U.S. Army Female Infantry Soldier (Interview) | Joining The Army (2022)
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- Thinking of JOINING THE ARMY as Infantry? Well today I had the privillage of Interviewing a U.S. ARMY FEMALE INFANTRY SOLDIER! Caitlin May was the 3RD FEMALE NATIONWIDE to enlist as a 11B (INFANTRY)! Today I'm able to pick her brain and hear her story of what motivated her to enlist! She is doing remarkable things to help pave the way for other women who feel limited by gender roles in today's Military! She provides great insight and advice for other women and future soldiers in general who are considering joining the Military as Infantry soldiers! I hope you take the time to hear her out! GREAT STUFF! Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel! Give the video a thumbs up and subscribe if you haven't already for more!
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Like I said a shit solder
So no comment this time
Bailey Bliss what are you talking about?
Ok when you first posted the video you where on my ass cuz I talked shit about may cuz she is a shitty soldier. Now she's getting chaptered out. I just figured you would have something to say back cuz u did last time.
Bailey Bliss damn I barley saw this lol and if you’re in the Army you know how high op tempo can be so obviously I’m not gunna be able to respond as fast every time. Either way, you have your opinion and I have mine, regardless we’re all soldiers.
As a female I think it’s stupid to change the PT standards especially in a combat mos all that would do is put the team at risk. I honestly don’t care at all if a female wants to be in a combat mos but they should be put to the same standard as a male, those standard exist for a reason and shouldn’t be lessened for anyone. If your going to do it do it right or not at all.
My thoughts exactly.
Women should not even be in a combat position
@@beyondzeke7586 That, I disagree. If you're a woman and perform the duty as much as other male soldiers, there's absolutely no reason why they shouldn't be able to serve. But the standard shouldn't be lowered for them.
I say keep the PT test the same for other MOS but anything infantry or combat related should be at the standards if every other man. If we are letting girls pass at there own standards join the infantry why are we turning away men who fail a PT test by a small margin? If the worst men trainees pass at the same level as women they should still pass.
SMDeMEAUX right that makes total sense💯.
Agreed!
That's only a rational argument if PT requirements are measured against physical reality. If they're measured against statistical averages of male bodies, then they're irrelevant for determining the qualifications of a soldier who isn't male. It's like grading on a curve, because it measures the subjective qualities of a person, such as their determination. Doing that is a completely different measurement process as documenting, and then citing environments in physical reality where some empirical quantity of objective Newtons, units of force was the determining factor between the success or failure of a required, or some maximum running velocity was the difference between life and death.
That might be the case--the numbers are certainly accurate enough to have been sourced from real physical examples. However, it's unethical to force women to compete at the same level as men... without accepting performance enhancing steroids as a legal option, since naturally women live longer than men, and therefor there exists is some physically measurable, empirical amount of anabolic steroid use that when injected into the female body, on average, would put their life expectancy at or around the same of a male's equivalent, and that amount of steroid use will definitely enhance a female body's muscle growth in an objective way, possibly meeting or exceeding the standards used for PT requirements on:
- Male bodies with
- naturally higher anabolic steroid presence, and
- increased health risks which are the only cited counter-argument presented as to why all soldiers aren't juiced up to as high as they can go from day one; it cuts into your retirement days. Isn't that sweet?
So if female soldiers can meet the physical requirements for male performance by closing the gap with testosterone injections, without lowering their expected lifespan below a male's, then there's no ethical argument against offering artificial strength enhancement therapy. That was never a question.
The question is, do you want to live in that kind of world? Next up is China genetically enhancing their soldiers--and yes, Chinese doctors know about testosterone injections as well--and beyond that is cybernetic organ-enhancement. I don't know if that's going be limbs or brains first, but honestly it's kinda' looking like it might be chips in your brains, so if you're all going to argue from your chairs about what is or isn't good for the future of humanity, what it is exactly that the troops are fighting for in the youtube comments section, then why don't you tackle the actual issue at hand which is where should the U.S. military branches draw the line when it comes to artificially circumventing the natural limitations imposed on us by our humanity?
Y'know, Russia tried to splice chimpanzee DNA into humans after getting a hold of Darwin's theory of Evolution. It didn't work out in those experiments, but not because it's impossible. It didn't produce plausible specimens because they didn't know what the hell they were doing, or what kind of molecule DNA was at that time. Now, we know how to do it. So here's the ultimate question, that's going to put you into the same frame of mind that every female soldier has to go through when they want to work with the system in place to serve their country.
if a chimpanzee can lift more weight than male soldier, then why aren't male soldiers forced to take anabolic steroids and inject chimpanzee DNA into their muscle tissues, until they're as fast and strong as a chimp? If it wasn't forced, would you volunteer for it? It could be the difference between that promotion, or saving your fellow combatants *lives.* Would you be comfortable knowing that you let people _die_ all because you didn't want to become a stronger, faster, (and definitely hairier) super monkey-man? (Sidenote: chimps are apes, not monkeys, the alliteration was for effect.)
