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I saw an article earlier with a lot of uh well "butthurt" under it. Honestly, if the person can meet/exceed the standard I say let them do it. Also for the men somehow connecting this into the lower PT standard for females, whip out those PT cards and do some comparisons. Plus, when's the last time you heard someone say they got out of a firefight by being able to max out their push-ups? Exactly. If you can shoot, move and communicate well you deserve the cord. And a lot of the "butthurt" infantrymen in my unit can't shoot their way out of a paperbag...
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski
SP5 Mark Kuzinski
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Great comments PFC (Join to see). Let's follow this and see how things pan-out.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski - Thank you! I'm interested to see how it pans out as well.
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Nobody hasn't gotten out of a firefight because of their pushups. However, someone who can do more pushups is stronger, has more endurance, and is less likely to sustain an injury when performing heavy labor for an extended period of time. Shooting, moving, and communicating is important...but you need to be able to shoot, move, and communicate with the group. A woman will have to be in exceptional shape to be able to compete with group of men in average physical condition. That means she will be exerting more effort to sustain the same base amount of physical exertion as her male counterparts. So that woman will experience fatigue faster, fatigue leads to a degraded ability to make decisions, and increases the likelihood of injury. It is all tied together.

To be successful in the Infantry, you have to be smart and be physically strong. The physical standards are higher in an actual unit than they are at a school. These women will be expected to physically out perform the majority of their male peers. This is because Infantry officers are expected to outperform the majority of their subordinates, especially at the platoon and company level. Since the percentage of women who can do this is a tiny portion of the population, it is unlikely they will be placed on career paths that lead to command positions leading combat troops. I see the majority of these women moving to staff positions and TRADOC command slots after their PL time.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski
SP5 Mark Kuzinski
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PFC (Join to see) - Time will tell.
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Maj Kim Patterson
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A leader is a leader. Sometimes they have chevrons. Sometimes they have butter bars. It does not matter, male or female. As long as the Objectives are accomplished as effectively as possible.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski
SP5 Mark Kuzinski
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Well put Maj Kim Patterson - thanks for the great comment.
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LTC Stephen F.
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Edited 8 y ago
Thanks for sharing SP5 Mark Kuzinski I graduated from IOBC in December 1980 at Fort Benning and IOAC at Fort Benning in the spring of 1985.
Graduation is the easy step in the process of leading soldiers in units. Next comes the hard part as these women leaders are introduced to infantry units as brand-new basic officer's-course graduates.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski
SP5 Mark Kuzinski
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Thanks for you comments.
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