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US Army drops grenade throwing as a requirement to graduate-new recruits can't throw
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:47 pm
What in the holy frick is wrong with these kiddies that can’t throw what essentially is an exploding baseball 25 meters or roughly 82 feet?!
Somewhere along the way the fathers of this generation failed them.
Article also points out that this may be a lace in standards because the chick soldiers can’t cut it
Either way- emabarrasing to say the least.
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Somewhere along the way the fathers of this generation failed them.
Article also points out that this may be a lace in standards because the chick soldiers can’t cut it
Either way- emabarrasing to say the least.
DAily Mail LINK
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he United States Army will no longer require recruits to show they can throw hand grenades 25 meters because many of them can’t throw the explosive far enough, it revealed on Friday. The Army says that starting next summer it will remove the requirement from its Basic Combat Training because it takes too much time to teach enlistees to throw grenades at an adequate distance.
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‘We are finding that there are a large number of trainees that come in that quite frankly just physically don't have the capacity to throw a hand grenade 20 to 25 to 30 meters,’ he said
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Many who are critical of the army's recent attempts to recruit women jumped on the news to blame increased diversity in the army for the drop in physical demands. On Facebook, John Clayton wrote: 'Army to lower hand grenade requirements because women do not have the strength to throw it far enough to meet existing requirements to graduate SMH.' 'One of my female soldiers couldn't throw a grenade so she couldn't deploy,' wrote Anthony Anderson. 'This generation is just weak and lazy, and think they deserve everything.' 'When you turn your military into a social experiment, you get these kind of results,' wrote Zac Booterbaugh.
This post was edited on 2/15/18 at 1:49 pm
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Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:48 pm to Covingtontiger77
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What in the holy frick is wrong with these kiddies
this is their hero:
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:48 pm to Covingtontiger77
Due to chicks but they will never say so
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:49 pm to Covingtontiger77
"Fire in the...oh shite!"
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:49 pm to Covingtontiger77
Mad Dog is really going to be a MAD DOG after he sees this! 
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:50 pm to Covingtontiger77
quote:
‘We are finding that there are a large number of trainees that come in that quite frankly just physically don't have the capacity to throw a hand grenade 20 to 25 to 30 meters,’ he said
Oh for Christ's sake
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:51 pm to Covingtontiger77
They at least could have come up with a better excuse like say "technology is better, grenades are becoming obsolete(I have no idea), changing tactics etc"
This makes the Army seem like a bunch of pussies
This makes the Army seem like a bunch of pussies
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:51 pm to Covingtontiger77
Leftists insisted we include women.
We now have lower standards for everybody.
Leftists are doing everything they can to destroy our society, on every front.
We now have lower standards for everybody.
Leftists are doing everything they can to destroy our society, on every front.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:53 pm to Covingtontiger77
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:54 pm to Covingtontiger77
Thank God we still have the Marine Corps to fight our enemies.
This post was edited on 2/15/18 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:56 pm to Covingtontiger77
Yea, it's very clearly referring to the womenz.
They'll never admit that because it's more socially acceptable to say "new trainees"
They'll never admit that because it's more socially acceptable to say "new trainees"
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:56 pm to Covingtontiger77
Is it strength, or is it technique?
I mean, I never considered myself as having a "strong arm" but I could throw a baseball from deep center to second base without a bounce. That's easily longer, and I swear I had a weaker arm than almost anyone else on my team because I only played for that one year - the rest had played for several.
That said, "large number of trainees" likely cannot be ONLY to blame on female recruits. They only make up 11% of the Army's total (and most in administrative roles), so I doubt they're the reason.
That said, I wouldn't mind Monica Lin Brown serving right beside me, female or not. She's got her fellow soldiers' backs.
I mean, I never considered myself as having a "strong arm" but I could throw a baseball from deep center to second base without a bounce. That's easily longer, and I swear I had a weaker arm than almost anyone else on my team because I only played for that one year - the rest had played for several.
That said, "large number of trainees" likely cannot be ONLY to blame on female recruits. They only make up 11% of the Army's total (and most in administrative roles), so I doubt they're the reason.
That said, I wouldn't mind Monica Lin Brown serving right beside me, female or not. She's got her fellow soldiers' backs.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:57 pm to Covingtontiger77
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US Army drops grenade throwing as a requirement to graduate-new recruits can't throw
Wow.
We had a dummy dressed as a Soviet soldier approximately 50 meters downrange from the pit. There was an informal competition among us on qualification day as to who could come closest to the dummy.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:57 pm to TDcline
During the debate over allowing women in combat roles, the left kept denying that training requirements would not be lowered to accommodate them.
They lied again.
They lied again.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:58 pm to bhtigerfan
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Thank God we still have the Marine Corps to fight our enemies.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 1:58 pm to Covingtontiger77
It’s because of the females. The US Army is so PC.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 2:00 pm to bamafan1001
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This makes the Army seem like a bunch of pussies
ever since Vietnam the Army has been the weakest link
you dont even know how to throw to chuck a grenade
Posted on 2/15/18 at 2:01 pm to Covingtontiger77
So obvious question. What happens when these broads get into combat and can’t throw a fricking grenade? A dumbass social experiment here gets someone else killed over there.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 2:06 pm to OchoDedos
It’s a shame Rangers and SF have to be associated in any way with Big Army. I’ve dealt with some Army Resevist that where Lt. Colonels that were true idiots. It’s shsmeful.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 2:11 pm to skrayper
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That said, "large number of trainees" likely cannot be ONLY to blame on female recruits. They only make up 11% of the Army's total
11% is a pretty big fricking number here
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