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Females In Ranger School Hack Off Hair To Maintain Equality
Daily Caller ^ | 4/25/15 | Jonah Bennett

Posted on 04/25/2015 7:08:04 PM PDT by markomalley

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To: BenLurkin
Is protect another word for boink?

That too. After a few weeks in the field, ANY young, fit woman looks pretty good, which is a good reason to exclude women and homosexuals from combat units. The unit really does not need sexual tension (or upsets about sexual rejection) when they are supposed to be focused on the mission.

61 posted on 04/26/2015 8:55:31 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: VermiciousKnid
IIRC, it also showed that even Olympic-level female athletes could only compete with the lower 50th percentile of average men in most tests of physical strength and endurance.

The US Olympic women's hockey team competed against some high school varsity teams -- and regularly lost

62 posted on 04/26/2015 9:06:56 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)
"What matters is whether or not they can perform at the same level. And they can't."

I agree. The strongest woman I have ever met in the Marine Corps could only do 15 pullups. That is a about average for a male Marine. I was doing 22 pullups, 110 crunches in two minutes and running three miles in 22 minutes at the age of 48 and I knew that I was over the hill- not in strength, but in endurance. Women and old men cannot recuperate as fast as young men.

I had friends that went to Ranger school. They didn't talk about how strong you had to be, they talked about being one step away from exhaustion, constant sleep depredation, and always being hungry.

I went to jump school when I was 21. It was way too easy. I probably drank 6-12 beers a day after training and smoked about 2 packs of cigarettes a day and had absolutely no problems with the training.

We had an Army major in my airborne class and he told me getting old sucks, because he was in very good shape, but the daily grind wore his body down. He said that by the second week of training he spent an hour each day soaking his body in the bath tub to relax; while the rest of use were at the bar drinking and smoking.

63 posted on 04/26/2015 9:33:22 AM PDT by fini
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To: markomalley

35lb pack!!!!. It used to be 70lbs!


64 posted on 04/26/2015 9:36:42 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Vermont Lt

And if she can’t?


65 posted on 04/26/2015 9:39:30 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Eagles6

No, women are the weaker sex and need to be protected.


66 posted on 04/26/2015 9:40:03 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Vermont Lt

If the woman can’t keep up, she is a weak link.


67 posted on 04/26/2015 9:41:34 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: fortheDeclaration

True but they need to be protected for the species to survive.


68 posted on 04/26/2015 10:30:52 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Vermont Lt

You’re equating civilian paramedics to Army Rangers/combat?

No?

I’m relieved to hear that Lt.


69 posted on 04/26/2015 10:43:32 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Vermont Lt
I am not comparing it to combat. Your reading comprehension is bad. I was talking about the assumption that men and women in this generation do not have the sexual bias that your generation has. It’s not 1965 any more

The article is a comparison to combat, so not only is your reading comprehension bad, you comment is irrelevant. And not only do you know nothing about "my generation," you also seem to believe that 1965 was equal to 1865. So other than getting everything wrong, thanks for sharing.

70 posted on 04/26/2015 11:44:32 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker

There is nothing like an arrogant old man.

First of all, my comment was in reference to a comment made on the thread, not the article.

Keep up old man.


71 posted on 04/26/2015 12:13:20 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Talisker

And while I am here, your world in 1965 was a lot closer to 1865 in the way you treated minorities and women.

We’ve come a long way. Be open to new things.


72 posted on 04/26/2015 12:14:26 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: dragnet2

I give up. You old guys probably get nervous when you see a woman doctor or a black man in a position of authority.

I am glad that you are too old to do anything but make comments on a web site.

Just wondering...do you actually read the articles and comments, or do you must float from thread to thread spouting non-sequiturs..


73 posted on 04/26/2015 12:16:00 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: fortheDeclaration

We are not talking about standards. The standards are the standards. Just like a man...if they cannot make it, they go back where they came from.

Why is this so difficult for you guys to understand?


74 posted on 04/26/2015 12:17:02 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: fortheDeclaration

Who said anything about changing standards?

How come you guys are sticking words into my mouth?

Do you read the comments, or just skim through them? Because I never, ever, said that the standards shouldn’t be changed.

Its a brave new world out here. Things are changing and we are going to need every skilled and qualified person that we can get. Whether or not they can piss standing up or sitting down doesn’t much matter...if they can do the job.


75 posted on 04/26/2015 12:19:23 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)

And when was the last time you worked closely with female athletes? Back in softball in highschool? In 1948?

You really need to update your exposure. Go watch women play national championship rugby. They would kick not only your ass, but most of your friends and their kids.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

The times have changed. If they can meet the standards, they should serve. Just like men.


76 posted on 04/26/2015 12:21:46 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Boonie

And everyone who has entered and passed Ranger school is a combat vet? Really? Then we had no Rangers from 1975 through 1991? Except for maybe the folks in Panama?

Your point is ridiculous.

We are talking about schools, and standards. These schools and standards have been around for more than 50 years. If a woman passes, they pass. I am not talking about changing the standards—I am talking about ability, drive, and determination. These are the key skills they have been using for decades.

The fact that you believe, in your heart, that there are no women capable of beating out a man, is so out of date your head needs a good dusting.

You are correct that I have not been in combat. I have all the respect in the world from those who have. But I also understand that your focus is so narrow and old that you are incapable of imaging anything new.

What a sad place to be in.


77 posted on 04/26/2015 12:25:47 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

You don’t seem to understand that is a complete difference in athletics and combat.
Unless and until you face REAL combat, you do not know how you will react...PERIOD...
You may think you know, but you really don’t....

The toughest, most grueling athletic events will be walked away from at the end whether you win or lose...

You can DIE in combat...Trying to equate the two is ridiculous.....

I’m through with this subject...

Unless you’ve been there, you haven’t clue what you are talking about....


78 posted on 04/26/2015 12:26:02 PM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: Vermont Lt

You haven’t a clue what any of our Special Operations troops did between 1975 and 1991...Special Operations perform tasks that are NEVER reported in the news...You will NEVER know what they did or where they were...

You are just clueless kid...Maybe as you grow older, you’ll develop some mature intelligence...


79 posted on 04/26/2015 12:30:16 PM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: Vermont Lt
There is nothing like an arrogant old man. First of all, my comment was in reference to a comment made on the thread, not the article. Keep up old man. And while I am here, your world in 1965 was a lot closer to 1865 in the way you treated minorities and women. We’ve come a long way. Be open to new things.

LOL, stop being an @ss. And by the way, "my world" was nowhere near 1965. But I will grant you that your snarling, impudent and arrogant tongue does fit this current world extremely well. As does your utter ignorance of recent history.

I'm glad your daughter can lift her end of stretcher. Its just pathetic that you think that that means any Special Forces operator would want her anywhere near them in combat, despite how liberated she is. Or that you think her abilities are relevant in this thread.

There's nothing like the arrogance of a perennially teenage man-boy. They always think their training-wheels are the real thing.

80 posted on 04/26/2015 12:33:14 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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