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Ping Tung

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8. "Brain before brawn". Does that mean that women are too smart to be cannon fodder?
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 04:20 PM
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“It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.”

Yossarian, form "Catch-22" by Joseph Helle[r/b]

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Women are not wanted in the US military now. Irish_Dem Tuesday #1
We do not have the upper body strength of men. We just don't. I would not have met the male standards for LiberalLoner Tuesday #3
Pound for pound GenThePerservering Tuesday #6
You're assuming women are 'weak' GenThePerservering Tuesday #2
Wrong. orangecrush Tuesday #5
THANK YOU!!!!!! 💙💙💙💙💙 LiberalLoner Tuesday #12
Also, my understanding is that there are combat roles meadowlander Tuesday #22
My understanding orangecrush Tuesday #23
Civilian companies have to prove the fitness exam is consistent with actual job duties. Irish_Dem Tuesday #4
All it is, is the Army Combat Fitness Test with an event removed jmowreader Tuesday #7
"- tall soldiers throw the ball farther than short ones." 3catwoman3 Tuesday #9
no, that is not the only change, there is a more impactful change: Celerity Tuesday #10
This will impact few women Abnredleg Tuesday #11
Well, the NYT author and multiple DUers disagree with that take. Time will tell. Celerity Tuesday #14
They had originally planned to make the ACFT a single-scale test jmowreader Tuesday #16
"Brain before brawn". Does that mean that women are too smart to be cannon fodder? Ping Tung Tuesday #8
May god damn this mal-administration spanone Tuesday #13
This isn't the win the Trumpsters think it is. Aristus Tuesday #15
I would prefer it to be stated as a "gender" neutral physical test combined with an elocs Tuesday #17
Men have greater upper body strength & heavier bones & height. Women have greater endurance... Hekate Tuesday #18
Nancy Wake..and others... times when having a woman on the team is an advantage lostnfound Tuesday #20
Yes indeed Hekate Tuesday #21
This orangecrush Tuesday #24
Sick bastards. Passages Tuesday #19
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