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

Not being Army or medical, I will not get into the pissing contest. She finished, but looked like she was ready for a weeks bed rest.

That said I recall a quote from one of my DIs at PI " you can pass out, but you will not fall out of any of my runs". For over a year I recall running everywhere through Boot, ITR, Tank school, .50 cal. school, staging and even the casual companies I was assigned to. After that I was running to mount up or to bunkers as mortars came in.

BTW, having once passed out on a Boot run, approaching the barn, after many, many miles from right behind the guide on, I had the luxury of being unconscious for the 100+ recruits that ran right over me, but never forgot "You can pass out, but not drop out!"
I woke up, caught up, and finished the run.

Gender to me doesn't matter. I see a SOLDIER NOT GIVING UP and this MOTIVATED THE SH** OUT OF ME!!!

I got nothing but respect for anyone who can push themselves like that.

I hated all the little cheerleaders. My DI's would have never let that flown on a hike.

She reached down deep to keep getting up and she credits her ability to finish to those who were urging her on and supporting her. Now that's a class act, female or male!

I've been part of the EMFB detail. The hardest part is attention to detail. That's where most people fail. 20K ruck march should be the easy part. Kudos for finishing.

AMAZING!!!! Her determination ROCKS and so proud of the support from all her fellow Soldiers!!! OUTSTANDING!!!!!

I think that the comments denigrating her are from those who forget about the fact that she has no choice about the media coverage or how she is portrayed. She's a soldier just like any of us, and the powers that be will do what they want, regardless.

She met the standard. If you don't have anything nice to say, leave her alone.

this is indeed a outstanding solider SALUTE

As a now very much out of shape sailor, Capt. Cudd totally inspires me to push myself to my true limits while I'm out on my attempts at running. I have zero excuses to not give my best when soldiers like her are giving their best & then some on a daily basis. If she can conquer TWELVE MILES of a ruck march, then my measly 3.15 miles will NOT defeat me!

As a proud Army Mama myself, I can only imagine the pride her parents & family have in her. She is the definition of "Never give up!" HOOAH!