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Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/30/ranger-women/28179303/

all 8 women in the latest ranger class failed.

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tyler
Jun 2, 2014


I am shocked.

Cole
Nov 24, 2004

DUNSON'D
when one woman finally passes, and one day a chick that looks like chyna is gonna go through and make it, everyone is going to forget about all of the women that failed and that one woman is going to be the reason they open up ranger school to women permanently.

tyler
Jun 2, 2014

So glad I'm out.

its curtains for Kevin
Nov 14, 2011

Fruit is proof that the gods exist and love us.

Just kidding!

Life is meaningless
As long as they hold them to the standard, any women that make Ranger are ok in my book



The annals of history will note a long and storied list that mentions each great female soldier that took the test to become the gold standard of a hooah hooah army soldier and somehow turn the concept of a girl being hosed by a big weenie into a gay one.



The list so far:
1.

its curtains for Kevin
Nov 14, 2011

Fruit is proof that the gods exist and love us.

Just kidding!

Life is meaningless
the only thing smaller than my dick is the number of female rangers

its curtains for Kevin fucked around with this message at 06:46 on May 31, 2015

its curtains for Kevin
Nov 14, 2011

Fruit is proof that the gods exist and love us.

Just kidding!

Life is meaningless
how many female rangers does it take to change a lightbulb? I dont know, when they find one they'll update the regs for it

its curtains for Kevin
Nov 14, 2011

Fruit is proof that the gods exist and love us.

Just kidding!

Life is meaningless
'In accordance with AR 127-59 All Trader Joes are hereby renamed Trader Janes in honor of the first female ranger to graduate from Ft. Benning' - no one, ever

its curtains for Kevin
Nov 14, 2011

Fruit is proof that the gods exist and love us.

Just kidding!

Life is meaningless
I bet the first female ranger to graduate will be some trans dude that just associates himself as a female lmao

Ace of Baes
Jul 7, 1977
wow u really hate women dont u lol

Woof Blitzer
Dec 29, 2012

[-]

suicide bi cop posted:

wow u really hate women dont u lol

I love to hug and kiss them.

Eugene V. Dubstep
Oct 4, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 8 years!

NTT posted:

I bet the first female ranger to graduate will be some trans dude that just associates himself as a female lmao

Redefining womanhood would just be a continuation of the Army's long and proud tradition of altering the meaning of words like "morale," "success," "healthy," "rape," and "victory" in order to boost stats.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

at the date posted:

Redefining womanhood would just be a continuation of the Army's long and proud tradition of altering the meaning of words like "morale," "success," "healthy," "rape," and "victory" in order to boost stats.

not caring here
Feb 22, 2012

blazemastah 2 dry 4 u
I feel that the best compromise to women going through ranger school is to declare all ranger units irrelevant and deactivate them, with all their funding to go to helicopters, drones, and hellfire missiles. You know, things that will actually make an impact instead of sitting around and telling each other how awesome they are, dreaming of the days when they were kind of relevant 60 years ago.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

not caring here posted:

I feel that the best compromise to women going through ranger school is to declare all ranger units irrelevant and deactivate them, with all their funding to go to helicopters, drones, and hellfire missiles. You know, things that will actually make an impact instead of sitting around and telling each other how awesome they are, dreaming of the days when they were kind of relevant 60 years ago.

D-Day still would have succeeded without the Pointe du Hoc mission.

its curtains for Kevin
Nov 14, 2011

Fruit is proof that the gods exist and love us.

Just kidding!

Life is meaningless

suicide bi cop posted:

wow u really hate women dont u lol

women are nice



females are not



why would i ever touch some enlisted bitch with daddy issues when there's like 3 colleges within 15 minutes of where i live

Cole
Nov 24, 2004

DUNSON'D

NTT posted:

why would i ever touch some enlisted bitch with daddy issues when there's like 3 colleges within 15 minutes of where i live

regardless of my stance on it, what does this have to do with women passing ranger school

you really shoehorned that in there.

Kiryen
Feb 25, 2015

Years ago, that first chick at VMI or The Citadel (I forget which one was first, but it doesn't matter) quit after like 6 weeks too.

