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Thread: At boot camp, 3 out of 4 women fail to meet combat standards

  1. 08-12-2017, 04:27 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    Not really. The standards in Marine Corps boot camp are already quite low. I knew a Marine who made it all the way to Fleet Marine Forces who couldn't do a single pull-up, for example.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    The entire armed services are plagued by substandard personnel. The only place where it isn't really an issue is in the special operations community and even some of those guys are shit bags.
    Dude, I am talking about 1987. I almost got kicked from Airborne school for helping a Force Recon Marine on a Friday run.
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