A Female Junior Officer Writes on Military Gender Equality

She is targeting her remarks not at the less than one percent of military women who might enter combat roles -- the figure is her own estimate -- but at the 99% who will not. She has some interesting things to say. I think that, if her peers listened to her and adjusted themselves accordingly, much of this would be less contentious.
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  1. MikeD8:50 AM

    As a female Army officer, I have enough self-awareness to recognize that scoring a 300 according to the male Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) standards will be very difficult for me. I have come close, but have not done it yet, and I probably will not be able to do it very often.

    As a male Army enlisted soldier, I never once scored a 300 according to the male Army Physical Fitness Test in all my five years of service. So I am both impressed and appreciative of the fact that she came close (I think my closest ever may have been 260-something).

    Further, I agree wholeheartedly with her entire article. Good on you, ma'am.

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