The Army Graduates Its First Female Infantry Soldiers In More Than 200 Years | American Military...

It's good news that the standard wasn't lowered. I still wonder how many long term physical ailments it may cause to the females later in life just based on how beat up male infantryman have been over the years.

Kudos to those who made it through. The Marines spent about 2 years sending Female Marine Volunteers through SOI (School of Infantry) and recently started sending graduates to Infantry units in the FMF. As the Marines conducted the training the failure rate dropped from 90% to about 60% among female attendees, which I think was not due to any relaxation of the standards but because the females who attended the course were more thoroughly screened and prepared.
This article didn't go into detail about the selection process or attrition rate, which I would be interested in.

So I take it from your profile your someone about to enlist in the MOS? It is an achievement to graduate Infantry OSUT because the transition alone from civilian to Soldier is pretty tough but also tougher if your not in shape when you arrive there. Something to keep in mind though. While at Infantry OSUT your under heavy protective supervision, so training accidents are not as frequent. Still you might see one or two hauled away in the meat wagon at OSUT. The training standards in OSUT are lower than you have in an Active Duty Infantry unit. So while you MIGHT graduate marksman from OSUT you better be near expert on your rifle shortly after you get to your unit. And while you MIGHT graduate OSUT just barely being able to do 42 pushups, you better be able to do 60 or more shortly after you arrive at your unit. Bottom line is that OSUT is an introduction to the MOS it is not nor was it ever intended to be the final baseline standard for the MOS. You will see that set a lot higher if your final destination is Active Duty Infantry. As for National Guard Infantry, they do not have it much easier but they give allowances in the NG that your not doing it 24 by 7. So in that respect NG Infantry is a little easier. However, among the two worst FTX's where I started to get hypo thermia hard to tell which one I shivered more in 17 degree weather at Fort Campbell with the 101st and no winter gear OR minus 10 weather at Fort McCoy Wisconsin, where I could not fold my tent as it was a sheet of ice from the humidity in my breath condensing and freezing on the inside. Good Luck to you and worry more about how your going to do then the Females. Keep a sharp eye out after graduation because remember nobody typically watches the idiots in your regular unit until someone gets seriously injured or killed. That someone could be you if your not carefully checking and double checking and keeping an eye out all the time. Yes......it's still that way.