Since 1949, female recruits of the U.S. Marine Corps have been undergoing induction training at Parris Island, South Carolina. According to foreign media reports, the Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Training Camp, where approximately 21,000 recruits receive training every year and successfully transform into qualified soldiers, is known as the "war machine manufacturing factory."
In training, there is no special care for female soldiers. Except for certain subjects where men and women are trained separately, most training subjects are trained by men and women together, and the training standards are the same.
From the first day when female soldiers enter the team, they have to undergo devilish training every day. The training is so intense that it is difficult for most female soldiers to persist. The picture shows a group of female recruits who have just joined the team.
Before physical training, the female soldiers had to complete 13 pull-ups at a time, 47 sit-ups in 1 minute, and a 3.2-kilometer run in 19 minutes and 42 seconds. Only female soldiers who pass the above tests are eligible to participate in basic training.
The picture shows men and women training together. They are required to lug personal luggage and have their swimming speed timed in the pool, with the slowest swimmers being severely punished. However, it is often the girls who fall last.
So American female soldiers spend one week longer in training than male soldiers. Weapons training, which used to be 39 hours, has now been increased to 66 hours, and actual combat operations have also been increased from 86 hours to 107 hours.
During the training, the US military has also established a strict elimination system for female soldiers. Strict selection is carried out from the beginning of recruitment, and there are specific regulations not only on height and weight. In addition, multiple levels of intelligence tests are required, and female soldiers with a score of 75-80 are required to have an intelligence level 3 or above. The picture shows an American female soldier training to shoot.
After joining the army, the female soldier training center often conducts strict assessments on the training content of female soldiers. Those who fail to meet the standards are not allowed to enter the next stage of training. The picture shows a group of female soldiers training to shoot.
Those who fail two consecutive assessments in each training stage will be required to re-study or be discharged. According to statistics, the highest elimination rate of female soldiers in the U.S. military reached 8.2 in the year of training, which is much higher than the elimination rate of male soldiers.
For military services with high combat intensity and special missions, such as the Marine Corps, the elimination rate of female soldiers from training is higher. The picture shows a group of veterans instilling in a female recruit the ideological qualities and values ??that a qualified U.S. military must possess.
An instructor said: "We must first make them completely collapse, and then rebuild their confidence." "After joining the army, words like 'I' or 'my' will no longer exist for everyone. "In the Soldier's Dictionary." Although the training process for female soldiers is very strict, their effectiveness in the war is very significant. The female soldiers in the picture are queuing up to receive meals.