though that will undermine the Army's mission.
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Pavlichenko fought for about two and a half months during the
Siege of Odessa, where she recorded 187 kills.
[11] She was promoted to Senior Sergeant in August 1941, when she reached 100 confirmed kills. At age 25, she married a fellow sniper, Alexei Kitsenko.
[6] Soon after the marriage, Kitsenko was mortally wounded by a mortar shell, and died from his injuries after a few days in the hospital.
[8] When the
Romanian Army gained control of Odessa on 15 October 1941, her unit was withdrawn by sea to
Sevastopol on the
Crimean Peninsula,
[11] to fight in the
Siege of Sevastopol.
[9][7] There she trained other snipers, who killed over a hundred Axis soldiers during the battle.
[7] In May 1942, newly promoted Lieutenant Pavlichenko was cited by the Southern Army Council for killing 257 Axis soldiers. Her total of confirmed kills during World War II was 309,
[12][9] including 36 Axis snipers.“
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Throughout the course of the war the regiment accumulated approximately 23,672 sorties in combat, including in the following battles:
[7]
- Battle of the Caucasus – 2,920 sorties
- Kuban, Taman, Novorossiysk – 4,623 sorties
- Crimean Offensive – 6,140 sorties
- Belarus Offensive – 400 sorties
- Poland Offensive – 5,421 sorties
- German Offensive – 2,000 sorties
In total the regiment collectively accumulated 28,676 flight hours, dropped over 3,000 tons of bombs and over 26,000 incendiary shells, damaging or completely destroying 17 river crossings, nine railways, two railway stations, 26 warehouses, 12 fuel depots, 176 armored cars, 86
firing points, and 11
searchlights. In addition to bombings, the unit performed 155 supply drops of food and ammunition to Soviet forces.
[7”
Always funny watching conservatives show how little they know about history.