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...women were required to do fewer push-ups and sit-ups than the men (16 push-ups and 27 sit-ups for the women, 40 of each for the men), and were allowed a little over 22 minutes, instead of just under 18, for running two miles. According to Rogan, who watched the full cycle of basic: "Some men and women couldn't run; some men cried and were scared. The most important differences were between people when it came to training soldiers." For the most part, she concludes, the success of either sex depended on how well...
...They shared barracks (on alternate floors), mess halls and bivouacs, and a few occasionally made clandestine love in the laundry room or the latrines. When the six weeks of marching, spitting, polishing, obstacle coursing and weapons training were over, and the tears, exhaustion, pride and exhilaration forgotten, Writer Helen Rogan asked their commanding officer, a woman, what differences she had noted between the men and women. Said she: "The men overloaded the washing machines because they didn't know how to use them...
...Rogan points out in her groundbreaking new book Mixed Company...
Wherever women soldiers are involved, they tend to be seen as "the problem," and rarely are they asked for their own solutions. Rogan above all listens-to the veterans of the now disbanded Women's Army Corps, to the officers and raw recruits, to the new West Point cadets. She is the first person to report on the experiences of women in the Army, and her book is a touching, though often dispiriting account of personal changes and dashed hopes as men and women are processed into soldiers...
Dufek, replacing the injured John Rogan at quarterback, unloaded the toss on a crucial third and eight situation, and Grieve gathered in his tenth touchdown reception of the season to give Yale...