Sure it wasn't compression from having to lug all that gear on your back.? :-)
Funny how one can presume to guess someone's size from a portrait photo.
I was over 6'1" "in my prime". Now I daren't measure myself to find I've shrunk :-) My dad, who was always taller than I, now in his 70s, is several inches shorter. Sad, isn't it.
>5' 7 1/2" actually. I was 5'8" when I was in the military, but now that I'm in my mid 40s I've started shrinking already...
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>You also have to keep in mind the regular training every soldier does. I was a LOT stronger when I was in the military.
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>>How about you, Tracy? I don't know why but, from your picture you don't look so big to me - maybe 5'5"? How did you cope with a full burden?
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>>>Good one Evan. Then only women could be in the infantry? Hmmmmmm. Figure the odds on that ever happening! :o)
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>>>>>I don't think the general public has
any idea of the weight of the gear. Take a 180lb man and add 45-100 lbs (depending on the protective gear and weapons). Not only is the wounded soldier wearing gear and a weapon, but so are you.
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>>>>Let's turn this on its head. This could be used as an reason to exclude men from the infantry. If the men are too heavy to carry, then they shouldn't be allowed on the front lines unless they trimmed down a bit. ;-)
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.