I'm writing this as someone with 17 years military experience as well as someone closely involved with the integration of women into Marine Infantry Training Battalion. The premise is ridiculous. Beyond that, the Initial Strength Test (IST) involved pull-ups OR push ups. For those that do not know, pull ups are all the way down, all the way up, and it takes women YEARS of training to get their max score. The most I've seen a female Marine get it 12. 22, by this girl with no muscle or training is just stupid. Second, there are no female Marine Operators in MARSOC. There are several within the command but none serve in a combat role. Was she admin?
Are we to believe this skinny little girl got through ITB? When we integrated, the women either broke or gave up. And those women were in much better shape for it than her. You dont just go from flipping burgers to that, sorry. Now, I get it, this is your typical show now where "women can do anything" and whatever. But as someone that's been there, done that, I can't get past that. Then, there's the plot. I'm only through 3 episodes and already there's too much wrong here. Tattoos are documented in your Service Record Book. There's zero chance someone in that position wouldn't have all tattoos and scars documented.
Then they give this new girl a mission without a brief, they get her drunk the night before and she goes to meet the targets daughter. Wouldn't she smell like alcohol? If a woman smells like alcohol in Kuwait, she's getting arrested. Fact. She somehow meets the daughter and gets invited over. Randomly.
Next nonsensical plot point, they choose to train her to see when she will break AFTER SHE'S ALREADY INVOLVED IN THE MISSION. Uh, no. Now Cruz gets beaten on and has bruises, cuts and loses a tooth. She has to tell the targets daughter she was in a car accident. Now, let me explain something, families involved in terror organizations know full well that there is a target on every one of their heads. It's insane to me that this daughter would tell anyone outside the family where she is in the US, much less invite them over, much less not inform people that her new, random, American friend was in a car accident to check that out. ITS RIDICULOUS.
Anyway, like I said, I've only made it through 3 episodes and that's all I'm going to watch. There's just too much wrong with it and not good enough dialogue or action to ignore it.
Are we to believe this skinny little girl got through ITB? When we integrated, the women either broke or gave up. And those women were in much better shape for it than her. You dont just go from flipping burgers to that, sorry. Now, I get it, this is your typical show now where "women can do anything" and whatever. But as someone that's been there, done that, I can't get past that. Then, there's the plot. I'm only through 3 episodes and already there's too much wrong here. Tattoos are documented in your Service Record Book. There's zero chance someone in that position wouldn't have all tattoos and scars documented.
Then they give this new girl a mission without a brief, they get her drunk the night before and she goes to meet the targets daughter. Wouldn't she smell like alcohol? If a woman smells like alcohol in Kuwait, she's getting arrested. Fact. She somehow meets the daughter and gets invited over. Randomly.
Next nonsensical plot point, they choose to train her to see when she will break AFTER SHE'S ALREADY INVOLVED IN THE MISSION. Uh, no. Now Cruz gets beaten on and has bruises, cuts and loses a tooth. She has to tell the targets daughter she was in a car accident. Now, let me explain something, families involved in terror organizations know full well that there is a target on every one of their heads. It's insane to me that this daughter would tell anyone outside the family where she is in the US, much less invite them over, much less not inform people that her new, random, American friend was in a car accident to check that out. ITS RIDICULOUS.
Anyway, like I said, I've only made it through 3 episodes and that's all I'm going to watch. There's just too much wrong with it and not good enough dialogue or action to ignore it.