What about if China already has Humanzee soldiers in the field and we don't? That's what the difference in the male and female PT tests is really about. Replace 'male' with 'Roided-out-monkey-man, and 'female' with 'male,' and it's all the exact same arguments over again.
Lady Mercy stfu y’all feminist wanna pick and choose y’all want all the benefits of being a man but don’t want to deal wit the same shi wit do.
How about not lowering standard for men and raising women to the same standard? completely dumb. I don't want a female who can't carry my weight next to me in a fight. Just political that its a thing. they should compare her pt score to his with his standards and see how she sits. Bet its not a 270 something
Sorry, but this interview does not convince me on women joining Infantry.
Firstly her APFT score of 270, a rough guesstimate, puts her at:
36 pushups in 2 minutes
72 situps (Feet held) in 2 minutes
A 1.5 Mile run in 12 minutes.
10-15 years ago, if you rocked up to Singleton Barracks/School of Infantry (Australia) with those standards, you would be back-squaded immediately.
I could also mention her personality (Which I won't).
Hey Sam, just a friendly FYI- the Army APFT consists of 2 minutes of push ups, 2 minutes of sit ups, and a 2 mile run. Only the US Air Force does a 1.5 mile run. Now I’d like to think perhaps this young woman is an outlier from those women who have successfully made into the infantry. My reasoning is this. I am a 3rd year AROTC cadet and our direction is that especially if you are trying to go infantry you must aim above just the bare minimums. So a lot of women in our program have a record or maxing their PT scores- 300 points. My score is a 284, that’s 42 push ups, 72 sit ups, and a 16:30 2 mile. I am on the lower scale- we have a female PT stud who runs a 15:00-15:30 2 mile and consistently gets 300s. Neither of us are looking to branch infantry but we like keeping up the standard. You will find more women than you are open to believing that are like this. Also- everyone has their feet held for sit ups, it’s the standard, fingers have to be interlocked behind the head and a battle buddy holds your feet- male and female alike. Idk why you added it in like it was some sort of special treatment given.
Also, that was 10-15 years ago man, that’s a long time. It’s 2020 and the Army now how the ACFT (Army Combat Fitness Test) which there is no separate or “easier” standards for women. Everyone has the same standards- combat MOS have to score higher. So really there’s no reason for guys to be like “ women have it easier etc etc” in this day and age.
@@arabellahall9907 I am comparing the fitness standard of these 'G.I Janes' to that of a Rifleman graduating from the Singleton School of Infantry. I have yet to see one who could physically hang with these soldiers. It isn't uncommon to see Rifleman who run sub 8's in the One and Half Mile run and still manage to hull around 130 pounds in a ruck march for hours on straight. I honestly believe allowing women in direct combat roles is a detriment to the capability of our military.
As long as she don’t miss when she’s in a fire fight or can carry me off the field if I go down idc
Zane Cutshaw bro that’s what I’m saying, if they can preform that’s all I care about! I don’t care about gender at all.
Ben Allen dude Ik what you mean but there is a reason women weren’t allowed in the infantry till now and heck they get special treatment at basic right of the bat and let’s not forget there lower pt standards, she’s a liability. I went to basic with her and she got recycled and it’s not like she was doing the pt I was doing she was doing pt at a lowered standard!! 🤦🏻♂️
@@luisitosantiago6098 the standards should all be the same in basic and ait
anangelsstar they aren’t. I wish
@@eos2338 Says the incel commenting negatively on someone's video meant to give people information. You look like the piece of shit to me.
“Yeah u did much better than me” knowing that ur 260 is still higher than her 270 based on standards :/ u could’ve just told her
oooo you're so mad
@Chris Ruiz that makes men seem weaker right there.
@@Locopueblo Well being completely honest, if I were to perform on the female standard, I would greatly exceed a 300
@xanny he’s just being chivalrous !!
I dont think anybody's arguing against women in the infantry, what rubs me the wrong way is these people preaching equality and then giving women lower standards like they've accomplished something, it's not a "man's world". The fact that she's in the infantry proves that.
I am, WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE IN COMBAT MOSs PERIOD
@LordDirus007 I've met a few women in the infantry that can outperform their male peers. It does happen, but there shouldn't be exceptions made to the physical standards for the ones who can't just because the pentagon wants the statistics to look good.
I actually didn't know women had lower standards than men. That changes everything.
It's ideological.
It doesn’t though. Sit-ups and push-ups don’t = combat skill lol.
@@YetiTurmoil Actually it does. Physical strength and endurance is a HUGE portion of being an infantry soldier. When I was with the 25th ID I would ROUTINLY hump 170 pounds of combat gear through some of the roughest terrain in the United States for up to 12 miles. There is not a woman on the PLANET that could do that. I had a guy in my squad who was 6'11 320 pounds, any time we had wargames the OC's would say he was a casualty in order to see if we could carry him. At 6 feet tall and 170 pounds with 5% body fat, I fireman carried him 800 yards. Again I doubt there is a woman on the PLANET that could do that.
