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From: carroll@cs.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Carroll)
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Subject: Re: Combat MOS for Women ?
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Date: 21 Jun 91 01:52:03 GMT
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From: carroll@cs.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Carroll)
In article <1991Jun20.021602.2623@cbnews.cb.att.com>, pierce@bcstec.boeing.com (Greg Pierce) writes:
>  [ Combat standards for males vs. females ]

I have a friend who attended the USAF Academy. She was required to
lose weight to meet the female standards, even though she was willing
(_and_ able) to meet male physical standards, under which she would
have been of acceptable weight. I found this bizarrely rigid even for
the military.

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Alan M. Carroll          <-- Another casualty of applied metaphysics
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