US military to lift ban on trans personnel

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(06-26-2016, 01:25 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: I served with a corporal who was fat as hell. Couldnt run or do pull ups worth a damn. But when it came time to do his job and carry around a 240G and all the other crap he did it a hell of a lot better than me and i had a perfect PFT score at one point.

We got over 9000ft elevation at one point in Afghanland and my big horse team leader who looked like a jacked up NFL linebacker could barely go 50 steps without having to stop and catch his breath while my little ass was taking stuff from him to lessen his load.

So its not a flawless system. I do think body fat percentage should be a measured stat though. BMI is unfair to short swoll guys.

My best friend (perhaps my only friend, but that is another story) in ROTC was the starting tight end on the football team. He was built like a cross between a Mack truck and a brick sh_t house. Body fat was non-existent. But every single two-mile run we went on, he had to stop and puke. I'd run by saying, "Hey, Tony!". He'd reply something like, "(wretch)(garbble)(slosh), Mike!".