USMC Female PFT...Pull Ups to start in 2012

[Call_me_Tom]

The basic break down is this, they'll do a 70 second FAH for 70 points, take a break & then do 6 pull ups for an additional 30 points.

The Decision Paper is in the link below.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&srcid=0B4vBAB6l5S82OWU0ZjUyN2MtYTc1My00Y2E3LTgzZTgtNWExNmUwZmIzZWFl&authkey=CNLhl5UM&hl=en_US

[Call_me_Tom]

Oh, I forgot to add, it's still a recommendation at this point. We'll have to wait & see if it passes.

[The Soup Nazi]

I still dont understand how a male with 20-30 years in and ready to retire has to do more ammo can lifts than a female in late teens/early 20s. Also, the concept of setting standards based on current averages rather than a projected goal seems contrary to the warrior ethos of the Corps

[Call_me_Tom]

Females can not physically lift as much as a male, they have less muscle mass.

[Arondos]

I've always had the opinion if women want to be treated as equals then they need to comply to the same standards.

It makes no sense that a male has to do more when they are both going to do the same job having the same physical requirements.

[Nate87]

I've always had the opinion if women want to be treated as equals then they need to comply to the same standards.

It makes no sense that a male has to do more when they are both going to do the same job having the same physical requirements.

Agreed. I have my opinions on WM's, but I wont get into that. But I agree with Arondos.

[E__WOK]

Females can not physically lift as much as a male, they have less muscle mass.

An 8 pound rifle weighs 8 pounds whether you are a 6 foot tall woman or 5 foot tall man.

[not-fishing]

They can do pull-ups with a little work.

and her name is Goldstein not Vasquez in real life

[themailman]

I couldnt do pull ups when I first came in, but low and behold after some work I can do plenty now. Females are the same way.

[hitman13]

Females can not physically lift as much as a male, they have less muscle mass.

They need to take their *** to the gym and build some up then!

[mlevans66]

Haaa about time they made the wm's PFTs harder. Some of them where getting away with murder. I had three, THREE! female Marines that could do at least 15 pull ups. They would laugh when the PFT came around at the other females for not getting a 100 points on the flex arm hang.

[jaustin612]

About damn time.... They need to make the run times the same as well. Everyone is crying about equality, well, start with physical standards.

In the past 6 years that I've been in I can think of maybe 5 female Marines that I have met that were actually worth a ****.

[steelrain82]

I heard they call wm's wookies now.

[themailman]

I heard they call wm's wookies now.

We've been saying wookie's for quite awhile now...

[taladeganite]

I had a Female company commander who could run/sit-up/pushup/pullup with the best of us.. every bit the caliber of my other company commanders... and I never got less than a 1st class pft.