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In this Aug. 21, 2015, file photo, Army 1st Lt. Shaye Haver, center, and Capt. Kristen Griest, right, pose for photos with other female West Point alumni after an Army Ranger school graduation ceremony at Fort Benning, Ga. In a Feb. 25, 2021 essay for West Point's Modern War Institute, Capt. Griest said the Army shouldn't go back to the old system where men and women were graded differently on PT tests.  (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) **FILE**

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"Missions will be delayed and other soldiers will be overburdened with the weight of their unfit teammates' equipment," she said. "This scenario is inconvenient and bad for morale during a training exercise; in combat it could be deadly."

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