If she can complete the same PT scores or even better then men than I believe they should join. No need to have someone below PT standards trying to drag my 180Ib self with added gear on as well to safety
They don’t and they have lower standards for females to do 340lbs death lift takes years, fucking hell it took me some time to go from 280 to 340lbs.
I am strong but fuck I still have problem dragging a 200lbs + dude with full kit on.
@@11bsavage64 I'm looking at it not bieng equal not only for men but also for women. You would think some women especially in the infantry would see the lowered standards as a slap in the face like since they're a women we don't think your strong enough type of deal. A women should not just want to meet the standard but pass the men standard as well you know.
Wait...you didn't have to adhere to the same standards as the men? So the PT test are different? I don't know, sounds sketchy, I wouldn't want to deal with her unless she had to adhere to the same standard as the men.
Sit ups are the same but push ups and the 2 mile are less. Its bullshit and most females I know think it should be the same as men
Can't be as vulgar to them either.
Feel it. Feel it. How long have you/were you in? And your scores?
@@elisset.1691 4 years, 290ish consistent.
@@al11220 interesting. Love that, love that. Infantry? And do you truly feel because of a PT test her actual time in doing the job actively daily makes her less qualified overall?
Hey that girl has muscle imbalance she needs to work out her right arm to fix it. I had that but I fixed it already
Tsar Peter I it’s the angle
Charlie Keiner 😂
you're a doctor...a trainer?
That's sweet. InfantryPersons! When I was in the infantry, joined in 1981, we got in bar fights, we fought each other, life was rough. Now it's fun! And funny! HAHA
A BEAUTIFUL lifestyle! It's a kindler and gentler infantry, isn't it? No talk about killing the enamy, but it is fun, right? And the haircut? The EIB? Took me 2 tries, might has well through it away. I was proud to have earned it, now, it's nothing. I'm sure she would be great in hand to hand combat! Or carrying a real infantryman, wounded.
Hay! Being in the infantry is beautiful, and fun! No violence, no aggression! HAHA Its fun! Anyone can do it HAHA!
Lmfao
Didn't you hear? Wars are all about "feelings" now and "tolerance". We can't leave out the females in combat MOS's, can we? Even if it endangers lives? Noooooooo!
It’s army what do you expect... motherfuckers marine grunts are still rough as nails
Shit. Marines are just as pussified now as the army. In Marine Officer Infantry training now they have even changed the initial PT test from pass/fail to a "diagnostic" test. In other words, just do the best you can. If you don't think training and standards have been changed to accommodate females, then you are grossly out of touch.
‘’Once an infantryman always an infantryman’’ I love your sarcasm lol
As a female aspiring to join the Army, I hate the PT standards lol I want to join for the mental and physical challenge not be babied the whole way. Even now before joining, I'm shooting for the male PT standards even at 17. I say they change it tone more challenging smh
I was going along with this shit until Saber Junction 2018, I witnessed a male SPC carrying a female PV2 rucksack. I can’t say I support not carrying your own weight.
@@kristinacornwellburr4606 have you ever experienced combat ? It's not a playground or a place for political correctness.
"PT is the best part of the infantry"
Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?
This video is fucking awesome and the fact that i know Pvt May personally. We graduated November 10,2017 and she stayed behind because of her injury and she stayed in that long because she was always motivated and she never quit even when the guys said she was faking she never grumbled. Good Shit May. Keep you eyes on the goals. Ben Allen awesome video and i hope other females will watch this and take the same step. 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Mcbr33zy Brown thanks bro!
Ben Allen no problem man!!!
Doesn't change the fact that she graduated having to meet much lower physical standards than you did!
they go to specific units with special oversight, ive never seen one at fort riley
A 260 male score has a higher raw score then a 276 female score so your 260 is higher then her 276
How did you do at NTC? I was in a light infantry unit and we went with the 4th ID and the Opfor kicked our tails really bad lol.
I'm curious what her pt score would be on regular pt. Not women's standard pt
Bruh! She's 19 in this video! Holy fk! I'm 19 and couldn't get 276 at all yet
Until PT is the same requirement I say no. The standard would be the same in the mountains of Afghanistan. And I saw where the guy in her company said she outperforms 3/4 of the company but that I assume isn't out on a COP somewhere for months on end. I've been there and had female medics not be able to hold up and they had to be replaced by male medics. In all fairness I was in the battalion recon platoon. Take it for what it is.
Thank you so much for this! Its a very helpful video..it's hard to find any videos with female infantry soldiers.
I just signed up as 11B, my recruiter and my husband are worried about me, but I'm really excited! I'll ship out to Fort Benning next January! I can't wait!
Jan 6th?
If you can ruck with 100lbs on your back in full kit in 12 miles under 3 hours and knock out 65 pushups 68 situps in 2 minutes and run 14:00 2 miles and still be able to push more afterwards your fine. Also when you deploy you might be in AO in Afghanistan where you won't be able to shower and under constant attack. If you slow down and can't keep up someone or yourself might die. Also get used to rucking up a mountain in full kit with 70lbs+. Infantry units should be able get up a 6 mile mountain in winter around 3 hours. Remember lives matter any moment your slow in engaging the enemy properly or mentally someone or yourself will get hurt or die. Taliban are going to care who you are.
