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I agree, in part. The DoD recognizes two reasons for fitness requirements.
The first is overall general health and body composition. The need for a healthy military is obvious. Body composition is related to public perception, a military member should look like he or she is fit. These requirements are generally met by service-wide standards.
The second is for physical accomplishment of one's occupational duties. Above and beyond the general force fitness standards this is usually accomplished by additional MOS specific requirements, either enforced by specific standards or by general job accomplishment (if you can't do the job, then you are out).
Service-wide requirements are generally in place for overall health of the force and only serve as a baseline for jobs requiring increased physical fitness.
Agreed.
I was in artillery. We trained hard, but we would see the infantry go slogging by and appreciate that it could be much worse. We ran in shorts and a t-shirt. They ran at least 2x a week in full gear with their protective mask on and m-16's at port arms. I think if they let women in to combat arms, they would test them to be sure they could do it. Basic training with AIT is designed to sort it out. It tends to be tougher than just basic training by itself, then flying off to language school, or file cabinet school.
As for men putting themselves out there to save women. I think that in combat arms the women would tend to be masculine. Not saying all and not saying they would be of a different orientation. Just saying that they would have to be masculine to survive.
Now if you were in a situation over in say Afghanistan and the Army had a base set up with a full support staff. Including women that more closely mimicked those you see in civilian life and the base got attacked and the perimeter breached. Then you may see some men doing the protective thing for a woman that hasn't fired her m-16 since basic training. If you were in an infantry unit you will be more concerned about how good she is at covering your back.
The only problem I can see is having a man and woman sharing a foxhole on guard duty. They might get distracted from their duty.
I agree, in part. The DoD recognizes two reasons for fitness requirements.
The first is overall general health and body composition. The need for a healthy military is obvious. Body composition is related to public perception, a military member should look like he or she is fit. These requirements are generally met by service-wide standards.
The second is for physical accomplishment of one's occupational duties. Above and beyond the general force fitness standards this is usually accomplished by additional MOS specific requirements, either enforced by specific standards or by general job accomplishment (if you can't do the job, then you are out).
Service-wide requirements are generally in place for overall health of the force and only serve as a baseline for jobs requiring increased physical fitness.
Agreed.
I was in artillery. We trained hard, but we would see the infantry go slogging by and appreciate that it could be much worse. We ran in shorts and a t-shirt. They ran at least 2x a week in full gear with their protective mask on and m-16's at port arms. I think if they let women in to combat arms, they would test them to be sure they could do it. Basic training with AIT is designed to sort it out. It tends to be tougher than just basic training by itself, then flying off to language school, or file cabinet school.
As for men putting themselves out there to save women. I think that in combat arms the women would tend to be masculine. Not saying all and not saying they would be of a different orientation. Just saying that they would have to be masculine to survive.
Now if you were in a situation over in say Afghanistan and the Army had a base set up with a full support staff. Including women that more closely mimicked those you see in civilian life and the base got attacked and the perimeter breached. Then you may see some men doing the protective thing for a woman that hasn't fired her m-16 since basic training. If you were in an infantry unit you will be more concerned about how good she is at covering your back.
The only problem I can see is having a man and woman sharing a foxhole on guard duty. They might get distracted from their duty.
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