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US Army drops grenade throwing as a requirement to graduate because new recruits can't throw far enough (but do they mean women?)
posted ago by DeepMind ago by DeepMind +995 / -0

I know the article is old.

Anyone served/serving who can comment on this?

https://web.archive.org/web/20201112004544/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5392363/Army-wont-require-recruits-throw-grenade-far-enough.html

  • 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
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– fdagasfd 3 points ago +3 / -0

But the US Army denied that the change had anything to do with gender

They always lie about changing standards for women, it's weird. There was a scandal years ago where women were able to perform 40-60% of the load carrying requirements, the army just blatantly lied about it to the public and then got caught and then said it wasn't that big a deal.

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