The U.S. Marine Corps has relaxed hiking standards for prospective officers seeking to graduate from the service's punishing Infantry Officer Course amid disquieting attrition rates.
Marines will still be required to participate in nine hikes as part of the course, but the shift has reduced the number of evaluated hikes from six to three, the Marine Corps Times reported on Wednesday. Marines are required to pass all three evaluated hikes to graduate, whereas previously they had to pass five of the six evaluated hikes.
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The unfortunate effect of lowering the standards so that female candidates will pass is that the standards have been lowered for all candidates. The result will be fewer physically qualified officers. This can't be good.
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DeleteAgreed.