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Reports: Army may use ‘gender-specific’ fitness test scores for promotions amid women’s high fail rates on gender-neutral test
americanmilitarynews.com ^ | March 16, 2021 | RYAN MORGAN

Posted on 03/16/2021 3:50:33 PM PDT by PROCON

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To: PROCON

360 OUT OF 600???? 60%????


41 posted on 03/16/2021 6:09:27 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: exDemMom
There really is no reason that women in support MOSs should have to pass the same physical fitness standards as men in combat MOSs.

What is they're in a combat zone one day....not by choice??

42 posted on 03/16/2021 6:11:47 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: PROCON

Forget pushups, how many Kegels in a minute?


43 posted on 03/16/2021 6:16:11 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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To: BlueLancer
And then in 1980 the Army changed the test to 3 events: sit-ups, push-ups and 2 mile run.

Man I was in good shape then.

Not so much anymore.

44 posted on 03/16/2021 6:22:10 PM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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To: PROCON
Yup,that looks familiar.What I remember clearly about BCT (besides being taken behind the barracks and having the tar beaten out of me by Sgt King) was that on the day I graduated I was in the best shape I've ever been in my life...165 pounds and I could bench press a Buick.
45 posted on 03/16/2021 6:41:09 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Scrambler Bob

Never heard of Kegel exercises.


46 posted on 03/16/2021 6:42:02 PM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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To: PROCON

The new test will be the cooking and cleaning test.... : )


47 posted on 03/16/2021 6:42:53 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: BlueLancer

Hey I went in 11C1P in 74. Steno school in 77-78. Wonder if we met along the way.


48 posted on 03/16/2021 7:52:30 PM PDT by Jumper
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To: Jumper

I attended the Naval Justice School (as an Army Sergeant/E-5) in Rhode Island in 1978. It was for Stenomask court reporting (not actually stenography) and I graduated the course to become a 71E20.


49 posted on 03/16/2021 8:03:27 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: PROCON

Women soldiers in the 82d have their chute and other clothing or gear weighting up to 120 lbs. A 35 lb pack is or was routine for 12 mile timed road marches.

I don’t see women humping enough weight tosooport themselves in the infantry or SF, even as an officer. In fact just carrying water, rifle and ammo basic load 12-18 miles seems too after a few days if men are sick.... Maybe women could be Airmobile or mech infantry.

Anyone can be a 11B (bullet stopper), but that doesn’t mean women should be. In conflicts forever men have unnecessarily exposed themselves to help women in co.bat whereas they do not for their own buddies in combat.


50 posted on 03/16/2021 8:05:12 PM PDT by Jumper
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To: PROCON

Dumbing down the test to keep the quotas up.


51 posted on 03/16/2021 8:09:19 PM PDT by meyer (I swear to protect and defend the Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic!)
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To: BeauBo
"It looks like they will make some administrative change to how women’s scores are handled (like hide them from promotion boards, and not discharge any for failing the test), until the minimums are lowered again, or a separate (lesser) scoring table for women is adopted."

That's what I meant. Sorry I wasn't precise.

52 posted on 03/16/2021 8:09:39 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1776. Death Certificate - 2021.)
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To: Kozak

I think Israel does...cld be wrong


53 posted on 03/16/2021 8:16:01 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
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To: PROCON

Now we know the real reason for all the sex change operations. Have to keep those test scores up. Whack it off - for king and country.


54 posted on 03/16/2021 8:44:49 PM PDT by NWFree (Socialism is legalized plunder)
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To: PROCON

Well now, just imagine that! I saw this same crap happening back in the 1980’s in LE. Instead of tests to determine the best... you determine who you want to be the best and alter the test accordingly. Leftist thinking. It never ever makes sense.


55 posted on 03/16/2021 8:49:02 PM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: jimfree

I was in LE in the 1980’s. A friend of mine assigned to the “range” told me of a black female 80 lbs about 4’ 8” (and I’m giving her an inch or two) who couldn’t qualify because she wasn’t strong enough to pull the trigger “double-action”. (it was all revolver back then) The brass ordered him to falsify the tests so she could pass. Further news... in around her second year or three... she was caught scamming the welfare system in two states on top of getting a paycheck. Boy... They can pick ‘em!


56 posted on 03/16/2021 9:00:45 PM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

When that deadly price is to be paid, you can sure count on juan, pedro, julio... to step away from their free lunch and start earning it. NOT!


57 posted on 03/16/2021 9:05:51 PM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: PROCON; rlmorel; Travis McGee

We are sooooo screwed.


58 posted on 03/16/2021 9:07:51 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (GOP-free since 10/9/20)
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To: Travis McGee

This is how it ends!


59 posted on 03/16/2021 9:07:54 PM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: SuperLuminal
"Yeah!

However, let's see those male soldiers carry & have a baby... Snicker..."

Your comment reminds me of an event from about 30 years ago. I was in the Marine Corps and a Congressional committee came around to "evaluate" how women were doing. Most of the committee were made up of Congressional Staffers that had no idea about the Marine Corps nor the irreverence of enlisted personnel. One female Congressional Staffer was talking about the equality of women and she told a Marine Corporal that it takes two to make a baby. Without blinking an eye the corporal said, "Yeah, but nine months later only one of them shows up for work." Even some of the staffers laughed. But the Female staffer got madder than a wet hen.

60 posted on 03/16/2021 9:19:15 PM PDT by fini
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