When your reasoning for wanting to do something hard is "I want to be the first person with a vagina to do it" rather than "I am actually interested in the job" it doesn't bode well for your success.

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

Women have been allowed to attend sapper school for years, and plenty have passed. So idk, maybe we just need a sample size bigger than 8.

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones

Kiryen posted:

Years ago, that first chick at VMI or The Citadel (I forget which one was first, but it doesn't matter) quit after like 6 weeks too.

When your reasoning for wanting to do something hard is "I want to be the first person with a vagina to do it" rather than "I am actually interested in the job" it doesn't bode well for your success.

She was at the Citadel, ended up quitting after a week.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Faulkner

Justin Tyme
Feb 22, 2011


not caring here posted:

I feel that the best compromise to women going through ranger school is to declare all ranger units irrelevant and deactivate them, with all their funding to go to helicopters, drones, and hellfire missiles. You know, things that will actually make an impact instead of sitting around and telling each other how awesome they are, dreaming of the days when they were kind of relevant 60 years ago.

You end up learning most of the poo poo as an 11B anyway with how gay the culture is for anything ranger so they should just make ranger school be the second half of OSUT and just call it Advanced Infantry School or something. Isn't that sort of what the Marines do anyway?

River Raid
Apr 2, 2004

GODDAMN I AM A HUGE MORON! WITH A JETPLANE OF STUPID!

Ogrel72 posted:

She was at the Citadel, ended up quitting after a week.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Faulkner

No poo poo, but she's actually my 2nd cousin. She's about 2 years older than I am and I remember when that whole thing happened my dad kept laughing because she had gotten her parents to threaten legal action against her high school when she couldn't make the softball or track team. The few times I had met her we were at my Great-Grandmother's house in Brunswick and she was bad at Jenga and she yelled a lot.

Welp that's my relevant story

Kung Fu Fist Fuck
Aug 9, 2009

River Raid posted:

No poo poo, but she's actually my 2nd cousin. She's about 2 years older than I am and I remember when that whole thing happened my dad kept laughing because she had gotten her parents to threaten legal action against her high school when she couldn't make the softball or track team. The few times I had met her we were at my Great-Grandmother's house in Brunswick and she was bad at Jenga and she yelled a lot.

Welp that's my relevant story



lmbo

Eugene V. Dubstep
Oct 4, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 8 years!

Justin Tyme posted:

You end up learning most of the poo poo as an 11B anyway with how gay the culture is for anything ranger so they should just make ranger school be the second half of OSUT and just call it Advanced Infantry School or something. Isn't that sort of what the Marines do anyway?

Ranger school is longer and much more taxing than OSUT, though, and regular infantry continue to train with their units anyway as part of their job. Besides, if every infantryman were some Greek-gay-porn-hard-elite-operator, who would pull 24 hour shifts picking up cigarette butts and waxing the floors at BHQ?

Naked Bear
Apr 15, 2007

Boners was recorded before a studio audience that was alive!

at the date posted:

Besides, if every infantryman were some Greek-gay-porn-hard-elite-operator, who would pull 24 hour shifts picking up cigarette butts and waxing the floors at BHQ?
You try telling that to an infantryman / scout / tanker / PowerPoint warrior and let us know how far you get.

WAR CRIME GIGOLO
Oct 3, 2012

The Hague
tryna get me
for these glutes

at the date posted:

Ranger school is longer and much more taxing than OSUT, though, and regular infantry continue to train with their units anyway as part of their job. Besides, if every infantryman were some Greek-gay-porn-hard-elite-operator, who would pull 24 hour shifts picking up cigarette butts and waxing the floors at BHQ?

Kiryen
Feb 25, 2015

psydude posted:

Women have been allowed to attend sapper school for years, and plenty have passed. So idk, maybe we just need a sample size bigger than 8.

That's probably true. Also, we need a sample size other than "the first batch to attempt it."

Eulogistics
Aug 30, 2012

psydude posted:

Women have been allowed to attend sapper school for years, and plenty have passed. So idk, maybe we just need a sample size bigger than 8.


Whoa, whoa.....whoa. You feminists need to calm down with all this "women can do stuff too" nonsense. There's a loving reason female characters had a -2 strength penalty in Dungeons and Dragons.

