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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito
Surprised nobody mentioned this yet. What say you GCers?
http://nation.time.com/2013/01/25/wo...-a-difference/
The part that concerned me however is this.
They do make a legitimate concern about artificially inflating the standards to eclude women, but as long as it results in us having a high enough number of personal to do the jobs, I have absolutely no problem with a higher physical standard. I also have issues with double standards in the military in general. Otherwise I think this is great, especially since this is acknowledging something that is already the case.
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The thing I always wonder is if the "standards" are current enough to reflect the realities of modern warfare. I know that it seems like you want people who are strong, big, etc., but aren't there also a lot of situations when you actually want someone who is smaller and lighter? There was a recent situation where a small female firefighter was able to do a rescue that her male colleagues could not, and I am reminded of the VC tunnels in Vietnam.