tankercaptain
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This is possibly the worst of the "expose" type articles that have come out since I've been here.
Great leaders.
We should not say "Great leaders" so easily. Not to take away from their accomplishments, but they haven't even graduated from their officer basic course yet.
^^ Is that necessary? How do you know she hasn't passed - rumor or fact and if fact, based on what? Do you know if she is recovering from an injury?
Does it matter? The point I was trying to make is that although getting accepted to West Point and graduating from West Point are great accomplishment, if an officer fails as a leader none of his or her soldier is going to care what this officer did at West Point. Many great cadets don't perform well as officers and many average or below aveage cadets become good officers.
As for the PT test, whoever BigBear is talking about must have passed the final PT test or else she wouldn't be graduting or have graduated. Hate to say it, perhaps I am being littel bit old fashioned, but I don't think highly of officers justing "passing" their PT test.
I apologize if that came off as a pot shot, but articles like this really get under my skin. There are a ton of cadets, male and female, doing amazing things every day and getting ready to become great officers. Articles like this, that seek to enflame a perceived male v female hostility, do nothing to promote the Academy and really only incite a negative response from most cadets.