danielpalos
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i believe even privates first class may instruct privates to merely do it over and over again until practice makes perfect, even for wo-men.So, the last of the women trying to complete the Marine combat course have failed the physical end of the course.....now what? Is this where the politicians step in and lower standards...because that will be the only way to pass women through to ground combat units....
Last IOC in Marine infantry experiment drops female officers
But as the research continued, few volunteers took advantage of the opportunity. By July 2014, only 20 female officers had attempted the course. Only one made it through the Combat Endurance Test, and none made it to the end.
In an effort to achieve their goal of 100 female volunteers cycling through IOC, the Marine Corps opened the course to female company-grade officers in October 2014, making hundreds more Marines eligible for the course. The Corps also began requiring that volunteers get a first-class score on the male version of the service's Physical Fitness Test in an effort to better prepare them for the rigors of IOC.
The effort was a mixed success. In the October iteration of IOC, three of the seven female volunteers made it through the Combat Endurance Test, bringing the total number of women to pass the test to four. Two of those who passed the test were captains from the fleet. As time passed, no influx of volunteers materialized, however.