I know the article is old.
Anyone served/serving who can comment on this?
- US Army will no longer require recruits to show adequate hand grenade skills
- Change is being made because many enlistees 'can’t throw it far enough'
- Recruits also won't be required to pass land navigation course to graduate
- Army's redesign of Basic Combat Training is aimed at instilling more discipline
- Many on Twitter used the development to attack influx of female enlistees
- But the US Army denied that the change had anything to do with gender
I'm sorry what?! Being able to throw a grenade far enough that it doesn't kill you seems kind of important!
it's not about distance, it's about feelings
Oh, they're certainly going to be feeling something when they accidentally blast their leg off...
It's all about social distance these days.