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To: Sdgla who wrote (716)

8/1/2012 10:34:58 PM

From: unclewest

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Talk is cheap.
The average personal load today for an American paratrooper moving into an attack on foot is 104-116 pounds.

A Green Beret carries (carried) more.

SF had (may still have) one exercise that is 35 miles in just over 2 days with the full load.
The 1st leg is easy. Only the best finish the last leg.

The load is difficult for men. It will be more so for women.
I do not believe many women, if any, will be able to handle 100+ pounds on their back, day in and day out.

I consider these 100 pound combat loads a total failure of the military procurement system and our military leadership that thinks all these items are essential, yet fails to make the items smaller and lighter.
uw

A future 12-man, U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) A-team, for example, could be composed of both men and women who hail from exotic immigrant communities in the United States and thus speak difficult foreign languages. Such a team would be comfortable interacting with charity relief workers and training foreign fighters while occasionally taking part in direct action.

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