Nutcase nadin Discusses Her Heroism On The Front Lines

[BattleHymn]

I'll be damned. She cut her bangs.

I see what you did there.   

[Chris_]

Good God look at the distortion in those glasses, you could start a fire by moonlight.

It's like looking through the wrong end of a telescope.

[dutch508]

Same in the Army, I'm sure they have entirely different ways of grading it, but that's to be expected.  The Marines have always been in love with pull-ups, it's just a Marine thing.  I personally can't say there was ever anything I ran into in 37 years of Army service where being able to do a pull-up would have made a difference, but they kept talking about putting it in the PT test for most of that time anyway.  Service is what it is, you don't go into it expecting them to change the standards or culture to suit you, but to change yourself to conform to them...well, maybe Millennials do it the other way...

Did they ever get around to changing the PT test, DAT? I ended up taking one two months before I retired. Same one I had taken for 28 years. The Army has always talked about changing it, ever since I was a brand new Private in basic training. I thought the new one they were discussing had some merit- more based on combat requirements and not so much on lean sprinters with a bit of upper body strength.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Dutch, they were still talking about that when I checked out in 2012, but it hadn't happened yet.  They went through the exact same drill in the early 80s, including the addition of pull-ups, but it never actually came to pass.  I don't know if it's still the same now or not.

[Big Dog]

In the Navy it is the physical readiness test. IE twice a year you have to run, do push ups and sit ups.

I figured it was Physical Readiness Test - in English.

But gNads was the commander of the Tijuana Donkey Ambulance Brigade, and their SF-tough physical readiness test would have a Spanish name - and a Spanish acronym. Real-life donkey riding Mexican EMTs wouldn't use a "foreign" acronym.

[GOBUCKS]

I figured it was Physical Readiness Test - in English.

But gNads was the commander of the Tijuana Donkey Ambulance Brigade, and their SF-tough physical readiness test would have a Spanish name - and a Spanish acronym. Real-life donkey riding Mexican EMTs wouldn't use a "foreign" acronym.

Google sent her to a Wikipedia entry that was in English.

[JGHB]

I also was capable of carrying somebody over my shoulder,

"Somebody" = Hervé Villechaize

    

[HawkHogan]

I'll be damned. She cut her bangs.

On the other thread, Frank posted she looked like Ben Franklin...

The resemblance is uncanny.

Also the only donuts she ever carried were from Dunkin'.