re: How the Marines new physical standards for combat jobs weed out men & women NSFW

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Most units I've worked with will have your arse doing additional PT if you can't do at least 12-15 pull ups and run closer to 20 minutes than 25.

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In my unit in Barstow, I was the Marine that would retrain those nasty remedial maggots. It was fun for me, but most of them hated me. At the time I was only a Lance Corporal, and I would often have a Cpl or a Sgt under my care...it began as an awkward experience, but they soon fell in-line. Fortunately, though, I would only have a small group at a time (3-7). Marines, for the most part, are more physically fit than the other branches.