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MtnGoat · 03-13-2014, 05:35

Army tests both women, men in combat fitness study

http://www.armytimes.com/article/201...-fitness-study

The sad fact is the Army is looking at ways to make a new standard that is more fair to both female and male soldiers.

"Whatever fitness test emerges for combat service should be a challenge for both men and women to show that standards aren’t being lowered to accommodate female soldiers, said Lory Manning, a retired Navy captain who studies how military policies affect women for the Women’s Research and Education Institute."

So by this, they are not lowering it for just women, they will lower it for everyone across the board in the Army. All they needed to do is keep the same standard and have whomever goes through the school pass the same standard. Army and the military doesn't have to change anything. If they want women in male positions or duties, then they need to get females to pass the standards if they want male positions.

I'm so glad I'm retiring this year.

03-13-2014, 05:35	#1
MtnGoat Quiet Professional Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Asscrackistan Posts: 4,289	Army tests both women, men in combat fitness study Army tests both women, men in combat fitness study http://www.armytimes.com/article/201...-fitness-study The sad fact is the Army is looking at ways to make a new standard that is more fair to both female and male soldiers. "Whatever fitness test emerges for combat service should be a challenge for both men and women to show that standards aren’t being lowered to accommodate female soldiers, said Lory Manning, a retired Navy captain who studies how military policies affect women for the Women’s Research and Education Institute." So by this, they are not lowering it for just women, they will lower it for everyone across the board in the Army. All they needed to do is keep the same standard and have whomever goes through the school pass the same standard. Army and the military doesn't have to change anything. If they want women in male positions or duties, then they need to get females to pass the standards if they want male positions. I'm so glad I'm retiring this year. __________________ "Berg Heil" History teaches that when you become indifferent and lose the will to fight someone who has the will to fight will take over." COLONEL BULL SIMONS Intelligence failures are failures of command [just] as operations failures are command failures.”
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