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Dont set standards without backing it up and ensuring the females are cape able and able before it is an embarrassment to the corps. >> what do you expect? they didnt pick three pull-ups out of the air. it was the minimum standard for men. if you demand equality rather than lower the standard you go to the male minimum standard of three pull-ups. if you want men and women treated the same way which is what the military, pentagon, marine corps demand you wont lower the standard. go to the minimum...

Core, pull. i guess the core dont get theirs. >> full metal jacket private pile cant do it, either, three p pullups, that is part of a fitness requirement supposed to take effect on new years day. instead, the marine core is delaying it. what is it exactly? why is it being delayed? >> they tested this new requirement at boot camp last year and the thing is so few female marines were able to do the three pullups, that officials started to get worried that if they put this standard into place, it ...

If the government wants to leave the sisters alone, they can do it. the problem is the government said, sister, you need to sign the form and be part of it. if you wont do it, well crush that beautiful ministry with with fines. thats no way for a free government to run. >> well see how the case plays out at the u.s. supreme court. thanks for being here. >> thank you, megyn. >> we are getting reports roughly half of the new female marines have been unable the to complete part of the basic fitness...

Not going to work. >> reporter: men have to do three pull-ups minimum to pass the marines fitness test. it takes 20 to earn a perfect score. women had to meet the same minimum. but only need eight pull-ups to score perfect. because so few passed, the marines will let them choose to hang on the bar for 15 seconds and pass without doing any pull-ups. >> wide grip stance. that works best for you. >> reporter: marine corps officials admit pull-ups are better and the flexed arm hang elicits little mu...

Out their pull-ups. but more than half the female recruits couldnt do it. so the mashes are pushing back the day when it becomes mandatory. >> if you have a failure rate of 55% and 99% of the men are successes succeeding, obviously this is not going to work. >> men have to do three pull-ups minimum to fast marines fitness test. it takes 20 to earn a perfect score. women had to meet the same minimum. but only need eight pull yums to score perfect. because so few passed, the marines will let them ...

By form erer marine captain vernice. let me start with you, if i can. youve been through boot camp and youre not surprise that more than half of the women couldnt actually do the three pull ups, why is that? >> well, if you look at the average age of the women coming in, its after high school. when i first went to college, i wanted to get into body building and working out. i majored in exercise science. i couldnt do a pull up. i couldnt do a chin up. i had to work hard add it. it didnt surprise...

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Dont set standards without backing it up and ensuring the females are cape able and able before it is an embarrassment to the corps. >> what do you expect? they didnt pick three pull-ups out of the air. it was the minimum standard for men. if you demand equality rather than lower the standard you go to the male minimum standard of three pull-ups. if you want men and women treated the same way which is what the military, pentagon, marine corps demand you wont lower the standard. go to the minimum...

Like i said, when i first went through officer candidate school, i was able to do about nine to ten pullups. at the end of my 13 weeks, i could do less than when i first started because in the beginning, that training regular minute really breaks the body down. they are building you up endurance wise but strength-wise women need more time to build the upper body strength. the pullups are one way to measure upper body strength. >> and to measure overall fitness, as well. so with that in mind, cap...

But, you know, the training that the infantry goes through is job specific training thats geared towards developing the skills necessary to survive on the battle field. pullups and running and crunches are a measure of overall fitness. the two are related but i never filled out a mission profile and picked a guy to go on a mission because he could do 14 pullups and the other can do ten. >> there are issues like scaling a wall and climbing up ropes, lifting and carrying heavy ammunitions and thea...