Standardizing duties regardless of physical ability + Failing courses for PT?

[dangles]

http://www.thevanguard.ca/News/2012-06-23/article-3015752/Yarmouth-native-receives-military-honour/1

She was a rifle platoon commander in Afghanistan.

Ah I think it was actually Kate Nesbitt that CDN Aviator was referring to. http://www.webcitation.org/5lbgJIxS8

Actually just to edit, you were probably just giving another example of a woman's meritorious actions - my mistake!

 

[aesop081]

Ah I think it was actually Kate Nesbitt that CDN Aviator was referring to. http://www.webcitation.org/5lbgJIxS8

Indeed.

"For Christ's sake, Kate, stay down! Stay down! You're f***ing being shot at!"
"I know! I know i'm f***ing being shot at but i'm trying to save Listy's life here! Now bloody well hold on to this!"

She was a medic at the RM Commando training centre (volunteered for it) prior to deploying to Afghanistan. Instead of worrying about her physical size and how much she had to carry, she ran though Taliban fire twice to save the life of another soldier.

So, to answer one of the OP's early questions, yes, you are looking at it wrong.

 

[Towards_the_gap]

http://www.thevanguard.ca/News/2012-06-23/article-3015752/Yarmouth-native-receives-military-honour/1

She was a rifle platoon commander in Afghanistan.

I worked for that officer ( I was going to say young lady but it wouldn't have helped prove my point) on that tour, and the only time I considered her gender, at all, was the odd time I would walk over to the hand-pumped well and find her and the medic shaving their legs, usually after a TIC. She carried the weight, did the job, and shouldered the burden of command of a pretty crappy COP in a pretty crappy neighbourhood during an extremely crappy summer.

OP - take that as your inspiration the next time you think your bag is too heavy and that it's all a bit unfair.