Women in Combat Arms/ SOF Discussion

[Diamondback 2/2]

Here is a longer version of that video -

For some reason I cannot view on iPhone...works fine on desktop though.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=508604662666128

Okay so you see how aggressive the dude was on the first hit, and than he toned it down a few notches. That's the bullshit. You get in there and give 100%, its a fucking fight, you're training yourself to fight to the death, by clubbing another human to death with a rifle. That's exactly not the time to be pussyfooting around.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Okay so you see how aggressive the dude was on the first hit, and than he toned it down a few notches.

Yep. And that is why I searched for a longer version - wanted to see if there was more get from the video - unfortunately I found what I expected.

It reminded me of when I used to play with my kids - the play wrestling we did; where I always let them feel they were in it. Again, not knowing the context of the video, there did not seem to be a lot of other women Marines there. Was she a one-off, who wanted to see what it was like, or is that who the male Marine got paired up with? If so, than what we watched is a perfect example of the dumbing down of training to ensure everyone feels included. If that was his only match up , that male Marine was done a great disservice.

 

[BloodStripe]

Female admin Marine to attempt MARSOC training this summer

Marines, in the event toy are told you cannot attend A&S because there are no slots available...

 

[Hillclimb]

Female admin Marine to attempt MARSOC training this summer

Marines, in the event toy are told you cannot attend A&S because there are no slots available...

This is a little bogus. There were a lot of people with great amounts of experience who couldn't come over because they were Staff Sergeants; Even senior Sergeants. When I went through you couldn't be an E-5 with more than 1 year TIG.

Unless they changed the rules. It was 2013 when I went.

 

[Brill]

Unless they changed the rules. It was 2013 when I went.

Pssst. That's the point.

 

[8654Maine]

Yup, standards are same.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Ten years from now, this young lady will say, "fuck your standards, I got this."

This 9-Year-Old Girl Competed in a 24-Hour Obstacle Race Created by Navy Seals

 

[ThunderHorse]

Battle-Frog is not the toughest thing in the world, in fact Tough Mudders are worse for the pure distance piece.

 

[Devildoc]

She's 9. I give her props because of that, not because she is a girl.

I saw a piece on NPR that said the DoD was expecting 200 (female) applicants for combat MOSs, but as of that report, not one woman has stepped forward. I also read an admin type is gong to A&S for MARSOC. I think the DoD was expecting lines at the recruiting stations, not the crickets in the vacuum of silence.

 

[digrar]

Ten years from now, this young lady will say, "fuck your standards, I got this."

This 9-Year-Old Girl Competed in a 24-Hour Obstacle Race Created by Navy Seals

Throw an 180lb pack and webbing into the equation in ten years time and we'll have another look at what sort of warrior she is capable of being.

 

[Poccington]

Battle-Frog is not the toughest thing in the world, in fact Tough Mudders are worse for the pure distance piece.

That's cool and all but she's 9 years fucking old.

Are we really at the stage where we try poke holes in a 9 year olds achievements?

 

[Etype]

Battle-Frog is not the toughest thing in the world, in fact Tough Mudders are worse for the pure distance piece.

What were you doing when you were 9??? We already know it wasn't Crossfit, so you don't have to say that.

Throw an 180lb pack and webbing into the equation in ten years time and we'll have another look at what sort of warrior she is capable of being.

Did I said 180? Make it 1,080!!!

 

[Grunt]

I like the fact that she isn't sitting on the couch or staring at the boob tube while pushing buttons for hours.

She is actually doing something physical and not simply rotting her brain.

I hope her the very best with her future and I hope she keeps the mindset that allows her to stay physically fit and sharp.

Best of fortune to the little lady!

 

[Muppet]

Ten years from now, this young lady will say, "fuck your standards, I got this."

This 9-Year-Old Girl Competed in a 24-Hour Obstacle Race Created by Navy Seals

Get some kid! Fucking get some...

M.

 

[AWP]

That's cool and all but she's 9 years fucking old.

Are we really at the stage where we try poke holes in a 9 year olds achievements?

Yes. Kids these days have it easy. When I was 9 I had to run a half-marathon to the farm by 4:30 so I could milk the cows, slop the pigs, collect the eggs, and feed the horses before eating a breakfast of hardtack and coffee and school started at 8AM so most mornings I had to run another 5 miles to make it to my English class on time.

 

[Muppet]

The closest I came when I was 9, is when I fucked screwed the pooch, my pop, the former D.S. when I was born at Ft. Dix in 76 would smoke the fuck out of me. Smoke drills, front, back, go's, all that shit. By the time I got to basic in 93, I was a fucking stud. LMAO.

M.

 

[Devildoc]

Yes. Kids these days have it easy. When I was 9 I had to run a half-marathon to the farm by 4:30 so I could milk the cows, slop the pigs, collect the eggs, and feed the horses before eating a breakfast of hardtack and coffee and school started at 8AM so most mornings I had to run another 5 miles to make it to my English class on time.

My dad joined the Marines in 1954. He grew up on a dairy farm in northern Wisconsin, so he did boot in San Diego. He always said he worked harder on the farm and got a lot less sleep growing up (he DID have to get up at 0330 to milk cows before school).

 

[Etype]

I grew up on a pachyderm dairy farm. In the 90s, there wasn't a huge demand for pachyderm milk, so money was tight and the equipment was in bad shape. There were a lot of mornings I had to milk the rhinos and elephants by hand!!!

 

[DocIllinois]

I grew up playing outside with friends, worked a family farm in the summer, maintained your average 1980s diet and got plenty of sleep, participated in a couple of sports up through high school, then joined the military.


For some fluke of a reason I have apparently not been a soup sandwich in the Army to this day.

I did bench press 275 lbs. once, so that may perhaps explain the above aberrant event.

 

[CDG]

You haven't lived until you've milked a moose at 0430 in December in Alaska.