Congrats, Stella!
You're a fool to join 11b you can't perform as well as males.
You are an amazing person... You are beautiful. We are proud of you.. your perseverance is impeccable. Love you and so proud of you!
Not too sure about FM in the infantry.. but I guess that's what Uncle Sam wants these days. Is her PT score 270 from FM standards or ML? I like that she is up front with equal standards for both genders in the true blue Infant
It’s female standard, the army is slowly intergrading into gender neutral pt standard in 2020 if I remember correctly.
Here is the gender neutral standard 75% on male standards simple
@@XxPandaMaleexX And it's ruining the millitary
If they can ruck their weight, the 240, or the 249, and be a valuable member of the Platoon. Then who cares, but that is what's expected of a US army infantry soldier. Is to fill the position of the soldier, who goes down beside them.
I'm not trying to be unsupportive, but our job is to close with and destroy the enemy. We were expected to advance to a position, fight and or cover a retreat. It's heavy, dirty,6 and physical work. That even men struggle with.
I kinda agree with this if u can ruck that 240 shoot accurate and keep up with us then fuck it kinda ok ward tho because it seems like everyone is going to be worried about you instead of doing there job because it’s a lil diff when a man goes down as opposed to a female idk when I was in there were no females aloud 2011. What I wanna know is during combatives are the guys going easy on you or are you beating them or what kinda curious about that.
@brandonchamberlain4627 idk man some of them women could put most guys on the ground mostly because element of surprise no offense to women I support full equality but as a line infantryman I don't think they should be there too many things too worry about look at Normandy for instance that was a tough push through sand under fire with everything you could carry
Best advice for a female wanting to join the infantry from an infantryman- be a pog instead.
My thing is that female PT standards, as they are now, do not reflect the kind of physical obstacles infantryman will face down range. The change of the APFT to being MOS specific was greatly needed. For the women who make it through that will indeed gain some respect from me but no matter what kind of test you take, the unforgiving venture that is war is not for women. Also, women have certain attributes that will strain the performance of infantryman. Things like having a period, or needing more hygienic supplies will take massive amounts of time and resources that wont always be available. And achieving a 270 on the current APFT for a woman is not difficult especially not for a man so to refer to that score as "out performing a man" is absolutely absurd but we will see how all that changes once the new PFT is put into place. Anther thing, this guy said he had a score of 244 and raised it to a 260 in a week...I don't think so, unless he wasn't actually putting forth any effort the first time and then actually decided to request to retake of the APFT, record or not, just doesn't sound plausible. In regards to sexual jokes, it is professionally never acceptable but for a man to openly make sexual jokes to a women is literally risking his entire career. A female just accusing the male of any kind of sexual harassment will start an investigation and no matter what happens after that, it will go on his record and limit his progression though the ranks. Its just way too risky and I would personally never go there with a female and risk everything I've worked for so far. And she has only been at her unit for two months. She literally has almost no experience in the army besides basic training. God knows what the drill sergeants had to go through and let us hope her team leader survives. Ultimately, I'm not against women joining the infantry now that the APFT has changed but I haven't interacted with woman in an actual training environment either so it is somewhat of an undetermined opinion. There needs to be a follow-up video on her experience and mindset of women in the infantry, especially after experiencing NTC.
Do they mix guys and girls at basic or do they separate them
Bob Dean in the platoons yes, but you all sleep in different buildings!
They sleep in different buildings, have different pt standards. A pure definition of equality
Another good point is she talks about how long it took for her to get to her first duty station because she suffered a broken pelvis. It is a scientific FACT that women tear ligaments, break bones and have other soft tissue injuries at TWICE the rate as men. Their bodies are not designed to take the physical pounding ours are. So again she is going to be a LIABILITY to any unit she is in from decreased availability, making the men in her unit have to work harder to pick up her slack.
I am all for women in combat that’s where I am at and I agree with the PT requirements being the same for men
Women should not be in infantry
I think males and females should have the same PT standards. I also think (and yes, I know this is gonna be controversial, but) I also think the military should ease up some of the restrictions and allow people, especially people with disabilities, to join. Certain jobs, like infantry, I get why they want high quality people, physically and mentally, but certain jobs, especially in certain branches, such as being in the band, cook, law, finance, journalism or IT, they’re excluding really high quality candidates.
I think (and this is coming from someone who’s legally blind themselves) that if someone with disabilities can vote, has to serve on a jury, paid taxes like everyone else, and can perform the duties associated with a certain job wit reasonable accommodations, then they should be able to join. That’s why I’m working on completing (and getting as close to maxing out on) ALL the various branches’ PT tests, and posting the final videos of me doing them online, to show people that yes, someone may be legally blind or have a slight limp, but they could be the next Bill Gates that could be really good with technology and could help win the first cyberwar. It’s 2020, and in my opinion, time for change.
