Amajoni omkhosi, Dibana naMalungu amaBini amaTyhini amaNtsha

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NgoLwesihlanu, abafazi ababini bazokuthweswa izidanga eWest Point Academy kwaye babe ngabasetyhini bokuqala imbali ukujoyina i-elite Army Ranger force, into ekhethekileyo yokusebenza ejongene nokuhlaselwa kunye nokuhlaselwa kwindawo ebanjwe lutshaba. UCaptain Kristen Griest, ipolisa lasemkhosini eliqeqeshwe ngumoya wase-Connecticut, kunye no-1 uLieutenant Shaye Haver, umqhubi wenqwelomoya i-Apache osuka eTexas, walugqiba ngempumelelo uqeqesho lwe-Army Ranger-lolona vavanyo lungqongqo nolunzima emhlabeni.

Kulo Januwari uphelileyo, iPentagon ibhengeze ukuba abafazi ekugqibeleni bazokwazi ukungena kwiSikolo soMkhosi weRanger. Kude kube kugunyaziswe uMongameli u-Obama kutsha nje ukuphelisa ukuthintelwa kwabasetyhini ababambe iindima zokulwa, umkhosi wase-US ubala ukuba bafikelele nakweyiphi na kwezi zikhundla nakweyiphi na indawo enokuthi ixhobise abasetyhini kwezi ndima. Kumanani, sithetha ngezikhundla ezingama-331,000 ababhinqileyo abangenakho nokuba nethemba lokuzifumana ngenxa yokoyika ukuba abayi kubambelela kwimilo yokulwa.

Xa u-Obama ephakamisa ukuvalwa, abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba abafazi baya kunikwa imigangatho ephantsi. Umkhosi uqinisekisile ukuba ayinakuba njalo, oko kuthetha ukuba uGriest noHaver bavele bomelele kwaye banobuchule njengalo naliphi na ijoni eliyindoda eligqibe ukuzola. (Oku kukwavule iingcango zabasetyhini abakhonza ilizwe lethu kwezinye iindlela-uMkhosi wamanzi usandula ukubhengeza ukuba uza kuvula iqela lawo le-SEAL kwabasetyhini abangaphumelela irejimeni yabo yoqeqesho.

Isikhalo kunye neHave yayiyinxalenye yeklasi yokuQalwa yokuHlanganisa, eyayinabafazi abali-19. Ngelixa ingabo babini kuphela abanokufumana le thebhu yomkhosi weRanger, bonke kodwa omnye wabafazi abali-19 ababi basinda kwiintsuku ezine zokuqala zoqeqesho-eyaziwa njengeyona ndawo inzima kwezi zifundo. Le khosi inzima kakhulu, enyanisweni, ukuba ngama-40 eepesenti kuphela amajoni angamadoda kwisikolo iRanger ekugqibeleni agqibe. Ke iGriest kunye neHaver ayingobantu basetyhini bokuqala ukukhaba iesile le khosi, kodwa baphumelele apho uninzi lwamadoda lungenalo.

Yintoni eyenza le nkqubo ibe nzima kangaka? Ewe, ukuqala, iRanger-ekuqeqesho kufuneka ihambe kwiindawo ezintathu ezahlukeneyo: amaplanga, iintaba, kunye namaxhaphozi. Kwindawo nganye, amajoni kufuneka ajongane nenkambo yesithintelo esenza ukuba umdyarho weSpartan ubonakale njengosuku lokuphumla. Ukuya kumjikelo olandelayo, iiRanger ezinqwenelekayo kufuneka zilinganise iindonga, shimmy down ziplines, zitsiba ngeparachutes eziphakamileyo ngokungaqhelekanga, kwaye zisinde kwimilo yokulwa ngesandla kunye nexesha lemfazwe-zonke ezona meko zinzima onokucinga ngazo, utshintsho lobushushu kunye nemozulu embi. (Zama ucelomngeni olutsha lwe-Mudder: I-Tear Gas ukuze ufumane incasa encinci yento aba rockstars kwafuneka bajongane nayo.) Amathumbu ewodwa akasayi kukukhupha umjikelo omnye, nangona kunjalo. Uya kudinga amandla okubetha ngengqondo kunye nonyamezelo. Amajoni kufuneka ajonge iikhilomitha ezintlanu ngaphantsi kwemizuzu engama-40; gqibezela uhambo lweemayile ezili-12 ubambe iiponti ezingama-35 zegiya ngaphantsi kweeyure ezintathu; lawula uvavanyo lokuqubha olungundoqo olugxininisa ukunyamezela; kwaye boyise umjikelo weepushups ezingama-49, ii-sit-ups ezingama-59, kunye nee-chin-ups ezintandathu. Kwaye ubucinga ukuba ii-burpees ezili-10 zinzima! (Zenze ziqine ngakumbi ngezi Ndlela zintathu zokunyusa iiBurpees zakho.)

Le nkqubo ayivavanyi nje amandla omzimba amajoni exesha elizayo; Endaweni yoko, ijolise ekutyhaleni umntu ngamnye aye kwinqanaba lokophuka-kwaye ke ubatyhalele phambili. Ngoba? Ukulinganisa ubunyani beemeko abaya kujongana nazo kwaye uzilungiselele iimeko ezibi kakhulu. Abaqeqeshwa bahlala kumndilili wesidlo esinye ngosuku kunye neeyure ezimbalwa kakhulu zokulala-bavuswa ezinzulwini zobusuku ukuze bagqibezele uqeqesho lokuzilolonga. Kuyo yonke le khosi, amajoni ajongana phantse nayo yonke into enokwenzeka oyikayo-ukuphakama, iinyoka ezinobuhlungu, ubumnyama, ukulwa imipu, kunye nokuqinisekisa ngakumbi ukuba aboyiki ukugqiba ikhosi. (Thatha eso sifundo ugoduke naso uloyiko olu-9 lokuyeka namhlanje.)

Ngaphandle kokuthetha, siyachukumiseka kukufezekiswa kwala manenekazi.

Kuba isikhundla seRanger yabasetyhini singazange sibonwe ngaphambili, iPentagon kusafuneka ichonge ukuba zeziphi iindima zokulwa iHaver kunye neGriest (kunye nabo bonke abafazi abalandela ekhondweni labo!). Kodwa aba babini babonakalise ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba banokuxhoma nabona bafana banamandla, abomeleleyo. (Jonga elinye ibali elikhuthazayo: Inkosikazi Esebenzisa Ukukhwela ibhayisekile ukukhuthaza ukulingana ngokwesini.)

"Isidanga ngasinye seRanger School sibonise ukuqina ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo ukukhokela ngempumelelo imibutho nakweliphi na inqanaba. Le khosi ibonakalisile ukuba ijoni ngalinye, kungakhathaliseki isini, lingakwazi ukufezekisa amandla akhe, "uJohn M. McHugh, unobhala womkhosi. Utshilo kwi Pentagon. Uyahamba, mantombazana!

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