#Video: How women are scaling barriers to combat - Welcome to one of the most sweeping studies ever undertaken of the latent physical strength of men and women. Here at #FortStewart, Ga., amid the smell of sweat and diesel fuel, #USArmy #Soldiers in fatigues and 70 pounds of body armor are simulating a few of the toughest tasks involved in waging war in the American #Army: quickly loading 65-pound antitank rounds into gun barrels, ferrying 80-pound cans of ammunition, scaling six-foot walls, and rescuing fellow Soldiers from the turret of a tank. The tests are part of an attempt to answer one of the most pressing questions facing the modern #military, one that will shape the look of the Armed Forces of tomorrow: whether #women can handle the most grueling #combat rigors of war as well as their male counterparts. | #News: The Christian Science Monitor - csmonitor/USA/Military/2014/0504/How-women-are-scaling-barriers-to-combat-video | #Soldier2020, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 3rd Infantry Division, #PhysicalDemandsStudy, #WomenInCombat
Posted on: Tue, 06 May 2014 08:10:47 +0000