In particular, non-combat MOS’s. To s certain extent, I get the argument that if crap hits the fan, they need to be able to deploy everyone. They’ve got three million people in already, including guard and reserves. If they let more people join, those people could stay domestic or overseas in non-combat areas and could still be of great use.
great idea. we can push people in wheelchairs during combat
Mike Hascats what I meant was that they could do the desk jobs during those times. We still need people doing those jobs.
@@bradencutright-head6629 I admire your guts, but the physical training standards for ground combat should be high, and not compromised.
Well at the beginning you mentioned your PT Score. Everyone knows that Men and Women don't have the same requirements for the same age group. A man has to do a lot more to get the same score. What happened for it being equal? It doesn't prove that women can handle the physical stress as same as men. Make it the same!
Awesome, Caitlin! Keep up the good work.
Shes on the infantry recruitment video
General Porpoise can you send me a link?
@@TheBenAllen. th-cam.com/video/Nv5z3qwIe9w/w-d-xo.html
I mean hey, if you can carry a 240B for over 5 miles and carry me off the battle field im all for it.
She's going to jail for shoplifting cosmetics from the PX
Justin Stone lol what
Exactly i dont see the problem
Ashley M yet
Problem is she couldn’t. I was in the weapons squad with her and she was garbage.
females in the infantry heck yeah as long as they meet the standards I feel it doesn't matter the most badass person I know is my sister so
That's awesome! I'm glad you look up to your sister!
Dont they still bleed on the field when not wounded?
But thats not going to happen.
Good luck passing the new PT test that’s about to drop.
Jimmy Wilkes i feel bad for everyone taking that new test males and female alike are looking to fail.
Ben Allen a nice thinning of the herd is probably for the better.
Yeah for reals!
The ACFT is significantly easier lol
@@TheBenAllen. only if they’re fat POS
How are you smiling about having a lower PT score than a female?
Because if you were paying attention I’m on the male scale she’s on the female scale so her 270 is still lower than my 260 lol
females especially those who are hooahed out are getting shoved away, hell we had a female in my BCT that got on the extended scale she had 100 push ups 80 sit ups and a 12:30 2 mile who took a 2 min break than ran with the slowest to help motivate them for another 6 min!!! she held the record of best pt score in FT JACKSON i believe at the time ...her mos 42 fucking alpha if i remember correct some quartermaster mos (this was 2009) she was a BOSS out did all but like 4 males in our unit THE ARMY NED FEMALE REP and if a dude making a 160 can do the job a female making over a 200 can do it
sorry in my BCT COMPANY SHE OUT DID
PT doesn't really mean squat in the field. I guarantee she would be a liability in the field when asked to carry a 120 pound combat load.
Based on what you said, I have the highest respect for that individual. My gripe is with the females that couldn't or didn't meet the same standards as a male.
Hey, by all means.
Honestly I think the pt should be the same but that being said a score isn’t that Important to me and I didn’t even know how to do push ups but I could till pick my grown ass brother up and full on run with him over my shoulder 😂
I welcome anyone who can carry a rifle to keep me safe and can carry me out if I get hurt. Your best video so far. Keep it up.
Loren RB I completely agree! Also, Thank You! I will!
Yeah but she can’t so
Fort bliss?!? As in el paso! Omg it probably may seem boring because of the desert or whatever but there's actually a lot to do you'll start to feel at home once you get use to it
If making the most lethal rifle company is your goal than having an all male squad is what you want, putting a woman in that role is a deterrence to greatness. Think about it, the starting point here is equal opportunity not making the most lethal rifle company, if the first is your goal than you are not interested in winning wars thereby getting Soldiers killed, so shame on the generals who were just interested in keeping their jobs rather than looking out for their men. Look at 54th Massachusetts infantry regiments. It was the first all black Soldier regiment, and they kicked ass. It didn’t take long for people to be like, umm yeah we need more of these kinds of Soldiers. It improved in lethality. The army wasn’t trying to do something nice they saw it added to their lethality. Like the NBA, they saw black people play and they were like well if we are trying to win championships then we need these guys in our squad. No one was going you know what will win us championships? We need to add a female in our team that’s the missing recipe, that’s what’s going to help us beat the other best team in the nation. Ask yourself, and be truthful, if you’re trying to be the most lethal would you have an all man team or not?
They should be in only-female units no matter how competent they are
We don’t need anymore me-too cases
Take a knee and drink some water, I'm going to clarify a ton of information from this video. First and foremost, I'm using this account to remain anonymous. I'm from Cody as well. When she joined, she was the most talked about in the town. However, those who know how she actually is.. well, that's a different story. One memory in particular tickles my fanny. She would always brag about how she can outshoot anyone, yet she never owned, looked at, or even touched a weapon. Everyone knows how a small town is, with that in mind, she was known to sleep with anything and everything. Her physical fitness was horrendous. She was constantly sent to the army weight control program. Years ago, a study was conducted on male/female performance from physical testing, to combat training. Females came nowhere close to performing as well as their male counterpart. Yet Ray mabus made it clear he didn't care of the results, he was dead set on females in combat armed roles. But, I digress. I myself, am a Marine corps veteran, combat engineer. We have been fighting hard for women to be held to the same standards... Ah, I'm digressing again. Right now she's in the process of being separated from the military for being caught on camera for stealing makeup from the px (the store on base) I could sit here all day and point out not only how ignorant her statements are, but go into detail of why she is NOT someone to look up to as an individual. It's a shame she is receiving as much attention as she is, let alone this video still being on TH-cam.
