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Ken, I think you're wrong on this one. I believe the is a photo from after the jump into Iraq. He's still wearing the LBE, not the new MOLLE stuff. He's wearing an OD patch on the DCU, and he...

I disagree with 120mm's initial points about physical standards, and your extrapolation of his comments. Despite combat against an "inferior enemy", battles like Fallujah, Blackhawk Down, etc, still...

So the military should have to accept the mentally retarded, the overweight and the physically handicapped? It is, after all, a right. We'd save money in recruitment, too, since we might not have...

The standard is always the minimum, because, by definition, you can exceed it, but not fall below it. If it is not the minimum, it is a goal, not a standard.

I'm with Adam. If we truly have an expeditionary army, then everyone must be capable of the minimum of physical exertion. Yeah, you're only a ...... (Patriot missile maintenance unit anyone?) but,...

GEN Chiarelli has a discussion about this topic in the CAC blogs

http://usacac.army.mil/blog/blogs/guestblog/archive/2010/07/28/women-in-the-army.aspx