This soldier refused to give up on an Army road march. Your thoughts?

Are you kidding me? I've done the EIB. When I was PFC. I was in the same way at 2 hours and 59 minutes. EIB or the EFMB is no joke. When a Soldier, male or female, can push themselves to finish something tough like this when their body says, " We're done" That sh** pumps me up. It would have been too easy for her to just stay down. But she said, "F*** you legs, lets go, now!"
"Murica is strong in this one.

I would like to comment on this as I was there. I was a candidate who was fortunate to of earned an EFMB with her and was proud to be in formation next to her as we were awarded our badges.

To me its not about the fact that she is a female or an officer, it is about is someone that reached their physical limit but had the mental toughness to finish what she set out to do and to not quit. I can tell you that the training/testing was demanding both mentally and physically.

There were soldiers there from all walks of the military. Some came trained better than others, some prepared more than others. Some soldiers were in peak physical condition and others not so much. Looking back on this I am sure that we all would of trained more. This soldier obviously had the toughness to finish when her body was telling her to quit. I am also certain that she will share her experience and help the future candidates be more prepared.

I think that when stories like this hit the social media circuit it is easy for us to judge or to form an opinion. As a leader I find her accomplishment to be nothing short of inspirational. I think that good leaders always push their soldiers, we try to teach our soldiers to overcome barriers, to keep pushing ourselves. She did just that and thats what is important. She lead by example.

During the graduation ceremony which immediatly followed the ruck march they placed a chair next to her in formation and she refused to sit in it and had it taken out of formation. To me this was another act of her mental and physical toughness.

Prior to EFMB I did not know this soldier or any other candidate for that manner. What I can tell you is that we all pushed ourselves day in and day out. It was not easy by any means.

In closing I think that we can all take something from this. Something that we can use to motivate fellow soldiers or even ourselves, friends or family members. To her I say congratulations and job well done!

I like seeing soldiers succeed. Their gender is irrelevant in that regard.