I never appreciated a snitch so much. Thank you.
Jacques Bonny 😂😂😂😂😂
Integrity is one of the army values and she just broke it just saying
You ain't talking shit about CPL May are you? What a tool, if you are going to talk shit about her have the decency to ID yourself, keyboard warrior.
@@1cristianfl I’m starting to think that you’re a troll.
She has a great attitude and surely is a fine soldier, but I still wonder about the ruck marches and injuries, and the competition for attention among the men, to say the least. And: does having women in the Infantry make the force MORE lethal, or is this just an HR thing?
I dont care if they let women in the infantry but they should be held to the same standards . you dont want to be in a firefight and need to be carried by a 140 pound woman that can perform . if she meets the male standards then let her in if not send her ass home
Awesome stuff Caitlin! Definitely took several things from this video into thought! Ben back at it again with surprise guests! Keep at it man!
Jonathan De Leon thanks bro! It really means a lot 😌🔥
The country I live in has the same standards for men and women. Women should be able to do the same thing as men if then wanna get in. I'm a woman myself and I agree a 100%. Because the standards is the same, you see less women in the army here compared to the American army.
Awesome so glad she wants to upkeep a standard across the board! Good to see it from the perspective of a female infantryman.
I agree 100%, really paving the way for the future!
She SAYS she wants to upkeep standards across the board, but that's just lip service. The military has spent millions to subtly lower standards and change training over the last few years to accommodate these females entering combat MOS's. It's awesome from a political perspective, sure, but when we have to fight someone with a pulse like Russia or China, reality will set in quick.
I think Caitlin kicks ass! A broken pelvis and still stayed in the army?? Bad ass! I'm glad to see women going into these traditional male dominated roles. Makes me even prouder to be an American woman. I looove that you guys dont let others change your minds, bring you down or intimidate you. Fuck the haters! Great work, you guys! Keep it up!
Brigette Graybill Hell yeah! That’s what I’m saying! Females nowadays are so strong and motivated! It inspires me to be a better person and Soldier! She’s really paving the way for future soldiers who want to serve in the military!
Brigette Graybill hell yeah! Women getting in the infantry at lower standards!!! Yeahhhhhhhhh. Fuck are you going on about this women got recycled in basic and it wasn’t even real army standards, they were lowered standards. This women is going to get men killed in combat!!! She is a liability
A broken pelvis in basic training is sad. Imagine if she broke it on patrol in a real firefight.
hey negans bat i have that same bat in the box right here on my dresser awesome lol negan fan for life btw im joining army waiting on my discharge papers from navy from meps tried to give me undes seaman lol wasent having it
Rain Negan for life bro! And congrats on making the switch!
Could you possibly do a video like this but with female cavalry scouts?
No such thing
S1
I’d love being able to join while having to reach half of the requirements as men. Would definitely feel safe with her backing me up fighting the taliban. They definitely care about gender equality
Good for Mays and honestly as a Vet / Prior service member i have been all for it
hell check out the cross fit community of all the female athletes that compete after the open id say 75% our more physically prepped hell Josh Bridges a Navy Seal doesnt even beat some of them during comps that they all go at the same time
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I'm a female and I definitely think that they need to the females standards at the same level for the PT test aswell, and tbh If a male (if I'm in your unit) is uncomfortable I'll just say don't be uncomfortable, like I know that it's very uncontrollable being around women in your unit, but I'll just say like you don't ahev to be that way just do what you normally do, cause I feel like women kinda invade the men's space since the men have always been infantry, but I know alot of males don't like having women in infantry, but I do hope to meet the same standards as the males do when I take my test and I hope the standards for the women will be at the same level as men. Please no hate comments
As and old infantryman ill say this, because you have a different standard doesn't mean you cant achieve a higher standard. I think if it was me I would strive for the male standard then no one could say shit about it. I don't have a particular problem with women in the infantry other than in that particular job the standards should be the same across the board.
An experience I had in P.L.D.C. We had a 6.3ft M.P. and a female in my squad. We're on a force march and that damn M.P. would not stop whining, drove me up the wall. I was humping the 60 and she was humping the radio. we would switch out. I'm a short guy sort of stocky, she had a very high pitched voice which I thought was humorous given the situation. She helped me more carrying the extra equipment without complaint than that damn M.P. The whole thing was kinda hilarious to me but it goes to show you the individual makes the difference. its always risky to make across the board pronouncements. Good luck to you.
