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 Jihadin wrote:

 Ghazkuul wrote:
Simple as this, army PFT 2 miles Marine PFT 3 miles

Ohh and Marine rifle range qualification has 500 yard shooting not just 300 like army :-P

Typical "Boot" glow there High Speed
All new troops regardless of back ground, race, sex, and/or prior service upon entering my platoon I expect to either they
1. Meet MY expectation
2. Exceed MY expectation

Your NCO's are doing you a disservice if you haven't gotten that into your head already

Finished my 5 year enlistment back in september. even did my own EAS dance

Its not boot glow at this point its Marine Esprit De Corps

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 CptJake wrote:
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I've always wondered why folks don't lobby to get the Olympics to be unisex. The best athletes could compete against each other regardless of sex.

Not really... According to olympic.org the Gold Medal winning time in the 100m dash for men was 9.63 seconds. For women it was 10.75. Men's 200m time was 19.3 seconds, womens was 21.88.

There probably are some events that could be unisex, but I don't think there's many.

So I guess the females would lose those events. I don't see that as a big deal. Equality is equality, right? No real differences between the sexes and all that. The best athlete wins.

Or do folks want to apply equality to silly things like combat, but not serious things like a foot race?

 CptJake wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 CptJake wrote:
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I've always wondered why folks don't lobby to get the Olympics to be unisex. The best athletes could compete against each other regardless of sex.

Not really... According to olympic.org the Gold Medal winning time in the 100m dash for men was 9.63 seconds. For women it was 10.75. Men's 200m time was 19.3 seconds, womens was 21.88.

There probably are some events that could be unisex, but I don't think there's many.

So I guess the females would lose those events. I don't see that as a big deal. Equality is equality, right? No real differences between the sexes and all that. The best athlete wins.

Or do folks want to apply equality to silly things like combat, but not serious things like a foot race?

I can see it if combat was predictable but since combat is done by a bunch of amateurs it can't be predictable

 Jihadin wrote:

 CptJake wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 CptJake wrote:
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I've always wondered why folks don't lobby to get the Olympics to be unisex. The best athletes could compete against each other regardless of sex.

Not really... According to olympic.org the Gold Medal winning time in the 100m dash for men was 9.63 seconds. For women it was 10.75. Men's 200m time was 19.3 seconds, womens was 21.88.

There probably are some events that could be unisex, but I don't think there's many.

So I guess the females would lose those events. I don't see that as a big deal. Equality is equality, right? No real differences between the sexes and all that. The best athlete wins.

Or do folks want to apply equality to silly things like combat, but not serious things like a foot race?

I can see it if combat was predictable but since combat is done by a bunch of amateurs it can't be predictable

Good thing we are starting to outsource it to the professional mercy now-a-days.

Since Olympiads aren't paid, they're technically amateurs... and half the time, the US military sends a bunch of paid professionals to fight a bunch of unpaid volunteers so, I dunno, kind of a fuzzy distinction.

Hang on. dont Olympiads usually get paid or are given some flavor of grants to train and stuff.

oh and sponsors. ahhhhh the sponsor monies

 CptJake wrote:

 Jihadin wrote:

 CptJake wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 CptJake wrote:
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I've always wondered why folks don't lobby to get the Olympics to be unisex. The best athletes could compete against each other regardless of sex.

Not really... According to olympic.org the Gold Medal winning time in the 100m dash for men was 9.63 seconds. For women it was 10.75. Men's 200m time was 19.3 seconds, womens was 21.88.

There probably are some events that could be unisex, but I don't think there's many.

So I guess the females would lose those events. I don't see that as a big deal. Equality is equality, right? No real differences between the sexes and all that. The best athlete wins.

Or do folks want to apply equality to silly things like combat, but not serious things like a foot race?

I can see it if combat was predictable but since combat is done by a bunch of amateurs it can't be predictable

Good thing we are starting to outsource it to the professional mercy now-a-days.

Oh that's right. We're hiring Mercenaries to do the job