I propose that some women Marines go on Morning Joe
and take turns throwing his sorry ass over her shoulder, and carrying it out to the dumpster. Poor Joe has doubts that very many women can meet the combat strength requirements.
An old friend told me she used to work out in (or near) the Pentagon's weight room. She wanted to sign up for a weight lifting contest, but her trainer told her not to bother. She was only bench pressing 175 pounds, and he said there were dozens of other women there, mostly Marines, pressing over 200lbs.
(Sorry about my grammar and lack of noun verb agreement regarding plurality. I invite a proper, helpful restatement. I'm willing to learn.)
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For a male to have to carry an equivalent "load" as a female, he'd need to strap a twenty pound sack of potatoes to his ass, for starters. The weight distribution is different. Muscle mass is different. Upper body strength is different. Running stride is different. These are functions of anatomy, not "weakness." Women in many cases may not be as fast, but they can keep going when men burn out.
I am no expert on the USMC system, but it is a "point" system, similar to other branches. The females have that "flexed arm hang" (instead of the "pull up"
which can be torture, either one, without a good deal of training.
It's not an easy test, even with the differences in times/amounts.
Female test: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/marines/l/blfitfemale.htm
Male test: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/marines/l/blfitmale.htm
Joe Scarborough, at his age, were he taking the male PT test, would need to do a MINIMUM of three pull ups, do forty crunches in two minutes, and run three miles in 33:00 minutes.
Were he taking the female PT test, he would be required to do a "flexed arm hang" for fifteen seconds, do forty crunches in two minutes, and he'd have an extra three minutes to do his three mile run.
But see, that's the MINIMUM requirement. The USMC expects many of their number to do much, much better--and many do.
The Army test is easier--push ups, sit ups, and a TWO mile run.
Navy is easier still (I always used to joke that it's not a mile and a half between the bridge and ANY engine room...): push ups, sit ups, and a mile and a half run (or a 500 yard swim). They used to make everyone touch their toes in pass-fail fashion, not sure if they are doing that anymore.
The USAF test used to be a joke--they'd put people on a stationary bike and let them pedal along in leisurely fashion. They changed their test a couple of years ago; now they have to run and do crunches/push-ups, I think.
Haven't kept up with this stuff in detail, so I may have missed a change or an update here or there, but that's the general gist.
These women would gladly haul Joe out to the dumpster.
... and lift him up and carry him out of the studio, never to be heard from again.
on a table in 4 inch instead of carrying her weight, i would imagine he has a skewed view of a womans ability.
Here's his profile before they get him made up for the show every morning. Prosthetics are heavily used to get the job done. LOL!