You have no idea what you’re getting yourself into
@@daleshirley1207 So that woman you're talking about was 6 ft 3?
@@robertisham5279 the MP is 6ft 3
Doing push ups is one thing.... Blowing people"s brains out for a living is another. You ever think about the blood and guts that comes along with being An Infantry man?
...Do is that a 276 on the female scale or Male scale...?
I'm sure that's on her scale!
That's a 199 on the male score assuming she like 21 or something...
she's 19, but either way a score is a score.
As long as all standards are the same im all for infantry females and even in special forces and ranger battalion
Thats just sad
I will also say PT tests don't really mean squat. When I went to PLDC I had the best PT test of my life. I did 89 push-ups, 88 sit-ups and did the 2-mile run in 10:49 seconds. There was a female there who was a stud, she did 91 push-ups, 98 Sit-Ups and did the 2-mile run in under 10 minutes. When it was field week she did alright as a rifleman but if she had to carry the radio or the M-60, she simply could not do it. Yeah, she was a PT stud, but in the field she was too small to be able to hack it.
Nice video. Is it just me or has the word 'like' been said a million times
Tanya Szabo haha it’s one of my go to words lol
Ben Allen nice video though 👍
Listen high speed someone better tell this private to forget about EIB and worry about how to clear a room, what to do when your rifle jams and general weapon proficiency because noone gives a fuck about eib but what we do care about is that you know what to do when haji is firing at your checkpoint
If I was her team leader she would already be doing flutter kicks till I'm tired...
Also tell her to fix her uniform and to build a kit that dosent look like a trash tactical tailor should be stop 1
270 for a female in PT would be 130 for a male.
So is that a 276 on female standards or male standards she never specified. Plus a male 260 standard for males is like a 320 for female standards. So the guy was just trying to suck up to her
She meant on the female scale
That's sad especially out of basic. You've been for a bit to and your pt score is low especially for being in for a few years.
Daniel Pickrell yeah man I’m not a pt stud, I show up, do the test and get on with my day
Well she was a bad example of what women should be in the infantry. If your going to promote don't unless you can find a female that can average 75% on male standards and can do 12 miles with 70lbs + in 3 hours also be able to do the spur ride with cav scouts easily. You are proving why females should not be in combat arms plus I heard she stole from the PX which violates a basic army value.
Daniel Pickrell i could have had any female infantryman on here and all the comments would be the same man, people will always find a way to tear someone down, and you know as well as I do that not every soldier, the good ones included, live up to the values.
Yeah, that’s a no go from me
When there is the next War, will Women be able to carry Men off the Battlefield?
That'll never happen
As an *infantry veteran* having only graduated from sick bay 30th AG and discharged (ELS). I know what it's like to be a badass.
So that everyone knows, Caitlin is station at Ft Bliss, she is in my company, and she outperforms 3/4 of the company! She is a badass!
Shut your dumbass up simp.
@@AmericanMGTOW 😂😂😂😂
@@AmericanMGTOW lmaooooo I’m dying
If a female is outperforming 3/4 of your company with a 270 pt score on a female scale your company needs more PT.
@@fonzie2098facts bro! There’s a problem there!
Infantry for life 🇺🇸...💪😎
I wonder how a female presence changes the psychological dynamic in the field
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Once I graduate high school I want to go into the infantry (I'm female), it's nice to hear that more women are joining that division
Just an FYI, it's not a division, it's an MOS (Military Occupational Skill).
@Johnny Pitman damn I posted this a while ago, and yeah I realized that I should probably do any other MOS, with mainly concern for my knees
@@eekitsafreak4469 stay out of the military especially Infantry
@@robertisham5279 fuck off
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Moving down a trail in the jungle, sometimes a guy has to drop trou and take a drizzly dump where he stands. Imagine the sole woman in the platoon doing that while the rest of us watch.
Well why would you want to watch someone take a shit in the first place? No one is forcing you to watch someone shit lol
You kick ass Caitlin!! Happy you made it through. I told you you’d hate tankers lol
A few things come to mind seeing this tragic mistake the army has made. One I know there is no way any female would have made it through Benning in 1990. Secondly can you imagine how fast this young lady will be moved up through the ranks, the hearts of the lonely young enlisted she will break and how many senior NCOs will be demoted for sexual harassment charges from her.
Well good thing this isn’t 1990, and if soldiers are having their hearts broken and Senior NCOs are catching cases then they are lacking the discipline and are the problem not the female.