Naked Bear
Apr 15, 2007

Boners was recorded before a studio audience that was alive!
Holy good decisions, Batman! The new uniforms will start being rolled out on 1 July.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/01/army-combat-uniforms-camouflage/28314895/

Eulogistics
Aug 30, 2012

Spicy Guacamole posted:

Holy good decisions, Batman! The new uniforms will start being rolled out on 1 July.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/01/army-combat-uniforms-camouflage/28314895/

I'm probably late to the party, but your article links to the article about the new PT uniform. I like the black and gold. I dunno when the SMA actually says "Soldiers say 'I would wear that downtown/to the mall'" though.

Lugnut Seatcushion
May 4, 2013
Lipstick Apathy

Kiryen posted:

That's probably true. Also, we need a sample size other than "the first batch to attempt it."

Or a sample that wasn't specifically hand selected and trained for much longer than any male candidates.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

Eulogistics posted:

Whoa, whoa.....whoa. You feminists need to calm down with all this "women can do stuff too" nonsense. There's a loving reason female characters had a -2 strength penalty in Dungeons and Dragons.

http://www.duffelblog.com/2015/05/females-complain-after-admin-mos-opened-to-males/

Retrowave Joe
Jul 20, 2001

Spicy Guacamole posted:

Holy good decisions, Batman! The new uniforms will start being rolled out on 1 July.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/01/army-combat-uniforms-camouflage/28314895/

Check my posts for a pic of the timeline earlier in the thread. The boots don't come out until August because why do something right?

Edit: Here it is:

Mustang
Jun 18, 2006

“We don’t really know where this goes — and I’m not sure we really care.”
Only some posts will have them on July 1st but you will be able to wear the ACU tan shirts, boots, and belts with the new uniform while they're phasing it in.

Dream Weaver
Jan 23, 2007
Sweat Baby, sweat baby

Mustang posted:

Only some posts will have them on July 1st but you will be able to wear the ACU tan shirts, boots, and belts with the new uniform while they're phasing it in.

How long will I be able to get away with ACUs as a noble hmmmmmmmmmmm. I don't want to buy any new anything for the Army.

Naked Bear
Apr 15, 2007

Boners was recorded before a studio audience that was alive!
If that article is to be believed, you can wear whatever you've already got all the way through the wear-out, and (supposedly) you can't be forced into new uniforms until then.

Then again, Army.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

Spicy Guacamole posted:

If that article is to be believed, you can wear whatever you've already got all the way through the wear-out, and (supposedly) you can't be forced into new uniforms until then.

Then again, Army.

I have a loving footlocker full of Multicam. I guarantee the Army would find some dumb reg preventing you from wearing something non-matching.

Retrowave Joe
Jul 20, 2001

From ALARACT 085/2015 -

4.A. DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD, CLOTHING INITIAL ISSUE POINTS ARE
AUTHORIZED TO CONTINUE TO ISSUE TO INITIAL ENTRY TRAINING SOLDIERS
THE TAN/SAND COLORED UNDERGARMENTS WITH THE OPERATIONAL CAMOUFLAGE
PATTERN ACU. SOLDIERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO WEAR THE SAND UNDERSHIRT;
WHITE, TAN OR BROWN DRAWERS; SAND RIGGER BELT; AND TAN COMBAT BOOTS
WITH THE OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND/OR OPERATIONAL CAMOUFLAGE
PATTERN ACU COAT AND TROUSERS.
THE TAN 499 UNDERSHIRT, TAN 499
RIGGER BELT, AND COYOTE COMBAT BOOTS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR WEAR WITH
THE UNIVERSAL CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN COAT AND TROUSERS.

thetechnoloser
Feb 11, 2003

Say hello to post-apocalyptic fun!
Grimey Drawer
Straight from the Horse's Mouth- SMA Dailey:

"We will still be the most lethal fighting force the world has ever known even if our belts or t-shirts don’t match for the next few years."

Lovin' this guy.

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EBB
Feb 15, 2005

wherever you are chandler

suck my dick from the back you miserable piece of poo poo

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