@@TheBenAllen. It isn't just that dude, a female in a squad is a DISTRACTION, it is BIOLOGY and asking young men not to notice is an act of futility. I made E5 in 2 1/2 years, when I went to PLDC I was the only infantryman in my platoon, the rest were supply, MI, medical, etc. So when it came time for field week, I was in charge all week. I treated the women in my platoon as equals and cut them NO SLACK and the men in my platoon HATED me for it. They were always trying to interfere when one of the women would start boo hoo'ing because they couldn't hack it when it was their turn to carry the M-60 machine gun or the radio. We were on patrol and I had one girl claim she got bit in the face by a centipede, in Hawaii they have huge centipedes that can get six inches long or longer. They bite is incredible painful. I examined her face where she claimed to have been bitten and there was no bite marks, redness or swelling so I knew she was faking it because fatigue had made a coward out of her. I didn't stop the mission, I made her hold onto the back of my LBE as we continued the mission since she claimed she couldn't see. I was trying to set up a perimeter and the guys were leaving their positions to come back to the CP to check on her and generally fawn all over her. I damn near had to kick them in the ass to get them back to their positions. Having women in the infantry is a no win situation for ANYONE.
Have you served in a combat MOS? if not you have no voice here...@@TheBenAllen.
She's not female infantry. She's an infantrywoman. I hope she can make it through Selection and the Q Course. That's 18 series, by the way, Special Forces. Getting Ranger qualified will go a long way towards that.
She didn't even get 75% on male standards
Ugh as a woman who trained to be a mechanic and wants to go into the army, I dont want a special set of new standards to pass I want the same standards as everybody else.
You wouldn’t be able to pass male standards
Well, I guess they need someone to serve them chow in the field
It's fine as long as they have the exact same standards.
they dont
Oh god another one... let’s hope she doesn’t fuck the 1sg... btw how much do you bench press? HQ here she comes...
MARKSMAN108 how much do I bench?
If Jews can pass IDF training, American women should be also as well.
They lowered the standards
Hey Pvt May. We went to basic training together i think you were one of the strongest female that were with us and you proved yourself regardless of ur setbacks. Hoah!!!!
I found the Simp.
I can only go as fast as my slowest soldier ... guess who that is. They are a liability. If they want to share barracks and facilities with all other infantryman, okay.. Male-female drama is an unneeded distraction. Combat success does go to the most equal army. They are really going to enjoy being a POW.
I GUARANTEE she can't carry a 120 pound combat load on a 12-mile movement to contact and remain combat effective. In every infantry unit she is in, she will NEVER be anything more than a liability, forcing the men she serves with to work HARDER to pick up for her limited ability.
I respect her patriotism, but if she didn't meet the same PT requirements as a male, she doesn't deserve equal status with one.
Hey you said you were gonna put her Instagram and Snapchat in the bio why didn’t you?
sorry feel hella strong about this
The most important part of being infantry is being able to trust the soldiers to your left and right. I can guarantee not a single infantry combat veteran would feel comfortable fighting next to this wook. The infantry is going to be destroyed by these pc politics that’s getting forced upon it. War is not a game, they’re putting real infantry men at risk here it’s not a joke.
lmao do i bet your yuppie ass hasn't even served. stfu.
@@Locopueblo that's literally irrelevant and doesn't change the truth of his statement
Ppl haters. She’s gonna be fighting the same enemy us men fight, I support it
She won't be able to keep up with the men
Bro you look like a dark zac effron
Same standards my ass. 270 pt score in a women standard. She couldn’t carry a 160 lb soldier in full gear. She also talks about basic training in an infantry school. It’s the same. They get you into shape ait is much harder. Go through hell week before you get a blue cord.
What if you are a trans woman ?
Start off with whining & admittance to inferiority.....& on to another video
You don’t have to be the strongest or most physically fit, as long as you got heart, and guts.
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@@marypaul9637 just need his credit card info and social security number right?
@@immortal4471 loooooooool
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@legionnaireguerra "as long as you got heart and guts" You still need to meet the minimum performance standards as everyone else.
I could NEEEVVVEERRRR 🤣💀😭
There are things in life that are meant to be exclusive and sacred. The kinds of things that justify weren't meant for everyone. Those who make the cut and live the life that comes with it... yeah... we hate it. It pisses us off... it sucks... but at the same time, we like it when stuff sucks. That feeling of accomplishment in knowing that, collectively, you're doing something that breaks most people. The satisfaction is a high in of itself
But now the infantry... the color blue... now that it's "all for one, one for all"... it's no longer sacred. I'm so glad I did the shit back when it was real and meant something. I think it's all a part of China's agenda to invade and take over the US. It's part of the propaganda campaign that's been going on for some time, and they're using the man-hating fish-smelling feminists to spread this propaganda... that way America will be weak, thus, enabling them to enter with little resistance
Meanwhile, most males who fall into the single and white demographic... we'll be dead or detained by then for crimes related to being single white men... since it is because of shit that happened 300 years ago that's went unpunished. And because we're the ones who will put upma resistance. And the femmies are using that thinking they're going to be the ones taking over. But they're just patsies... once China makes their entry, you will soon see them lying on the ground next to the guillotine with their heads separated from their necks
Amen -. (US Army retired, former 11B)
She'll never see combat
Her first statements. Your in it for the wrong reasons honey.
estevan martinez Exactly some women are just doing it so that they can prove a point that women can do it.
Yeah they already have a women coalition going to congress demanding they immediately hault the ACFT about the new ACFT being too hard yet women constantly want equality. Well then you should be held to the same standards